229. KRABI - SUN SEA SAND

 

Better known as an island resort - will zoom in to where the action is...

These limestone formations are works of art, creations of Mother Nature...colours of the palette provided by the minerals...

The pristine Andaman Sea

Stopped over on Poda Island for a picnic lunch

...and a stop up on this cafe on a hill for a spectacular view of the limestone karsts and the beautiful Andaman Sea while sipping a mocktail...

A beer to round up the day...

The obligatory visit to another Thai temple complex. To cover all bases, this one has the usual Buddha what-have-you, a Tiger cave temple, a Mother Guanyin, a Ganesha, a family of monkeys representing the Monkey God perhaps or even Hanuman himself...

 This been his cave he gets extra attention and gifts from devotees

Enterprising - there's a rental service that provides a cover-up!

This region was badly hit by the Asian Tsunami, 2004

Walked through this huge mangrove forest, it's a beautiful place to study the important role they play in our ecology and protecting the coasts. Singapore is growing, cultivating mangrove forests in the Southern Islands and Chek Jawa on Ubin...

The tide was coming in that day...within a short period of time, water came up quickly, quietly, insidiously...there have been instances where people were caught unawares by rising tides and were either trapped on drowned...

Everything has a purpose in Mother Nature's Kingdoms, the Mangroves have breathing roots, they are made for such locations...the tightly knitted roots hold the soil together in a compact stranglehold to prevent erosion of the coasts...

Breathing roots

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