Krabi - Redeux.

I hate to skip back too far, but Krabi was great, and is worth another mention. It might be my favorite place in Thailand. It is a fun town on an estuarine river shore, with a great vibe. The city is on one bank of the river, and mangrove swamps dominate the other. Lots more muslem influence here that further north (but not as much as we are noticing now that we have moved further south).

view from our hotel in Krabi.

We did a day trip up to a Wat (Buddist Temple) on a hill. The access was via 1267 steps, leading to the highest buddah we have seen yet.

Buddah at about 1200 feet

It was quite the climb. don't think "grand staircase", it was more like a concrete-on-limestone "Grouse Grind" (Hi Jenny!). A distessing number of the steps were higher than they were long, meaning the slope was generally greater than 100%. Tig was hammering up them, full-on workout style, as is typical.

The view from the top was...Thailand.