Ocean Kayak Trip

Erik was in town for a couple of weeks and finally after a week long of moving boxes to our new apartment and cleaning an old apartment we decided to take a nice long weekend in Phuket, Thailand.

We all agreed that the highlight of the trip was our kayak tour of several caves off the mainland.

First picture of the day. Excited about kayaking and then slightly frustrated because we realized we weren't actually going to kayak ourselves. A "professional" guide was going to do it for us  . I guess they don't trust us tourists!

At this point I'm sitting/almost laying down in the front of the kayak and slightly understanding why they can't have everyone kayak for themselves. I still believe I would have the skills! 

On our last stop we finally got to take the kayak and do some exploring of our own. yee!  With Erik lazily sitting in the middle of the boat we found a small cave of our own.

Barbeque for dinner. Yes, Please! 

Did you know that the Thai flag looks like this?

This rock formation really looks like it has teeth. 

This photo was taken at the end of the trip. We made this with the help of our guide. Ok, I lied, he pretty much made the whole arrangement. We just stuck a few flowers in there!  We learned that in October, during a yearly Thai monsoon festival,they make these and then at night they light candles and incense in them, float them on top of water,  and finally make a wish! When we went on our last cave excursion we got to do this as well.  Imagine a pitch black cave and all you see is little lit up arrangements floating around and the smell of incense burning. It may sound cheesy but it was a  beautiful experience.