krabi – day 2

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Playing with fire.

We didn’t envy that glass-maker, because by the time we came across him we were drenched with sweat. Fifteen minutes after stepping out of our bungalow we realized dehydration was a serious possibility. Ko Phi Phi in the daytime is seriously, ridiculously, hot.

Stalls deserted in the heat

The insane humidity took the fun out of shopping for knick-knacks – not that the stall-holders, spoiled by European holiday-goers with high exchange rates on their side, were much for bargaining. Slipping into one of the many air-conditioned massage parlors around, we had our muscles kneaded for a blissful hour before it was time to hop back into the ferry for the mainland.

Boats at the jetty

Back in Ao Nang we splurged – yes, splurged – on Ben’s House, a charming little hotel tucked away in a corner off the main street which features beautiful, newly furnished RM70 rooms. But hot, sticky, tired and irritable as we were, who was looking? More attractive to us was the pool it shared with the hotel next door, a lovely triumph of creativity in the limited space available, which featured waterfalls and salted water. From its infinity edge, refreshed and cool, we watched the sun paint the sky orange and pink as it sank gracefully past the horizon.