Krabi, Thailand

Terrible decisions.

Raining in Krabi Town, Thailand.

Maybe I should start telling you my plans? Maybe? Anyways, the plan I made while in Penang was to take about two weeks in Thailand (something I was OK with because I need to go to Bangkok in February anyways for the CP Biggest Eater contest – yes, yes I am planning to go to a Major League Eating competition while in Thailand. Yes, yes that rocks my socks. That plan consists of doing Krabi, Phi Phi Islands, and Phuket. And on November 25 I will fly to Siem Reap, Cambodia. And I pretty well have to stick to it because my visa will run out and my plane ticket has already been bought…

 

As soon as I got to Krabi, Thailand, it started to rain. Monsoon like drops pelted the town. I was hungry but didn’t want to leave my hostel. I went starving instead. I was convinced that I had made a terrible decision on where to go and that for the next two weeks I would be nothing but wet and miserable. To top it off, the cough that I had for three months and lost somewhere in Turkey made a triumphant return.

I went to bed hungry and miserable.

The next day I stuck around Krabi Town. I walked around, checking out the views and the weirdest traffic lights in the world.


Krabi, Thailand

Krabi, Thailand

I wasn’t sure what else to do with myself and didn’t want to go to the beach that day so I stopped in a store for a bottle of water and a popsicle. As I was debating what to get a man pointed to his recommendation.

We chatted for a bit, he was an expat from California. I got on the back of him motorcycle and he took me to lunch.

Krabi, Thailand

I got on the back again to go to his house to “meet his dog.”

Krabi, Thailand

See world, not a euphemism.

Though, I do admit, when he asked if I used an ATM card for money while traveling and then said “Be right back” my first thought was “Oh shit, he’s getting a gun.”

All is safe in Valryland though. But I seem to have a knack lately for meeting 60 year old men.

After he dropped me back at my hostel I took another walk around, checked out one of the temples, got some delicious fried dough balls of awesomeness from the night market.

Krabi, Thailand

Krabi, Thailand

Krabi, Thailand

Krabi, Thailand

Krabi, Thailand

And, although I still wasn’t sure how I felt about my plan, about Krabi, about anything, I did enjoy a rain-free day.

Hi, I'm Val. I spent most of my 20s in a standstill, unable to pick which path in life I wanted to take. I wanted the nomadic life of a traveler but also wanted the husband, the condo, and the kitten. Unable to decide which life I wanted more, I did nothing. When I turned 30 I’d had enough of putting my life on hold and decided to start “choosing my figs.” So, I quit my job, bought a one-way ticket to Europe, and traveled for three years. Now I'm back in Chicago, decorating my apartment in all the teal, petting my cats, and planning my next adventure.

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