Krabi :: Part Dos

Continuing from the Krabi trip...
So, on the 2nd day, we signed ourselves up for a full day 4 Island Tour. Price on the brochure was 1200 Baht per person, but we got it at 900 Baht per person. At 8.15am, the tour agent picked us up from our hotel to the jetty. It was quite unnecessary because the jetty was just around the corner hehehe! We didn't know, if not, we would have walk there since it was about 5 minutes walk.

Our speedboat for our tour

The place was already packed with tourists. Tour companies busy sticking stickers to label us accordingly. After a short brief, we took off to the 1st island - which is the Phranang Cave. I have to say, of all the island holidays I've been to, Krabi definitely has the spot of top 2 most beautiful islands. Check out some of the pictures:

Love the piles of white cloud in this picture!

Scenery @ Phranang Cave - 01

Hubby says this is "art"!

Scenery @ Phranang Cave - 02

Our feet hehehe! Look at my non-pedicured feet. Fugly!

Waves washed ashore

This is the Phranang Cave. We were told to look into the hole (behind where I'm standing) to check out what it has in stored for us. I dare not to look, but hubby did. Apparently, it was all bats! Right next to this cave was a mini temple. The locals pray there.

Michelle @ Phranang Cave

We spent almost an hour here. There is nothing to do here, except sunbathing. So, I took my sweet time applying my sunblock and set up the camera to snap a picture of us both.

Us @ Phranang Cave

After the first stop at Phranang Cave, we continued our journey. Here, we see the famous Chicken Island. The tour guide did mentioned that the original name for this island is not Chicken Island. The name was given by tourists as we reckon it resembles a chicken. After a while, the island has been name Chicken Island.

Chicken Island

Our speedboat made a stop here. We were told to do our snorkeling here. They gave us bread to feed the fishes. I was quite skeptical to jump in, so I threw crumbs into the ocean to check out the fishes first... And here they are! The fishes!

Fishes found at the snorkeling activity

But no! I didn't jump into the ocean. Why? Check out this picture. See the floating pink object? Those are jellyfishes!! They are huge, and they are everywhere! I ain't gonna take no chances with them. They stung hubby before when we were in Redang, and it was really bad. No way I am repeating history. I'm just contented to stay on the boat and feed the fishes from the top.

Fishes and jellyfishes

After the snorkeling activity, we headed to the 3rd island, which was the Tup Island. Famous for their sandbank, I was left speechless when I stepped on this island. 3 islands were "interconnected"! You can actually walk from one island to the other! This picture only shows 2 islands, but they connect 3 islands. It's really a wonder.

Tup Islands famous sandbank

The beautiful island is definitely worth taking pictures. We spent quite sometime taking pictures. Check them out!

Scenery @ Tup Island - 01

We were left to relax at this island for about an hour. Hubby busied himself with picture taking, while I sunbathed!

I love this! Looks like a postcard hahaha!

Scenery @ Tup Island - 02

Next up is our lunch as the tour covers our lunch. We were blardy hungry by then, and we were brought to Chicken Island again to have our lunch. This is the hut where we had our lunch. It was so crowded with tourists!

"Canteen" for lunch

Presenting to you - The most pathetic lunch in my entire life! Fried rice and... plain water. Yup that's it! I know, it's freaking pathetic. And the fried rice was tasteless!

Fried rice lunch

After lunch, we were brought to the final island in this tour, which is the Poda Island. This is a private island, and is well known for its clean beach and peaceful surroundings. There is entrance fee for this island! But it is already included in our tour package.

Hubby @ Poda Island

Guess how long we have to be there? 2 hours! OMG! OK don't get me wrong. The island is breathtakingly gorgeous, but we have to loiter here for 2 hours! Maybe I'm used to the city life... The thought of lying here doing nothing for 2 hours almost killed me! On top of that, we can't even sleep in peace because there were flies all around. There were so many of them, that I can't have a peaceful 5 minutes.

So, we occupied our time with taking pictures. What else is there to do?!

Scenery @ Poda Island - 01

It was all green leaves and brown branches, except for this particular tree. Blossoms of red pierced through, which created quite an interesting contrast.

Scenery @ Poda Island - 02

This hut is located at different spots on the island. Tourists/visitors simply lie around and enjoy the serene atmosphere.

Hubby @ the hut in Poda Island

We were finally transported back to Ao Nang town after the last stop in Poda Island. Since the jetty was just 5 minutes walk to our hotel, we decided to walk back instead of taking the ride offered. On our way back, we walked passed Haagen-Dazs, and hubby went in. He did not walked out with just 2 scoops of ice-cream, but he came out holding a tub of Cookies and Cream tub! Hubby said he's too hungry, and there's extra cash. He wants to enjoy his ice cream in the hotel room.

Hubby @ Haagen-Dazs

More pictures from Krabi trip!

World Cup Fever!

It's finally the World Cup!

This event which only comes every 4 years is finally here after the long wait. No doubt, hubby is very excited with this event.

Yesterday was the first match of South Africe vs Mexico. My bet was on Mexico! I don't do any analysis, but I always support a team based on my "feelings" hahaha! If it was not for the allegedly offside call by the referee, the score would have been 1-2.

Hubby has already mentioned that during the World Cup, it's HIS time! Everything has to be put aside for his football sessions. LOL I don't really mind cos it doesn't affect me.

My all-time favourite team is definitely BRAZIL! Woo-hoo! Hopefully they will be able to be the champion this year.
While hubby's favourite team is ENGLAND... And he has already gotten this the official England football jersey 2 weeks ago!


Can't wait for the final? Who will it be? Hmm...

Image credited to soccerpro.com

Krabi :: Part Uno

Ta-da! Finally, I've done editing the first batch of the pictures we have taken in Krabi. Presenting, part uno of our pre-honeymoon trip to Krabi.

We took the Air Asia flight to Krabi, which was rerouted from our cancelled Bangkok trip. Only one trip per day to and from Krabi. Our flight was scheduled at 1.30pm.

Our passport in preparation to Krabi

I thought we have our plan intact and would have time for lunch in LCCT after checking in, but no... We were quite behind schedule. I used 20 minutes purchasing my facial products, and we didn't have time to have lunch. Was blardy hungry when we were in the plane, so I got this - Briyani Chicken Rice. It's not too bad, but I'd still prefer the Nasi Lemak!

Briyani Chicken Rice

The journey to Krabi took only about 1 hour 15 minutes. After I have finish my briyani, the next thing I know, the pilot was announcing that we were gonna land soon! OMG excited!!

The local time upon our arrival was 2.30pm. We were the first to walk out of the airport because we didn't check in our luggage, so we didn't have to wait for our luggage to be released on the conveyor belt. Damn kiasu rite?! Hahaha! But no choice! We have already used half a day to come to this place. No time should be wasted hehehe!

Arrival at Krabi International Airport

We grabbed a cab from the airport to transfer to our hotel, which costs us 600 Baht. Upon arrival, we were greeted by a group of friendly staff. While I was checking in, hubby went around exploring the hotel and took quite a handful of gorgeous pictures.

Phra Nang Inn @ Krabi

This is one of the pictures - It is almost the full view of the hotel. At first, I was quite skeptical about this hotel because it looks quite old and rundown from the webpage, but it higher than my expectation! The place is really clean and breathtaking! The atmosphere was so relaxing!

Phra Nang Inn view

Check out their swimming pool! Everytime we walk pass this pool, we see the hotel staff cleaning the place and sweeping away the leaves. We kid you not - They are there everytime!

Phra Nang Inn's swimming pool view

After checking in, we were escorted to our room. The room is so cosy! Although they can't give us a queen size or king size bed, but the butler did offered to help us push to beds together, but we declined his help. Hubby wants to sleep separately hahaha!

The beds in our room

But in the end, he pushed the beds together hehehe!

Check out their wardrobe! So cute and creative!

Our wardrobe

This is the view from our "balcony". There is a sliding door in our room that lets us walk out here. These chairs are really comfy! Really the best place to relax and read.

Relax and chill out outside our room

Yay! We are finally in Krabi for our pre-honeymoon trip! Hehehe!

Us @ Phra Nang Inn's room

After some rest, we ventured outside to look for tour packages. Found the 4 Island Tour and bought it, which is scheduled for the next day. That means we have the rest of the evening free! Time to check out the island!

This is the street right opposite our hotel. The whole street sells exactly the same thing hahaha! I didn't get anything cos I didn't see anything I fancy.

Street @ Krabi

This street was just about 200m long... Right after that street, we see many hotels + shops like this. The lower ground is a modern store, and right about is hotel rooms. Stylish huh?

Hotel + Shop @ Krabi street

"Dear, I'm hungry!" - My hubby said.

LOL the nasi briyani didn't quite sustain hubby's tummy. So, we saw this signboard and we had to go in. McDonald's!

McDonald's @ Krabi

Everything in McDonald's is almost the same with what we have here, except for this - The Samurai Pork Burger. Very tasty and delicious! The juicy and tender pork really had me asking for more, but I knew I have to save the space in my tummy for some street food!

Samurai Pork Burger

Walking out of McDonald's, I saw it! Muahaha! The thing I fell in love with in Koh Samui. It is the Thai's pancake. Referring to this post, I'm sure you can tell that I really love this snack. Hubby didn't want it, but I don't care. I ordered the Nutella Pancake, and finished the whole thing by myself hahaha! Oh Lord, the calories!

Nutella Pancake

A rough look at the street in Krabi, I knew that I won't be able to do any shopping. So, we estimated that we will definitely have extra cash remaining. With that amount, I told hubby to tailor-made his working pants since the last time he did it was back in 2007! After much persuasion, he finally agreed to get it done. The deal we got? RM90 for a pair! Good deal huh?

Taking measurements for his trousers

After the measurements are all finalised, we walked back to our hotel, and I saw this! Since my first ever visit to Thailand, I have always have this. This barbeque chicken has always given me the satisfaction of Thai street food.

Barbeque Chicken

We finished our barbeque chicken in our hotel and right after that, hubby wants to go for a massage. Right next to our hotel, there is this massage parlour facing the beach. We got our Thai massage there, and it only costs RM20 per person for an hour of Thai massage.

1 hour Thai massage

Since hubby started his massage first, he finished his session earlier, and went around looking for a nice spot to take his scenery pictures. Check out some of the pictures:

Krabi scenery 01

I like this picture. The stranded coconut on the beach - Cool!

Krabi scenery 02

This is taken from the back of our hotel.

Krabi scenery 03

My turn to take picture of hubby. It was already dark but he refused to take off his cap to take the picture. Hence, the dark shadow.

Hubby after massage

And then his turn to take a picture of me. This time, he used the flash. That's why it looks nicer.

Michelle @ swimming pool

Went back to our hotel after our massage and showered. Then, it's time for dinner. The restaurants there are mostly a mix of Thai with Mexican or Italian or even Indian food. Learning from our experience in Koh Samui, we chose the restaurant that has the most mat salleh. It always prove to be the best place to go for food.

And we chose this - the Tanta's Seafood.

Tanta's Seafood

We ordered the well-known Pineapple Rice. Yummy! Best ever Pineapple Fried Rice. The pineapple taste in this was just so distinct.

Pineapple Fried Rice

Another mouth-watering dish is this Fried Seafood with Cashew Nut. Almost everything in Thai food has cashew nut, and now I know why. It makes it more aromatic.

Fried Seafood with Cashew Nut

One disappointment is this Pork Satay. It was too hard and took me so long to chew it before I can actually swallow it.

Pork Satay

Total was about RM50, including my Pina Colada and his huge Heineken bottle. Quite worth it, I reckon!

Us @ Tanta's Seafood

I really miss the food there. Just looking back at these pictures make me salivate! Hahaha!

Next post - the 4 Island Tour