Railay beach

Yesterday we got a boat over to Railay, about 1.5 hrs from Phi Phi, the boat is destined for Ao Nang, but stops near Railay on the way in the middle of the sea of Railay beach, where you are met by longtail boat, and you have to climb from the big boat to the longtail boat with about 8 other people and your backpacks! It was a fun little way to get here :-)

We were greeted with golden sands, emerald green water and looming limestone cliffs and a very relaxed vibe! People were chilling out on the beach, some were playing volleball on the sand and others were chilling out at the few resort restaurants lining the beach. There were also no speedboats, only a few long-tail boats! I really like Railay. It's the rock-climbing capital of Thailand and you can see why! The island is mainly large rock formations which are really cool. They enclose the beaches making them calm bays.

We have a cute little bungalow - no aircon this time! But it has been fine, reminds me of my childhood - we never had aircon in the Australian heat! We arrived, settled in and headed out for a little wander to see what the place is all about. We watched an AMAZING sunset from the restaurant on the beach and ate really yummy thai food! Prawn red curry and garlic pepper squid :-)

I had my first night drinking Sang Som (Thai rum! makes you loco hehe) and red bull before heading out to check out the nightlife on Railay... headed over to the east beach and wandered through the bars, they were all playing pretty crap music but we settled for the Last Bar as they had cheap vodka and fun staff and nice bamboo lounge thingies, so we had a drink and watched the fire twirlers (nervously as they weren't that good and kept dropping the fire sticks on people!)

Today we had yummy buffet breakky (with banana fritters!) and headed over to Phra Nang beach about 10 mins walk away, which was really busy but its the nicest beach on the island, it also has caves you can climb around, and hilariously they have shrines in them with lots of penises mades out of wood! We didn't get a photo but will take one tomorrow. Apparently its for good luck!

Pics for Railay so far are on my smugmug...

Stay tuned for more Railay adventures coming soon! Jess and Gav xox