We woke up to some sun and blue sky this lovely Wednesday morning. We have not noted this but it has been actually mostly cloudy since we have been Thailand. They were not joking about the so-called rainy season. Fortunately when it has rained it really has not effected our trip.

Today we were supposed to go on a kayaking/snorkeling trip, but received a phone call from the company saying the waters were to rough. This was another situation wheN knowing Thai would have been helpful. The lady on the phone said we could do something else involving elephants and a waterfall. To get there we would need to take a boat somewhere and they would pick us up. Also, we would have to leave now. We were slightly apprehensive since we were not sure what boat to take and where we were going, but off we went.

Somehow our hotel got us to the correct port and after waiting we met our personal guide for the day. In my opinion that was a miracle, but it definitely taught us to just trust that things will work out.

Anyway, our guide, Hen, told us that we were going kayak, no waterfall, and then elephant trekking in the afternoon. We drove about 45 minutes and hopped into our two person kayak with our guide in another kayak. At first we were paddling through the rough open sea asking ourselves why we made this decisions. After about 15 minutes our guide took us through a deep mangrove Forrest for the rest of the trip. It was gorgeous. We saw monkeys and wildlife that we have never seen before. At one point a fish jumped into our kayak. Christie got so startled that she threw her hands in the air and off flew her ring (not her wedding or engagement ring. Amy thought it was gone, but our guide had different plans. Aftere helping us get the fish out of the kayak he went into the shallow swampy water stuck his hand down once and came up with the ring!!!!!!!!! Hen also told us that it was good luck that a fish had jumped in our kayak......


We had our best meal yet at a small cafe next to the sea and then headed to the elephant trekking. As you may remember our last elephant trip was not our favorite experience, but Christie really wanted to see them again. Welllll this experience made the last one look like elephant paradise. First of all it was raining, second we were sitting on top of an elephant, third the mahoot kept hitting the elephant on the head. The experience was terrifying and it could not be over any sooner. We somehow we talking into buying a three dollar dvd of pictures of our adventure.

Hen took us back to the port and we returned to our hotel and relaxed for the rest of the evening. Just a side note, I am writing this on a remote beach in Thailand. It is truly amazing where technologies goes.

Tomorrow is our last full day at this beach until we head back to Bangkok. I think some spa treatment is in store for us....