Monday, Stash and Osk made friends with a couple of really lovely lads from Frankfurt at the pool where we'd been staying,swapped and talked DS stuff a lot and then somehow we ended up with their parents and the whole lot of us going out and getting hammered.We ate together and then went to check out some Thai boxing, picking up a bucket of I don't know what with four straws sticking out of it.Liz,Her new partner in crime Anna and the kids had gone ahead and when Klaus the dad and I got to the ring,we both looked up to see our sons in there in all the boxing gear about to have a match.
Naturally we were both horrified by the situation and all we could do was drink from the bucket together and pretend it wasn't happening.
It all ended very well,which meant Tuesday began very badly.
Lounged around by the pool,got our stuff trolleyed to the pier, kissed goodbye to lots of cats and kittens and air conditioning for a while and rode the boat from Phi Phi, lovely Phi Phi back to Krabi.
Early start yesterday as we were picked up by minibus and taken on what they call the James Bond tour,stopping off to pick up more lovely people on the way, 17 of us in all.A nurse from Walsall,an Australian policewoman, some girls who were students in Bangkok,a couple of geezers from London who'd come over last week for a wedding that didn't happen,some German boys and a lovely lady who took us round everything and was just wonderful.
I got the feeling that only myself and one other guy on our trip had actually seen the bloody film,that was certainly the only reason I was so ecstatic to be there,the island where Roger had defeated Scaramanga all those years ago...
Then back to the boat,a long tail boat and a short journey to some canoes.
We were taken round the island and into some caves for about 40 minutes, stopping off for a swim and more photo opportunity.
Priceless.
Then it was on to Koh Panny, a floating Muslim village which the locals,not I,call Bin Laden Village.We were all given lunch and then went and took a peek at what goes on there.We went around the classrooms of the school there which has a playground overlooking a view like no other,ahead of this,a cemetery where stones mark out the spots where families rejoin each other when they pass on...and cats and cats
and ducks and ducks.
Next stop was a trip to a cave with a giant Buddah lying on his side, actually, I thought this place had a massive Bond villains lair vibe to it, actually nothing to do with any Bond film at all.Lots of monkeys outside which Oskar was a little wary of but he's back on that horse now.A short drive to a beautiful waterfall for a swim and it was all over. The end. Goodbye nice nurse lady from Walsall. Farewell man from London who once had a record shop .Bye students. Bye lovely tour guide hostess person...thanks Roger Moore!
Location:Thailand
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