Up early and full of excitement to get the bus to Krabi. this was the one place I was so excited to go to of all the places in SE Asia – I was going to do rock climbing and stay out there for about a month, soaking up the atmosphere and just being cool, man.

Note the past tense.

Got the bus and chatted to an English guy, Mark, fresh out of uni. We stuck together and got the boat to Ton Sai in Railay in the rain, thinking it was probably just a freak storm. I knew there were people who had just left and said the weather was amazing and so hot. Hmmm. the long and short of it that Ton Sai was deserted: a little village that could accommodate about 600 people had Mark, me, two other English girls and a crackpot called Pete (when Mark and I were frantically asking about getting out of Ton Sai, while the waves were crashing against the window, he helpfully piped up that he had been there for 2 months). There was absolutely nothing to do. Sampled the local weed and had a bad time of it (way too strong for grandma), so fell asleep thinking someone was walking about outside my room when it was just the rain.

Up early the next day to get out of there. But the only way to get out of Railay is by boat and in this monsoon weather the wind and rain makes it tricky. Ah! I was going to have Pete as company until the high season – would I go completely mad like him? As I was working out what I would do on Railay till October to avoid Pete, Mark  knocked on my door and said he had found a boat to take us to Krabi Town. Packed VERY quickly and left horrid Railay, with every intention to go back in November (Matthew, I hold you to your promise!).

Mark and I travelled to Phuket together, my intention to go to Indonesia / Malaysia. Wandered off to watch some Thai boxing (which wasn’t on, so munched on a strange donut with a sausage in the middle) and settled down to some internet time.

And to check my bank balance.

Which was when I realised I don’t have my debit card with me. Gone! Which is… *rubbish* and after spending over GBP100 on phone calls I have vowed to change banks when I get home.

And so here I am, stuck in Phuket till Friday when I go to Singapore and start a Borneo adventure.

Wet Ton Sai, Railay