 One of our real joys on this adventure is stopping two nights somewhere so we can catch up with emails, washing and even have a mini adventure, off the bikes for a change. Visiting the Emerald Lagoon off Railay Beach near Krabi in Thailand was one such adventure. It feels almost mythical when you start reading about the lagoon and that air of mystery is with you all the way, it really was quite an adventure. This is a great article describing the way to get there: wheretoflow.com/railay-princess-lagoon-krabi/ The climb up from the tourist path is pretty much vertical, so not many people even think about having ago, and we didn’t encounter too many people on the way. Once we’d got to the top of the initial climb, we met a French guy in his late twenties and quizzed him about the way ahead. He said that he’d got all the way to the final two drops but couldn’t see any ropes, so had turned around - this wasn’t sounding so good for us ‘seniors’ in our 60s! We won’t lie, it was pretty hairy at times and we were all thinking the same thing, how the ‘f..k’ are we going to get back up as we abseiled down the final rock face! From the top of the final decent, we could see 5, maybe 6 people just floating and laughing in the lagoon below, so we knew that it was possible to get there. They were a nice group hailing from all over the world and it turned out they’d been enjoying themselves taking bets on who would make it down to them and who would turn back at the last hurdle. They did say that they had every faith in us making it – go Team 2up! So that was our last day off, we were quickly back on the boat taxi back to Ao Nang and back to reality, but that is a day we will never forget. Cheers, Team 2up and yes, that is Richard climbing back up with the green rucksack on his back.
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