It's Asia - Krabi Edition

OK, I promise that these travel posts are not meant to make you jealous.  I just want you to get the chance to learn a little more about some places and cultures that you might not ever be able to visit or experience.

But this post might be tough for those jealous types, and here's why.....

This was just one of the views we got to see everyday for 6 straight days in the beautiful Krabi, Thailand.  That picture was taken from Ao Nang Beach, just a simple 10-minute walk from our hotel.  

One of our 6 days in Krabi included a nice, day-long snorkeling trip to the nearby Hong Islands...

...which included this lagoon, with knee-high water and starfish....

The snorkeling itself was amazing, the best part of which were the Clown Fish and Sea Urchins (with spikes about a foot long!).  If you're a little jealous, don't worry, we were also stung by tiny jellyfish.

On a different day we rented a kayak and kayaked (noun and a verb?) around for a couple of hours...

Even with all of the beautiful views, by far the best part of Krabi (for a couple of animal-lovers) was/were the 40-some monkeys that would roam around and play on the far end of the beach every night before sunset...

The town of Krabi is a pretty laid-back place, but very touristy.  Almost every street was lined with shops or restaurants or street food vendors.  Normally I don't like touristy towns, but this was actually a good touristy....the prices seemed pretty decent, the people weren't pushy, and the fact that there were a lot of tourists didn't seem to ruin the views.

And speaking of the street food, Heather and I discovered one of the greatest ingredients ever: sweetened condensed milk.  They put it in the fruit smoothies, on the pancakes, in the iced coffees...it changed our lives (or at least our diets) forever.  Get ready fam, 'cause everything Heather and Brock are gonna make from here on out is gonna be sweetened condensed milkified (and delicious).

So if you want to find a beautiful place to escape to at a very reasonable price, head on down to Krabi, Thailand, a place where (thanks to the numerous old men in speedos) even the pale-skinned redheads can feel good about themselves on the beach. :)