phuket, thailand

We went to Phuket, Thailand for the second half of our trip. It was hot, really hot. And humid. 

We went to this outdoor food stand for pad see ew: 

And pad thai:

 We went to the beach:

I think this was on Christmas day:

After two beach days, we ventured out to this tour to Ao Phang-Nga National Park. We were a little nervous about this trip. It involved traveling on a small-ish boat, and Drew is prone to seasickness, and I was still under the weather from the food poisoning. It could have been a disastrous day, but fortunately, it wasn't. Needles to say, we were pleasantly surprised.  

So basically, the tour boat took us around to all these destinations, where we got out and explored the sea caves in guided canoes. We saw monkeys:

You go through the sea cave and into these calm, peaceful clearings: 

And that was basically it, in and out of these sea caves and clearings.  

Ao Phang-Nga is known for its karsts: 

Inside one of the caves: 

Later that afternoon, we made these, um, I don't know what they're called. Uh, we made this: 

It was a really good day, and that night we headed back to Shanghai.