Last time we left you we were leaving Phi Phi to get the boat to Railay, when we seen a rather bizarre site. Walking to the shop to get water we come across a baby in a pram being protected by a very defensive guard monkey dressed in clothes- very surreal!

The journey to Railay was only an hour and went pretty quickly. As they don't have a port you have to transfer over in the sea to a long-tail boat and then wade in through the shallows. The next part of this blog will in no way do Railay justice as no words can describe how breathtakingly beautiful this place really is.

The main beach on the west side of the peninsula was near flawless with lovely clear waters and white sand. We thought we had arrived at the most beautiful place we had ever been, however that turned out to be short lived. We went for a walk around to see what we could discover and at the tip of the headland we come across a beach called Phra Nang. It was only accessible through a small concealed pathway that until recently was only open to guests of a luxury resort. Walking out through the palm trees and sculptured stone cliffs was the most breath taking view we had ever seen. There was hardly any people on the sand that was so soft it felt like you was walking through flour. The overhanging cliffs and views of islets peeking out of the sky-blue sea was enough to never want to leave- so we didn't. We explored the endless caves and found small alcove beaches in a place that seemed untouched. We sat and waited for the sun to set and it dawned on us how little worries we have.

As we enjoyed exploring so much we decided to do the same again but this time in the jungle. We come across a sign pointing to a lagoon and knew no more about it other then you needed to wear "proper" footwear to get there. We set off and soon understood the sign a little better; the trek was pretty demanding and took about forty minutes. Some of the cliff faces were overhanging and the only way to get down was via a rope that looked like it was on its last legs. When we got to the lagoon, it was like walking onto a film set for Jurassic Park. The lagoon was surrounded by vertical cliff faces the height of skyscrapers with a big enough gap for the sun to warm the clear shallow waters. We spent about an hour there before heading to an opening in the jungle that overlooked the whole of Railay, we will let you be the judge of that, as for us this place just got better and better.

Our time here has come to an end and we have had an amazing time just relaxing on the beaches and watching the days go by. We are off to Khao Lak next to hopefully complete our PADI diving license so we can see what the underwater worlds have to offer.

Adam & Adam