Saturday 2nd February 2008

After two days of complete relaxation we felt like we needed some exercise today (yeah right... the beaches here rock!), so after breakfast and then taking our time to get ready we caught a bus to a place called Wat Tham Seua or Tiger Cave Temple. We'd heard different things about this place - but we still weren't prepared for what we got.

The Tiger Cave is a beautiful forest temple, that also has a famous hilltop shrine. The only thing was, to get to the shrine we had to climb 1,237 steps. It may not sound like a lot - but it was, plus some of them were about a foot high and only a couple of centimeters thick - it was literally like climbing a mountain. It took what seemed like ages to reach the top but it was totally worth it - the views were spectacular, and the shrine wasn't too bad either. For some reason it was just as tough climbing back down the stairs - but felt great to get back to the ground eventually. We shouldn't really complain though, apparently some people were attacked by the monkeys that live there on their way up!

We got back to Krabi Town this afternoon and tried to have a look around the shops but we were way too exhausted. Instead, we found a lovely little café, where we had some lunch and watched a film on their big TV. Afterwards we came back to the guesthouse for a well earned shower and rest before going out for some more food. Tonight we went to the local Irish bar and watched the footie on the TV.

Boy are we tired - it's back to the beach tomorrow!