Dienstag, 25. September 2007

Re-visiting Raileh Beach

So after planning it every single time I was in southern Thailand I finally made my way back to Raileh Beach, where I spent a great week with Steve and Matt from England two years ago. Unlike Phi Phi, the place hasn't changed at all, probably because it wasn't affected by the Tsunami.
There wasn't much to do, cause it was mostly raining all day with the occasional streak of sunlight every now and then. I was mostly hanging out with some great dutch guys i had met on Phi Phi, Judith and Harro, a really nice couple that got engaged in Kho Chang, and Nephtalie, a really clever and charming English teacher, all from Utrecht (though Nephtalie is originally from the Dutch Antilles, Curacao to be exact).

Me, Harro, Judith and Nephtalie in the Lucky Restaurant

One night I was only going out for one beer and ended up almost with a broken nose, a ripped shirt and a really wasted bar owner ("I am mafia on this island!") threatening to kill me, and all just because i helped some Canadian girl bring home her totally wasted friend. More details are available on request! ;-) Let's just say that "Ladies' Night" at the Gecko Bar seems to mean "spiked drinks for all the Ferang girls"..
The day after that I met Andrea (Austria) and Nadine (Germany) at the pool, two fairly crazy girls that had just run out of digital cameras (rain treatment and pillowfight respectively), so I offered to be their "Kamerakind". ;-)

Nadine and Andrea and a lovely sunset on Phranang Beach

We had one really crazy night out at the Gecko Bar, and the next day Andrea came back from the internetcafe in tears: Her grandfather had died some days earlier, the last thing you want to hear when you're on vacation... So she flew back to Austria for the funeral (which was on very short notice, but she made it in time) and Nadine and me went on to Langkawi - In Malaysia, where I had just come from, great! But since she hadn't been anywhere else than in Thailand for almost three months and since there's no Visa fee to be paid for Malaysia (and since I hadn't been to Langkawi) I came along.

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