Started the day with a rush. Woke up Stuart because I thought it was already 08:00, time for our pick up...but strangely my mobile had the wrong time. So we could sleep for another 2,5 hour. THe pickup was comfortable, leathers chair in the car etc. The group consisted out of al kinds of people, but I think we were still one of the youngest. You get a sticker on you breast to check what kind of trip you take. We wanted to buy a dry bag for our camera and stuff, but we already got on from the guide. The longtail to the first stop took 1 hour, Daeng Island. Just a small island for some snorkling. After half an hour on the boat again for the next stop; Lading Island for some snorkling and swimming. This one was a little bit boring but you could go very deep when you are diving among the cliffs. The last stop was Hong Island, well this island was soooo good! Better then Phi Phi :-) First of all a magnificent white sanded beach. Big lizards walking around while you try to have lunch. But damn, stupid scared tourists,these animals are just walking around looking for some food, they are not dangerous. Only when yopu scare them they can hit you pretty hard with their long tail. Believe me, we saw it happening with one of the Thai guides of another group! Stupid asshole, punching the lizard with a stick, just asking for trouble.

We started kayaking around Hong Island. After a while we kayaked in a beautifull quiet lagoon. Just perfect! This island is like a little pearl. A speedboat with a lot of Itallian girls found us more interesting than the lagoon and invited us to get on the speedboat with them... After a while we got out of the lagoon and crawled into some caves. Followed bij more nice beaches and caves on the other side of the island. Watched some wildlife and at the end finally the dive into the water at the idealic white beach.

The trip back was on hour of sunbading on the roof of the longtail. Jumped of and got our backpacks and stuff from the office and jumped on the longtail to Railay for just 80 B. Don't expect any help from the people here, only from backpackers.

We arrived at Ton Sai Beach with sunset, damn this is a spectacular place. All the huge cliffs. The atmosphere is so different. I think even more realxed and laidback than Pai. 90% of the people here are climbers. Lots of different bars and reastaurants. Ton Sai Beach is the cheapest part of the peninsular, 200 - 500 Bath for a room. There are resorts in Railay with prices of 50.000 Bath per night!!! And yes, it's not an island, but you can only reach it by longtail beacause of all the high rocks. Searching for a room/bungalow took a little time, most places where full. So we had to climb the hill. But we got some help from a cool Swiss guy.

After our dinner walked along the beach and watched the spectacular views. Sun was already gone but we wanted to climb the rocks to the other beach, Railay Beach. A more crowded and more expensive beach. But the climbing and descending took more time then we expected. ANd with slippers on your feet it's not that easy in the dark. The last part is going down the rock with a rope. When we went back, I had to climb up with the rope...almost reached the normal track and all of a sudden the rope went loose! So I had a free fall for a few meters, ending up with some blood and pain in some bodyparts. But no worries everyone, I can still walk and we finished the track in the dark. With a little help of one small flashlight.

Ended this fantastic day at Small Worlds Bar. Just a nice backpackerbar where everybody is chilling, drinking, playing all kinds of games, balancing on ropes, playing pool and we even saw peoiple playing with clay and making funny figures whahhaa.

Unfortunately just one day and night in Railay. If you're heading for this place, just go for at least 1 week!