One of the highlights of our time in Lanta was a day-long 4 island tour. We spent the day riding around in a boat between islands, snorkeling and swimming through a cave. Unfortunately we don't have photos of the snorkeling or the cave, because we obviously couldn't take the camera i the water. But trust me, we saw some very cool fish and huge coral reefs! We saw angel fish, clown fish, a big eel, and a lionfish that had all kinds of fins and things sticking out from it. This is a picture of a lionfish I found online:
It was the only cloudy day we had while we were in Thailand, but this was quite possibly a good thing because we didn't get a bit sunburned!
My stud-- uh, I mean husband-- on the beach.
Typical view from the roads around the island.
The next photos are from our elephant trekking trip. The whole elephant trekking thing is a bit cliche if you ask me, but I couldn't pass up the chance because I quite like elephants. I read in our guidebook that it's actually good for the elephants because they were banned from working in certain parts of Thailand, like Bangkok, so tourists like us help support the elephants so they can live in remote areas and don't have to be put down.
This is a view from a clearing in the "jungle" where we were trekking.
Nate feeding bananas to our elephant after the ride.
Our elephant driver.
The baby elephant can do tricks!
One of my favorite parts of our entire trip to Thailand was kayaking through the mangroves and stumbling upon some wild monkeys! We fed them bananas. There was a whole family of monkeys, and they had surprisingly large teeth.
Here are a couple of photos of our resort. Lovely.
Infinity pool with the ocean in the background-- gotta love that!
