Back in Action

Ok guys! First day back in action since the food poisoning debacle. It was real bad, but I didn't let it beat me. Missed out on a beach day yesterday at Railay Beach but the alternative was me going and that was a worse option haha.

Started today with some French Toast at a cafe called Cafe 8.98 owned by an Australian woman. Seemed very legit, food was well cooked, and I haven't gotten sick yet so I call that a win!

We were originally supposed to go to a place called Phi Phi Island, but opted out considering we had a few people get sunburned on the beach adventure yesterday. So, in the spirit of giving everyone's skin a break, we grabbed a tuk tuk and schlepped it about 20m to "Old Krabi Town".

There wasn't a whole lot of interesting things to capture here. Some open food markets, a muddy river and a mall. I'm not sure why it was necessarily a place we wanted to visit and most others seemed confused as well, to be honest. But the tuk tuk drive there was BEAUTIFUL. You go through these beautiful limestone canyons with lush jungle vegetation all the way up. Image below (again, a bit hard to capture from the inside of a tuk tuk):

image credit: Touring Thailand

Also, I haven't been able to post pictures of my room yet! Here's what $65/night gets me in Thailand:

Our pool is also pretty neat:

Overall the main update here is I'm healthy again, and ready to get back out there. But it is HOT and HUMID. 83°F with 71% humidity, bringing it to a total feel of 99°F. Water is my best friend today. It has been for a couple days it seems haha.

Anyway, love you guys and I'll post with more updates soon!

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