Visit From The Family

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A few more midterms out of the way and finally my Mom and Sister are here. They arrived late on Saturday and we spent the next few days doing the Singapore classics (while I still had classes) and then headed for a beach holiday. The original plan was to go to Paulo Tioman in Malaysia because it’s so close and conveniently located to Singapore...but it turns out that the week we chose to go away was also Malaysian Spring Break and all the resorts were packed. So instead, we decided to grab some last minute flights to Krabi Province in Thailand. Once there our options were basically Railey Beach again or Koh Lanta. We ended up in Railey cause we had been there before and would be easier to get to (we were on a pretty tight schedule). I know these pictures must be getting old seeing as this will be my third set from Railey but this time I have captured a few new faces of Railey. 1. A actual resort...pool, air conditioning, all you can eat breakfast, the works. Traveling with the family on vacation was a nice change from the budget backpacker rooms I normally go for. 2. Some newly met friends and I hiked the outermost rock face dividing Railey East and Phra Nang Beach in search of the fairly unexplored Lagoon. The trek turned into more of a scramble up shear cliffs (probably the best part) but was totally worth it. On our way we found a lookout over all of Railey (see pictures...there’s some nice Thailand panoramics of the area). After an hour or so we finally found the lagoon, but it turns out that it is only filled with water in wet season and at high tide...neither of which were occurring when we were there. The result was an almost completely dried up lagoon...still cool...but none of us were about to take a refreshing dive into the mud/clay. Overall the vacation was a nice break from everything, and it was amazing to see my family. Like I said, a lot of these pictures might be getting repetitive but I figured I would post them anyways. Enjoy!

Steve

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Photos

THE VIEW
The lookout over all of Railey...what a view

Family Vacation
Me, Mom and Dawn eating at our resort restaurant on West

Zoo Walk
Wandering the Singapore Zoo with Dawn

Mom in Singapore
Mom standing by the waterfront in the core of Singapore

Drying cloths
My mom thought it was neat how they dry their clothing out their windows in Singapore...so she took a photo

Brother Sister
Me and Dawn lounging by the pool on Railey West

Hard life
Dawn suffering a day in the sun...good thing she has a book and pool to make her feel better

Climbing again
Doing some midday bouldering on Phra Nang Beach

Boat in Sunset
Another Thailand sunset with the longtail

The pool
Nice refreshing fresh water at our pool...nice change

More lounging
Lounging again by the pool with shakes...

THE VIEW AGAIN
This view triggers a 3 hour smile during our hike

Grinning
Me smiling like an idiot...and railey

Railey east from above
The east from the lookout

Descent
Lowing ourselves over the cliffs into the lagoon...

The lagoon
The dried up lagoon at the bottom of the descent

More mud
The muddy floor of the lagoon (we really didnt time this hike very well)

Exploring
Seeing what the lagoon had to offer (cause it certainly wasnt water)

Free climbing back from the lagoon
Making our way back to the beachs from the lagoon

Hike out
Climbing the cliffs out of the lagoon

More free climbing
Climbing UP on the final cliff before we got to hike down a few more cliffs to the beach

Ao Nang
The beach in Ao Nang (short stop on way to airport)

Comments

[Dawn]

Thanks
Thanks again for a great trip Steve....and thanks for putting up the bikini shots!!!!