Krabi is the first vacation of year 2010. But hey, as usual, we did plan this trip 2-3 months ahead…I think around Oct (at first we wanna go a week b4 xmas but the ticket price just too high…so, Jan we are).
1st day :
Arrive Krabi Airport, we took minibus as they said (take outside airport..just in front of airport entrance)…THB600 for a whole car from Krabi Airport to Aonang Pier … Aonang pier, we took long tail boat to go to our final destination…Railey ..THB70/pax. Where we stay? A very far up hill backpacker accommodation type called Railey Cabana…to find the place, we are actually did some hiking..no kidding..plus lost a bit, confuse, lost,confuse and we finally get there. Its very cheap though..THB400/pax/2 nights(for those who can compromise on luxury of accommodation, can choose this place…very basic but we love it) like our kampong…all our neighbours were Orang Putih..(well, we are the only ASEAN on that particular period).
After Maghrib..heading to the beach where all the happenings thing going on…looking for nice place to have dinner…found this restaurant..(alamak tak ingat nama pulak) good food…price reasonable.
Trekking to our Railey CAbana
Finally
this is our pondok
TIPS : don’t bother to find the cheapest price cos all place about the same price and just look for nice ambient to enjoy..the food somehow will not be disappointing) Dinner for 4 roughly about RM100-RM120..with fish,vege, rice,8 drinks (yeah we are thirsty), beef/chicken..everything is HALAL here..No Worries.
relax on bamboo stage
What are you going to do after dinner? Look around for tomorrow trip. Phi phi island a day trip plus lunch plus free flow mineral water n coke, price range from THB1800 can go down to THB900 per pax..depending on where you book and how good your nego skill…its for speed boat( highly recommended to take speed boat). We were thrill to get THB1300/pax before knowing that there is THB900/pax offered in other tour agent….hehehhe..nevermind..Having coffee or tea while lay down on bamboo kind of stage..looking to the ocean eventho its dark…with the soft wind blow to ur face..musics and the best of all…observe people passing by…hot stuff some of them…hahahahahaha..
2nd day :
Speed boat
Starts as early as 7am…(its 8am Malaysia time)…get our breakfast at one of the reastaurant…its pricey I should say. THB225/pax for big American breakfast exclude drink..by 9.00am..ready for phi phi island trip. The trip includes snorkeling at not remember where,swim at Maya Bay (The Beach location),the beach so fantastic, the water soooo inviting, u will be swimming without u even realize it...lunch at Phi Phi Island,buffet, food Ok… and another snorkeling(its in the middle of the ocean and I’ve being attacked by jelly fish..its like a fire burning..so painful, however its getting ok in 2 hours, not always happen..i’m just the lucky one..Am I?)…it’s a full day trip…arrive railey west at about 3.30pm.
Maya Bay
Landed at Railey beach…straight to our room/pondok….rest while freshen up..get ready for nite life on 2nd nite. Before dinner, we enjoy sunset moment.We had dinner at different place but as I said earlier, the price about the same any where…we had prawn, fish, papaya salad, 4 drinks, rice., beef/chicken…after dinner, its heavy rain out of sudden. We just drop into massage parlour nearby , get a good 1 hour massage while waiting for the rain to stop…finish massage…rain stop..Thai massage THB250/1 hour..absolutely superb. DO NOT MISS IT. We book 4 island trip for tomorrow activity.. Only THB700/pax. This activity can up to THB1200/pax…we saw advert of Muay Thai..(Thai kickboxing ) earlier. Need to grab a seat by 9.30pm before its full..so here we are, at Bamboo pub where the ring is ready, the fighter no where can be seen. Ordered mango juices and a sisha..THB250 for sisha. While waiting for the show , we enjoy our sisha till 2 of us almost Knock Out (KO without fighting in the ring)….we didn’t know what’s in Sisha but later we found out (really later..after we come back to KL)it’s include Ganja..hahahahahah..no wonder 2 of my frens ting tong…experienced that’s count..heheheheh
By 12mdnite…no fighter turns up, crowd begin to make their way including us….need to sleep for tomorrow trip..and need to be on bed before my frens cannot walk back…hahahahahah…
Sunset at Railley
Sisha time...
3rd day :
Again, 7am is our wake up call, need to pack and check out. We are heading to Aonang in the evening…breakfast today we choose buffet at one of the resort, THB250/pax. Its consider cheap bcos u can eat variety of food. From cereal to fried rice..pan cake..juices and coffee..bread n butter n jam..fruits..After breakfast , we wait for our boat at the RAiley West beach..(our kampong at Railey East..just 10 min walk btwn two railey). The boat women came….’4 ppl for 4 island’ she shouted..we know its gonna be us but she refuse to agree and keep checking..she said need to confirm..well then, we can wait….after 10 min, YES, its confirm…we are 4 ppl she looking for…hehheheheheh..(our sticker is apparently diff from others..no wonder)..
And what is this 4 island?...Phra Nang beach…nice place to swim and photo session of course, snorkeling spot which soooo beautiful but high current (the wave pull and push u, end up u r at the big rock)lunch at Chicken Island…it has this route connecting two island..got to cross it to get to the boat..(others took 10 min to cross it but we took about 30 min due to high tendency to be a model…every step is a photo session…) the ocean is like big swimming pool..can’t take my eyes out of you….its just not enough no matter how many pic u snap…after an hour, proceed to Poda Island…nice place to take a nap, really. Slept here about 20 min…had jagung bakar…by the time we are about to swim…its time to get on board…sigh..(the first topless I saw is here…I mean women, all men are topless, kids naked with cap)
Arrive railey beach at about 2pm….since we had checked out and still want to swim ..we just continue swim and sunbathing at Railey West beach….by about 4pm, we had hi-tea…(pizza n drink at tea time…hahhahaah)…relax a bit, cool down after hot sunny sun bathing..took longtail boat to Aonang at about 5pm. Only 10 min ride, arrive Aonang…looking for KL Aonang hotel,we decided to take tuk tuk instead of walking..cost us THB100 for a tuk tuk, its wise decision cos that hotel is far enough to walk with 9kg bagpack…settle down…freshen up..feels like back to urban life. KL Aonang is apparently one of budget hotel recommended by Air Asia. About THB350 double fan room…nice, clean, comfy.
When night come, we stroll along the road to find HALAL food. In Aonang , need toask bcos they do serve Non Halal…we got one place, seat, ordered almost same menu plus crab and grilled Giant Prawn…good food with good price. After dinner, window shopping time, looking for massage place which is a lot…choosing massage place,..have a wonderful aloe vera massage…walk back to the hotel…sleeppppp….
4th day :
Today we are going home…..eventho I enjoyed Krabi, I am more happy of the idea coming home..Home sweet home…
But before that, we rent 2 bikes to merempit at Aonang. I haven’t ride a bike for quite some time but I do have a license..so still acceptable. Another rider, only know how to ride without knowing how to start a bike, where is the break , how to open the seat to get to the fuel tank..worst case, not sure how to turn…well good luck to us.
Its just a scooter but its big enough for me…being petite not easy to stand the bike but above all…..we managed to ride,stop, ride,stop, take photo successfully without any harm…Bravo..Last beach of the vacation is Natharat Pharat beach….not so beautiful but still better view than PD and Feringgi…Bike rent is for a day..THB200 exclude fuel..we just add THB40 for 1 liter fuel..expensive. the bike given to u with 1 liter fuel and its actually enough for 20km maybe…but being us, we prefer to refill than stop without fuel on the road…When we return the bike, the fuel is almost half tank ( we rent about 3 hours only , got plane to catch)
By 12, airport pick up all ready waiting for us, we just arrive our hotel, final packing…half an hour later, off we go to the airport….
Everything went smoothly till we almost landing. KL weather so bad, heavy rain…we experience air pocket 2 times, heavy turbulence….the flight decending and suddenly go up again …feel like roller coster in the air..we are unable to land, we are going to hang around for a while…the pilot said. There you go, free tour in the air above Sepang…after 20min, 2nd attempt to land..finally at about 5pm, we safely landed at LCCT…Big hand everyone….
