Part 1 - Watts Family Holiday

After nearly 6 months of being in Thailand the Watts family finally arrived for a holiday!! Being reunited at the airport at 6 in the morning was magically and it was so good to see Mum, Dad and my sister Bexs. They were shattered after a long flight and no sleep (as they watched too many films on the plane) so had a nap before we headed out to explore the Grand Palace in Bangkok. This was followed by their first experience of street food (which they loved) and Chang beer (which they very quickly became addicted to) then off to bed as we had to get up early the next day for our flight to Krabi. Bexs was staying with me at my apartment and Mum and Dad stayed in a lovely B&B next door. 

 It was great having the family visiting as everything was upgraded slightly.....no hostelling for me for the next 2 weeks. We stayed in a gorgeous resort on AoNang Beach. Our flight arrived in the morning, so we had chance to settle in to the hotel and explore the area. We walked down to the beach and had a beer overlooking the Sea. Then we wondered back to for a dip in the pool followed by another first experience for Mum and Bexs of a Thai massage. That evening we ate out for dinner while waiting for Bex's friend Mel to arrive (the one I stayed with in Singapore)

We woke up bright and early to go on a long-tail boat tour of the Hong Islands near by. They were beautiful. We stopped off at 3 different beaches and went in a lagoon. Unfortunately the water wasn't very clear so we couldn't see any fishes with our snorkels. But it was lovely chilling on the beaches and swimming in the cool water. We also had a delicious Thai lunch on the beach. 

Of course being the first day, and despite reapplying the sun cream, a few of us got a tad burnt (not quite to the Koh Chang standard, if you haven't seen the picture check out my birthday blog, it will make you laugh). That evening we had a lovely meal overlooking the beach, Bexs and shared delicious and massive Tiger Prawns. 

The next day was more laid back, we slept in and then wondered down to AoNang beach to get a boat across to Railey Beach only 10 mins away. The day was spent, reading books (Kindle Club!), sunbathing or hiding in the shade to not anger the sunburn further, cooling off in the sea, massages, and chicken wraps accompanied with a Chang for lunch. We ate lovely Thai food again that night down by the beach. 

My camera was accidentally set on vivid mode so this one came out rather colourful!

Our finally day in Krabi was one of my favourite days, after finding it very hard the night before to find a tour company not fully booked to take us we set off to Bamboo Island. It is the most stunning Island I have been to since being in Thailand. The sand was beautifully white and the water crystal clear. We walked around the whole island in the morning, and clambered over rocks to do so, but it was even more beautiful round one side as there were no boats pulling in to drop off tourists so the beaches where empty. The snorkelling was also fantastic, the water was so clear we could see so many beautiful colourful fish. Once we finished snorkelling Bexs and I used our life jackets as seats to chill out and bob in the water.

For our last evening we took a taxi to Krabi Town to explore the night market. They all enjoyed trying lots of different street food snacks from fried coconut milk and fried Ice cream (a new one for me too) to various bits of meat on sticks to go along with our Pad Thai. We then took a very crowded song-taow back to our resort. 

The next day it was time to explore another city and fly to Chiang Mai! 

With Love from Thailand xxx