And I would walk 1,237 steps... (Krabi, Tailand)

On the island of Ko Chang I had my fair share of spiders, in Krabi I recieved my fair share of spider monkey's. While in Krabi, I took a full day tour packed with exercise, animals, sunshine, and food- just a few of my favorite things.\

The tour began with 3 hours kayaking through limestone caves, some areas covered in lush green jungle, and mangroves. While going through the mangroves dozens of monkeys swung from the trees and watched us go by, a few even decided to join us on our kayaks. When I saw them start dropping onto kayaks, I said to Steve, "paddle, paddle, paddle!!!!!!!!" I was scared. All I could think of was rabise. However, the guides said they were nice and even cut up some pineapple for us to feed them, so I gave them a chance. These monkeys also quickly became Steve's buddies.
After our little kayaking adventure, we were taken to have some delicious lunch; rice and vegetables for me, the same thing that I have now been eating for the last 12 days, and then to the jungle to ride some elephants, which are also became steve's buddies. When I climbed onto that giant animals back, it felt surreal. I couldn't believe I was about to go for a trek through the jungle on an elephant. A Tai man drove the elephant, if you will, while steve and I sat behind him. At first I thought this would be one of the coolest things i will ever do, but I soon disregarded that thought. In order to make the elphant do what he wanted and go where he wanted, the Tai man would beat the elephant with a bamboo stick with a metal hook coming out one end. Everytime the man would hit the elephant, I would flinch. I felt so guilty for being on that animals back for my own amusement. As neat of an experience it was, I don't think I would do it again.
Because we had a full day with our tour on saturday, i decided to take today as a day to just bum around the city and plan our next destination. However, my day of regrouping and planning turned into the day I climbed 1,237 steps up a mountain to a temple. It was a bit tiring, but actually not so bad and I hate incline of any sort. It felt good to make it to the top and the view was more than worth it. It makes me sad that the pictures don't do it justice. After climbing back down, I recieved a hand made bracelet from a monk which is supposed to bring me good luck. I am really hoping it works.