Rai Lay All the Way

Let me start this post by saying: I LOVE Rai Lay. If it had a few more good food options, I probably would've begged Jen to stay there for the remainder of our trip. But, alas, all good things must come to an end.

But first, more climbing! On Wednesday, we spent the morning lying by the pool where Jen burned herself right good. In the afternoon, we went back to Hot Rocks to rent some climbing gear and headed to the 1-2-3 Wall for Jen's first lead climb EVER!!!

Here, take a look:



Impressive, no? And for good measure, me, her humble belay slave:



The rest of the afternoon was spent climbing, and then relaxing, followed by some delicious pizza for dinner. (What? A girl can only eat so much rice and noodles!)

We left Rai Lay on Thursday, taking a speedboat to Phuket Town, and then a van to Kata Beach, where we're spending the last week of our trip.

After checking into the hotel, I made the fatal mistake of turning on the tv. By some mysterious hand of fate, it was programmed to ESPN and they were showing a replay of the Chelsea v. Manchester United Champions League game. Jen and I took it as a sign and spent a good portion of the afternoon watching the game, as it stretched into overtime and eventually progressed to a shoot out. I think we were both crying with John Terry when Chelsea lost, after playing so well, and down a man in the end.

But we shook off the malaise and explored Kata during the afternoon. Friday was spent at the beach, with Jen checking out the waves for a possible surfing excursion later in the week and me burning myself rather successfully...

We both decided to avoid too much sun exposure yesterday, and instead walked toward Karon Beach and played a round of mini golf. (It was awesome!)

And now it's Sunday, and we're headed back to the beach. We leave Kata early Thursday morning, to fly to Bangkok, catch another flight to Hong Kong and then from where, LA. I cannot believe it's been almost six weeks...