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Be Adventurous Like James Bond
 Whether
you’re looking for hard or soft adventures, from sea kayaking
to simply soaking up the sun on a sandy tropical beach, the islands
of Krabi province (renowned as the
setting for The Beach) and Phuket
(close to where The Man with the Golden Gun was shot), are truly
amazing destinations.
The symbol of Krabi, which is the
oldest continually inhabited province in Thailand,
is the limestone crag. Nature’s exclamation marks, these towering
monoliths punctuate Krabi’s
inland geography, and make for dramatic cliff faces framing seaview
sunsets. For water sports aficionados, there are lots of ways to
get a high tide of adrenaline flowing, from jet-skis to banana boats,
and parasailing to marine fishing.
But softer tours of beauty are available in the area, too. One
of the most scenic trips is visiting Phang-nga
Bay, studded with limestone crags rising hundreds of meters
out of the sea. Most of these tours throw in a stopover at James
Bond Island, while“paddling guides” also take you in kayaks
through sea caves that open up into lagoons, overflowing with placid
aquamarine water that’s surrounded by limestone cliffs.
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