Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Thailand-Railay-James Bond Island Day Tour (Day 49)

We got up at 9 am and headed over to Ao Nang to see the tailor and then to go on the famous James Bond Tour.

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I grabbed a quick pancake in Ao Nang from this lady’s cart all built on a motor bike.  The tailor stop was a mess because they had lost power so they asked us to check back in 30 minutes.  We did and ended up doing a little fitting in the dark and then running to catch our tour bus.

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The first stop of the tour was the floating village; really it is just on stilts but it was an interesting place.  Before the moving and tourists it has been a fishing village now mostly it is little shops and restaurants.  We stopped here for lunch and then went for a walk around the village.

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The rocks above the village were pretty cool and since the village is isolated in the ocean you will see the cistern for rain water collection.

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Here you can see the “sandbar” more like a muckbar the village is built on and the septic tanks.  I just can’t help noticing the sewage treatment as we travel.

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The next stop was a limestone bridge.

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Which we drove through on the longtail.  It was kind of novel.

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The best thing though was all these Chinese people getting kayaked around but 1 Thai guy in the back.

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After that we headed to James Bond Island and landed on the beach behind it.  It was a busy tourist spot.

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The James Bond Island was pretty cool.  Quick blog quiz which James Bond movie was this in and who played Bond in it?  No googling.

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A quick self shot pose.

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After the island we headed to Monkey Temple which was inside of a limestone cave with a large reclining Buddha.

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It was also a neat cave.

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The monkeys were not allowed to go inside the temple so they gathered right at the mouth of the cave to beg or steal food.

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The monkey’s get there food anywhere they can from a trashcan to a fruit tossed to them.

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After that is was another 1.5 hour bus ride back to Ao Nang with a stop at the tailor.  Things were not still all right with the clothes and I was starting to get annoyed with all the trips to the tailor.

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