Back to Ao Nang

Hi everybody!!

After Phi Phi we went back to Ao Nang, Krabi. This time it was a little more eventful, although not much. We stayed in a placed called Laughing Gecko, which boasted some very natural surroundings!! It was my first bungalow stay and it really is just a paper shed with a bed in it. It wasn't as bad as i has expected a bamboo bungalow to be though. I really didn't think it was that bad which surprised George. The place is run by a Canadian woman (Trish), her Thai husband (Nui) and their 2 children Niana (9) and Charlie (5). Niana and Charlie took a real liking to George and me. It was almost like being stalked at times. If we were in the eating area, they'd know and they would be straight on to us. George did a trick for them, he was putting things in his ears, which amazed Charlie but Niana was a bit too old for all that childish non-sense. She took more of an interest in me, which was quite nice at first but after a few days of being constantly hastled i could take it anymore. I started going out when they were at school and not coming back until they had gone to bed.

We did a little sightseeing too. We went to a temple on the top of a mountain in Krabi town. I say "we" but George was the only one to make it to the top. It was 1237 steps all the way to the top and i made it about half way and couldn't go any further. I had never realised how afraid of height's a really am until then. Not to mention i was exhausted. Another cool thing is all the monkeys around. They look like they're gonna mug you for food and they probably are. So i gave mine away before they got chance.

We went shooting too. It was the first time i had fired a real gun. On the first day we had a .22 hand gun (means nothing to me) and so the second day we were feeling a little more daring and we decided to go for shotguns. That was ace!!! I had bruises on my shoulder from the back-blast. In the name of sportmanship George and me had a little competition going and i kicked ass!! Maybe not 'kicked ass' but i was better anyway. I got 4 targets to his 3 and the only reason he got 3 was because he missed the target he was aiming for and hit the one next to it instead.

Ao Nang was definately better second time round, i'd even recommend going.