Stanton and Dad made it to Thailand!!

Finally!! Stanton arrived a week earlier than Dad and so that he could get his scuba diving certification. First he flew into Krabi and we rented motorbikes to go to some nearby waterfalls. In Krabi Stanton finds his first take away drink in Thailand, in plastic bags. I guess that has become a norm for me.








Then in Ton Sai we did a little rock climbing and a lot of showing him around the area.











He took his 3 day certification course and really enjoyed his dive instructors. Then the last day in Ton Sai before we went to Phuket to pick up Dad we rented a Kayak to go around the limestone cliffs of the peninsula.










Then in Phuket we picked up Dad no problem at the airport and stayed in Phuket for the night before heading north to find some diving in Khao Lak. in Khao Lak my Thai friend, Poo, met us and basically took care of us for the entire time we were there, taking us to dinner, driving us to a from our resort, trying to get Dad happy.
The first resort we stayed, Banana Bungalows, was really nice with a pool and nice bungalows. And someone had a pet monkey Stanton was playing with!! (Pic)



One of the huge dinners that Poo arranged for us on the beach in Koh Kho Khao, included too much crab to eat, whole fish, rice, and too much beer for Dad, lol :)




Pic left: Poo means crab in Thai!





Dec. 26 was the 4 year anniversary of the Tsunami, so there was a memorial going on in town where (I think) thousands of people came to remember the terrible devastation on the town of Khao Lak and all the people that died. Everyone lit these paper lanterns that flew into the air, so there was a continuous stream of these lanterns in the sky that you could see from miles away. The money from the lanterns went to the families of the victims and to help still rebuild Khao Lak

Pic left: Dad lights a lantern.



Sunset from another small dinner on Ban Sak Beach. Before we were off to another seafood fest at one of Poo's friends resorts on Koh Kho Khao. We also stayed there one night. The next day Nun, his resort, took us out on the water in his longtail boat, where we saw a dolphin!

After leaving Khao Lak we went to Krabi where Stanton wanted to show dad some of the things there. We went to the Tiger temple where you walk up 1237 steps to the top of the mountain fro a great view over Krabi!

Pic: All three of us on the motorbikes in Krabi.

At the top of Wat Tham Suea.