Sawasdee, Thailand

Our last few days in Thailand were busy ones. After a day of rock climbing and repelling, we went on a sunset and scuba island BBQ around some of the beautiful places near Railey Beach, across the bay from Phuket. Friday was spent snorkeling around Koh Phi Phi, again, awesome. Saturday we got back on a double decker boat and headed about two hours west for the start of our two-day sea kayaking trip. We traveled through some mangrove swamps and then came into this deep canyon with vegetated cliffs. At that moment the clouds opened up and dumped sheets of horizontal rain. Kind of a added a cool, life-threatening twist to the adventure as we battled our way back to the big boat. The next day, our last in Thailand, we kayaked around an island, stopping to swim through this narrow tunnel that opened into the lagoon you see above. The scenery was really spectacular, and after an hour ride and delicious lunch onboard, we arrived at Phuket Pier and then the airport, where we caught our flight to Bangkok, and then on to LA, where I'm spending the day recovering from jetlag and waiting for my 11:00pm flight to Miami. At 12:50, I fly to Puerto Plata, where Lynn and the girl will pick me up at 2:50pm. Can't wait!

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