Aaahhh. So this is why people rave about Thailand. The legendary beaches live up to their expectations, and then some. It is effortlessly clear that I have reached paradise... I'm surrounded by lush tropical landscaping atop the endless limestone cliffs that jut out of a perfectly clear and bath-water temperate warm ocean. The perfect sandy beaches, the soft strumming of Bob Marley (that seems to be in every beach across the world), and John Denver music, the hammocks, the dive shops, the postcard-perfect sunsets and the abundance of Europeans; this is the southern beaches of Thailand. I spent 4 very active days in Ao Nang, the westernmost beach connected to Krabi town. I visited 5 other surrounding islands by longtail boat and spent the days snorkeling, cave exploring, cliff jumping and rock climbing, doing over
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