We leave the Sanctuary today, bound for Railay beach in Krabbi. Long boat to Had Rin, Taxi to Thong Sala, night boat to Suratani, bus to Krabbi and then long boat to Railay (phew), total cost 900 baht each and it will take about 20 hours. We need to get away before 5th November when about 10,000 people are expected to descend on Had Rin for the full moon party, not my idea of fun, and actually not for most of the people we have met so far.
The bill came to about 10,000 baht for 4 days which was a bit over our budget!!
The Sanctuary is the vision of a lady called Jill who spends about 8 months of the year here and the rest of the time at 'home' in London. It is built into a jumble of rocks and jungle and it has taken 20 years to turn it into a beautiful sanctuary (I can think of no better word to describe it). You can walk here from Had Rin but it is a real hike so you can say that it is really only accessible by boat. The people who work here all live in and originate from the NE of Thailand. They live in bungalows even further up the jungle path than we are and it is not unknown to see cobras up there!
The restuarant/ bar is on about three levels, using platforms at various points within the rocks. They play music and even bring out a big screen for films, we watched 'Shaun of the Dead' last night for Halloween and some people really dressed up for the occasion.
We had a firefly in our hut last night! It flew around outside the mosquito net for a while, amazingly bright and the light pulsed bright and dim without ever going out. It didn't make a noise either which made it an even more eerie effect. Total darkness, jungle noises and this pulsating light drifting around the room.
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