Laem Mae Pim, Khao Chimao Waterfall and National Park and the notorious Samet Island

I celebrated my first Loi Krathong in Thailand. "Loi" means "to float" and a "krathong" is traditionally made from a section of banana tree trunk. During the night of the full moon, Thais will float their krathong on a river, canal or a pond lake. The festival is believed to originate in an ancient practice of paying respect to the spirit of the waters. Today it is simply a time to have fun.
We went on the boat the day of the festival and watched some boat races and found another boat of hilariously dressed elderly women, ready to party.

It didn't take much convincing to get Chris and our new Swedish friends on the boat with them

On Wednesday, Tanya and I went to Khao Chimao Waterfall. It is a large waterfall spreading many levels along a 3 km stretch. There are 8 waterfalls along the hike and we only made it to level 6. It was a TOUGH climb.

After the intense hike, we went to a national park that has over 80 caves (although we could only go into 10 at the time due to flooding). There were monkeys, bats and lots of crawling in the mud.

Yeah, it was as frightening as it looked, especially when there are bats flying overhead

Samet Island...
The troublesome teen island of Thailand.
It's all about sipping vodka out of a bucket, getting covered in fluorescent paint and watching your English friend accidently smoke "yaa baa" (which literally translate to madness drug and is a cocktail of methamphetamine and caffeine).
By the end of that night, I wouldn't have been surprised if I woke up face first in the sand. Although, I did try to convince Tanya to let me sleep in the back of the pick up truck. Thankfully she does not have a cruel sense of humour and did not allow such silliness. I'm hardly posting any pictures of it since it's the sorta place you have to discover for yourself.

These will kill you, no matter how high your tolerance is

Fireshow and fuck you shirts

And just for fun...