Thursday 12th April 2012 - leaving Langkawi to go to Krabi

In order to get the boat to Satun I had to leave Rainbow Lodge at 8am. Dany was also leaving to go to Kuala lumpur so we shared a cab to Kuah to the jetty point. We were both sad to be going separate ways but because we are both on a journey to find something, sticking together might hinder that. We had swapped email and facebook details already and agreed to stay in contact. When going through the immigration at Kuah i thought i wasn't going to get through. The lady looked at my passport for a good couple of minutes before handing it to the man at the next counter whilst saying something in malay. He then handed it back to her, she walked out of her counter and asked me about where I had been and how I had travelled and then walked into what looked like the main office. She came back after maybe 3minutes and told me that basically someone had stamped my passport to say I had left malaysia. There is a purple stamp which is the visa and then when you leave they put a red stamp. She crossed out the red stamp, put a new one with today's date and sent me on my way. My mind was going crazy though! I was thinking what if I get sent home! She told me that when I come back to Malaysia from Thailand I need to get another purple stamp that will be valid for another 90days - I remember I had met someone in perhentian who told me that they had been here for over a year and that when her visa was due to expire she would go to Thailand for a day and then come back in order to get the new visa!! Great idea! The boat journey to Satun took maybe an hour. I had no idea what I was supposed to do when I got there so had to ask someone how to get to Krabi. She told me I needed to go to the bus terminal to get a coach. As soon as i got through Thai customs I was approached by a lady asking me where I was going - she hurriedly said "follow me, follow me quick. You only have a few minutes". I had no idea what was going on but she took me to her office and quickly started writing out a receipt while a man kept urging her to hurry up. They asked me for 600baht but I hadn't even changed my money yet so had to pay in Malaysian ringgits (rm60).  I was then pointed in a direction and told to run. I was then bundled into the back of van with loads of other people (like squashed cattle) and taken to another place to get a bright pink coach. I honestly didn't know how long it was going to take, where I was going in Krabi or what I was going to do when I got there. I arrived at Krabi bus terminal at 5pm and was approached by someone else asking where I was going. The answer "I don't know" is apparently normal here as the non-phased man directed me to another man at a counter and told him to help me. He showed me a map and pointed out the best place to go for backpackers and showed me somewhere to stay (he owned it). They sorted out a bus for me and I was on my way. It's amazing how helpful and friendly the Thai people were to me.  I arrived at the accommodation near Ao Nang beach and headed to their bar over the road - lazy bar. It was really nice and relaxed with hammocks and cushions all over the place. I took refuge on the hammock for an hour or so with a piña colada (don't drink them here -they never seem to taste right). There was a crazy Thai dreadlock guy there and a russian girl. The Russian girl wasn't particularly friendly but I tried to make a bit of conversation with her. The dreadlock guy owned the place and had a nuts laugh. The Russian girl was living over here until the winter passed back home. She was 35 and owned three properties in Russia - I wasn't sure but it looked like she had a thing going on with the crazy Thai guy. I got a bit bored so decided to take a walk around the local area and ended up at a lovely little place and had shisha, pad Thai, spring rolls and a mango cocktail. Everything I ordered was really disappointing but the ambiance in the place was beautiful and was enhanced massively when some live music started - some Thai songs and then Eric Clapton's wonderful tonight. I couldnt help but smile.  That was until this sleezy drunk italian guy came over and started annoying me. I had seen this guy earlier when walking around - he was riding passed me on his scooter and shouted "beautiful" at me. At the bar I didn't entertain him so he eventually left me alone but then went up and started singing!! It was kind of funny because he was singing to a Thai song and because he didn't know the words he was making them up. Everyone in the place was laughing at him but then he was calling out to me to come and sing - embarrassing. I was just about to leave and the owner of the place asked if I knew about the water festival that was happening the next day. I had heard about it but didn't really know much about it - i just knew that it was like a giant water fight. I told him that I still needed to buy a water gun but he said he was selling guns. I bought a cute little pink one - I would have liked a big one but he didn't have any and they would apparently cost me 500thb.  Whilst walking back to my room along the dark road the guy that manages the place I am staying pulled up behind me and told me to jump on. Instead of dropping me at the accommodation he drove two seconds further to the lazy bar. I didn't particularly want to go in but felt rude if I didn't. The russian girl and crazy Thai guy were still there as well as another guy. They were all smoking weed. The other guy looked like freddie mercury because of his hair and moustache! Very odd. He was from Greece and was 22years old. He worked in a bar in Greece during the high season and saved enough money to live abroad in the low season. He was very closed minded and said he didn't like Malaysia (after only visiting kuala lumpur) because he didn't like Muslims. Idiot. My headache was still there so I left after a while and went to bed.