My -Thai Land

We arrived into Thailand Monday evening flew from Bangkok then  1.5 hour flight to a beach resort call Krabi. We checked into our hotel and are planning to just chill and relax for a few days. After  all the things we did with our group tour it’s nice to just relax along the beach or by the pool for a few days. No wild monkeys or eels to deal with but there is an elephant sanctuary we may go to so who knows what could happen there.

On Wednesday morning we loaded into the back of an old Toyota pickup and went to a Thai-cooking class.We went to a local street market with our chef and she explained all the ingredients and there impact to the cuisine we will be preparing, then it was off to the kitchen, joining us was a nice couple from Zurich. We cooked up Pad-Tai, different green and coconut curries, sweet and sour Tom -Yum soup along with Tai spring rolls. So much more flavour than the Vietnamese food we tried. 

Picking out our ingredients for our cooking class

Thai cooking experts

Riding in style 

Then back to our hotel to to relax beach side then back into the local town to take in a local night market with lots of food vendors and a lot of the same type of clothing and souvenir stands almost reminds me of going to Klondike days in Edmonton. 

Night Market

Thursday was spent mostly by the beach plus 38 with a cool breeze. The beach is very spacious, not busy and the ocean is very warm and you just walk right in like a bathtub. 

For the next few days  not much was happening other than sitting along the beach, attending the hotels happy hour and then out to some local restaurants for really good Thai food. Coconut seafood soup was outstanding and chicken Pad Thai was Karen’s favorite. 

Sunday came along and we spent the last few hours by the beach before heading to the Krabi airport then to Bangkok to catch our flight to Tokyo. Weather in Tokyo when we land at 5:30am is expected to be about plus 12 a major temperature change and attire. I’m really looking forward to showing Karen around Tokyo and Yokohama before our cruise starts on March 31.