Krabi Temple - Many Monkeys, Many Steps.

With not much time before I have to return my rental bike - I thought I would recount the story of the temple we visited in Krabi on the fourth January.




We stayed on Koh Muk for four weeks or there abouts with Utit and his family. Some of the kindest and most generous people we could of hoped to of met.



Our plan when leaving Koh Muk was to get the ferry and make our own way back to Trang and gain transport, inevitably train, to Surat Thani where we were to meet Tom. This plan did not come to fruition however as the families generosity continued.



We had met Muu's sister previously when she visited Koh Muk one weekend. It became apparent that Yok, Utit and Muu's daughter, lived in Krabi with Pak Pow where she attended school. Pak pow was Muu's sister and Utit offered to drive us to Krabi where they would drop off Yok and we could stop with Muu's family.



We were only able to stop the one night due to time constraints in getting to Surat Thani but Pak Pow had already arranged for some of her friends to drop by with their pick up truck. Several of us then clambered into the back of the truck and we went on a tour of Krabi. We took in sites such as a waterfall, where I nearly broke my foot, the Ao nang district with amazing karst scenery and beautiful beaches.



I would say the most memorable visit though was to the main temple in the Krabi area which was set upon a mountain top. There were 1237 steps to the top where the temple was situated. This didn't seem like too daunting a task but I don't think either Tim or myself had really considered the gradient of the mountain we were heading up.



The karst scenery found across many countries within asia / south east asia is amazing to look at. Huge monlith style cliffs that appear to of simply erupted from the ground with vast imposing walls.



Well..... It was a similar type of monolith that our temple destination sat upon.



There was a chance that the steps may be steep.



They were.



I don't think the video does full justice to the scale of some of the sections that we ascended but no doubt my constant gasping for breath and excessive sweating, even for me, will be some indication of the task we endured.