Krabi. Nature miracle

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One of the amazing places in Southeast Asia where you can see "soaring rocks" is in Thailand. It is called Krabi - after the name of a small trading town at the mouth of the river of the same name. It is located 800 kilometers south of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. By plane, it's about an hour's flight.

Krabi
Krabi

Between Krabi and the large bay of Ao Nang, the elongated Railay Peninsula protrudes into the sea. It can only be reached by local boats. The Thais call them "longtails" - because of the propeller, which is far from the stern, which works like a steering oar. The peninsula is fenced off from the mainland by high impregnable limestone cliffs. On the right, it is washed by the waters of a muddy bay. Mangrove trees grow here. At low tide, the so-called alluring crabs run along the sticky gray mud, one of their claws is greatly enlarged compared to the other.

On the left bank of the peninsula there are three magnificent and very small beaches with the purest light yellow sand. Here, not far from the coast, in shallow water, several vertical cliffs rise high into the air. For millions of years, sea waves have literally gnawed their foundations, and at low tide, these majestic rocks resemble outlandish giant mushrooms on short legs. When at dawn and at sunset the color of the sea begins to merge with the color of the sky, it seems that these giants are floating in the air.

The rocks are made of limestone. These are the remains of shells of mollusks that lived on our planet tens of millions of years ago. Often limestone lies on a base of volcanic tuff and hardened lava. The chipped edges of the air bubbles that once filled the bubbling lava are as sharp as broken glass. Water flowing down the rocks during the rainy season slowly dissolves the lime. Dripping from ledges, it forms huge stone icicles, sometimes two or more human heights high. They hang from stone ledges, almost touching the water. Some have climbing hooks. For rock climbers, this is a paradise. They come here from all over the world. There are even several shops on the peninsula that rent out climbing equipment.

The Railay Peninsula is quite small, but its nature is so interesting and unusual that dozens of tourists come here every day. In addition to the "soaring rocks", they have something to admire. You can climb into the Diamond Cave or go down to the bottom of the so-called lagoon - a large failure in the center of one of the cliffs. In the depths of the peninsula are abandoned banana plantations. Under water - corals and sea urchins. At the end of the day, a gang of monkeys descends from the cliffs to beg bananas and other fruits from tourists.

When the water recedes at low tide, unicellular algae and larvae of all kinds of marine life settle on the surface of the sand. Tiny crabs crawl out of the sandy holes to collect this free treat. Feeding, they roll tiny balls out of the sand and leave them near the entrance to the mink. After a couple of hours, the entire surface of the beach, wet from the water, is covered with tiny necklaces made of sand beads. The sun sets in the sea, and against the background of orange skies, the stone cliffs of Krabi hang in dark, almost black masses over the golden waters.

Author: Afonkin S.Yu.

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