I was there July 10th to the 17th (of this year . . . 2011).

Enjoy!

aloha,

-sj

Leaving Bangkok.

Arriving in Krabi area (southern Thailand)

It was raining buckets.

Add the hype about taking a taxi . . . it was 150 Baht to be delivered right to my hotel’s doorstep.

My room.

Love the elephant theme ALL over Thailand.

Ao Nang beach.

Ze hotel.

The end of the road with the scooter.

A school at the “end of the road.”

Looked like the perfect place for lunch.

Ze elephants were right down the street.

The Auntie made a wonderful veggie lunch.

The doggie who “sidled” up beside me.

Her cousin.

Base of the wat with a zillion stairs.

Part of what I saw when I was “lost.”

Stopped here to get out the rain and have an orange fanta.

Where they get their fuel for their motos, i.e. scooters.

Where I was scootin’.

A typical view.

Back at the wat with a zillion steps . . .

Loved their construction rigging.

Do you get a feeling of how steep it is?

This worker took a break.

Do you spy him?

I think it had been freshly painted.

Yeah, I thought it was cool too.

Love that they didn’t use blue tape.

Trash can made from tires. : )

Keep going!

Takin’ a break.

You need some help to bring all the whatever up this mountain.

Ah, made it to the top!

It took about 30-minutes to walk up, 20 to walk down.

What you see from up top . . .

Lots and lots of rocks . . .

Where the monks hang down below . . .

There was a large patio on top . . .

Ze distant mountains . . . looking north.

It was built right over and around the rocky mountain.

These guys are working pretty hard.  :  )

I thought the antennae looked cool.

It was nice to just hang and take it in . . .

The “behind-the-scene” view (or under the patio . . . )

More to come . . .