Thailand

Thailand was our favorite of all our adventures! After going to church in Dullas, we flew to Tokyo, and from Tokyo to Bangkok. Once in Bangkok, we took a shuttle to yet another international airport in Bangkok and stayed in the airport from about 1 am-5 am. Here is Keith sleeping on the airport floor. Isn't he cuuuute?! He is such a good travel partner. The best!

Then we flew further south to Phuket. I slept almost the entire ride (as I do on pretty much every flight) but when we were landing in Phuket, Keith woke me up saying, "Chelsea, I think youll want to see this!.." Aaaah!! So pretty!

From there we took a taxi, then a 2+ hour boat ride to the PhiPhi Islands. Talk about beautiful.

There we stayed at a little bungalow (only $15)

On the island we enjoyed tons of fruit shakes and Thai pancakes.

And of course, tons of  Pad Thai, my favorite

We went on a few hikes...

Got a thai massages (an hour oil massage for about $8, best 8 dollars ever spent!)

Played in the water...

 One of our days there we went on a sea excursion. Such a fun boat!

Our first stop was monkey beach. I remember hearing about this from several people, and seeing it on the bachelor, and it looked and sounded so fun...and it was, but the monkeys were evil! Keith wasn't even messing with them and one hissed at him, and then bit him! It sacred everyone a little bit, but it was mostly funny. Everyone was taking pictures of Keith and the monkey haha!

                                                        Then we saw Viking Cave

                                                                And then Maya Bay!

 Our last stop was snorkeling. I have never been a big fan of snorkeling and we had 45 minutes to do it. I told Keith to go with the guide and I would join him after 15 minutes (bc I knew I wouldn't need the whole time to snorkel.) About 10 minutes later Keith and the guide come back and tell me they have seen a shark!!! About 5 feet long! I couldn't believe it. I got in the water (brave huh?!) and although I didn't see the shark, it was the coolest snorkeling I have ever done. By faaaar. I went from not really enjoying snorkeling to loving it!!! It was cooler than an aquarium. I have never seen so many unique and bright fish!

Almost the entire time the water was extremely calm, but at one point on the boat ride we caught these huge 8 or 9 feet waves. There was about 15 of us getting thrown around on this little boat. It was 95% fun 5% terrifying. It felt like we were so close to capsizing!

After a few days on the Phi Phi islands we took a boat to Krabi. There we ate some really hot thai food and rode an elephant! It was a great ride too. We even got to go in the water with Urdu (the elephants name) and she was so happy!

They also gave us this crazy yummy fruit, I cant remember what its called. As you can see by the plate, we ate a lot of it!

We flew from Krabi to Bangkok. We spent a few nights in Bangkok. I was not prepared for how huge that city is.  Ive never seen anything like it. It was fun to be in such a gigantic city. One night we stayed at a little hotel outside of Bangkok and also really enjoyed walking around the streets in a not-so-tourist-place. This huge serving of Pad Thai was like a dollar. Yum!

                                 Ah, Thailand was such a dream. We need to go back again.