Tuesday 17th April 2012 - Krabi, Tonsai beach

I got up this morning determined to pack up and head to Tonsai to see Maria and this beautiful place she kept telling me about. I started walking towards Wang Sei restaurant to buy my boat ticket desperately hoping that a tuk tuk or taxi/bus would come passed. I had made it like three-quarters of the way when a tuk tuk came up and tried to charge me 40baht to go like 2minutes - despite being exhausted I opted to walk the rest of the way.  The boat from Ao Nang to Tonsai took maybe 20minutes. The tide was really far out so the boat had some difficulties getting me there so I had to walk quite a distance to get to the beach. I was walking up the path leading away from the beach when this little cute dog came running towards me playfully. A handsome Thai man named Bamboo with dreadlocks, laughingly called the dog, whose name was Lucky and then asked me where I was going. He tried offering me a room at his hotel but I explained I was trying to find my friend. When I described Maria his eyes lit up as he had obviously noticed her and had a slight crush on her. He offered to take me to her - he even knew which room was hers!! Maria's eyes lit up when she saw me (Bamboo left). I told Maria that he liked her and that he had noticed her - she was intrigued. Maria spent the day showing me around - I felt like such a novice and like a proper baby because I was scared of everything.  Maria is so secure in herself and knows what she likes and dislikes and she seemed to be a bit shocked, if not slightly disgusted that I was scared of insects.  Our first trip of the day was a walk on the jungle trek to get to Phranang beach. It was testing as their were Mosquitos everywhere and it was quite a steep walk but I see that my body is starting to get used to these activities that I haven't done since I was maybe 10. Phranang beach was stunning, probably the most picturesque beach I have seen on my journey so far. The sand may not have been as fine or white as other beaches nor the water the clearest, but the scenery around was spectacular. Railay and Tonsai and all surrounding areas are known as a climbers paradise because the whole area is made up of massive beautiful rocks that attract climbers from across the whole globe. These cliffs and randomly placed rocks were what made Phranang so beautiful.  Maria and I swam at phranang and then headed towards the end of the beach where we found a swing set on a rock overhanging the sea. The sun was setting in the background and cast a magical picturesque glow behind the swing. Maria and I took some nice photos and then watched the sunset. The sunset was really nice and enhanced massively by the colours cast onto the puffy clouds.  After sunset we headed to get food. Maria had recommended "the last bar" so we went there. The food was frikin amazing and then after food there was a guy called Mr Ting doing a live music performance. I actually fell in love with this guy's voice!! He was amazing and had such a control over the ladies with his super sweet voice and beautiful song choices - that was until the song choices started reminding me of Hugh and I got upset!!  After Mr gorgeous Ting performed he then took his top off, to reveal a beautiful body, and then headed outside the bar where him and a group of guys did a crazy fire show. It was nuts and all of them were amazing but my eyes were locked on the DJ - at one point he had the handles to his fire poi in his mouth and shook them around by bouncing his head.  The last bar is on Railay Beach so getting back to Tonsai meant that we would either have to go back through the jungle (it was like 2am by this point), climb over rocks, or swim. Maria said that because the tide was out were would be able to climb over the rocks - not before walking through a small jungle route first. We got back to Tonsai and I was just relieved to have survived the walk - albeit sweaty and sandy!