OK, Where did I stop? Alright, it was our first one-day-trip and these are all the activities we had to cover in ONE DAY! Unbelievable?

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Nah…I was just kidding, even Superman couldn’t survive the trip. We went for a full day kayaking trip to Ao Thalane for Day 2; and believe me, it is worth every single joule of energy spent. It was quite a deal that we got from Art Canoeing. Because we bought 2 full day trips off them on the spot, we paid only 1800 bht each instead of at least 2500bht they would be chargng any “westerner”

We were out in the sea kayaking for almost 4 hours *exhaustinnng* Trust me, for a person with zero sports cell in her, i did pretty good. If i can do it, I don’t see why anyone else can’t.

First spot was to Ao Thalene, a lush mangroove cave area where it’s so cooling and peaceful that i feel like just floating around for the rest of the day.. At this point, I’m still afraid to pull out my canera so not much photos. From there, we kayak to another full mangroove area filled with monkeys!! Fortunately, the monkeys there are very tame so unlike those from home =.=

Fortunate for the monkey that I know that before it jump right in front of me. It must have been praying for it’s hearing before we kayak in :S

It was just sitting there eating the pineapple and when it’s done with it, it went diving infront of us. MONKEY.CAN.SWIM. AND. DIVE. That’s really something new to me hahah

The wind wasn’t very kind to us that day. Every stroke of the paddle seems useless. Then we stopped at some cave when the guide skillfully serve us with the sweetest pineapple that i’ve ever had. He just sit there in his kayak and start to slice away with a seemingly useless small knife while the rest of us stare in awe.

The very very large canyon that we went after the cave. In MrSmallFace words, “It’s like we are in Lord of the Rings movie” his face full with amazement.Photos will do no justice on the height and beauty of it. It just feel different kayaking into it rather than looking from the flat photos…

Caught red handed. My human motor is taking a break. No wonder our kayak just won’t budge faster =.=

From there, we saw a monitor lizard sleeping on a tree, a puffer fish caught in a net and arms getting more tiring as we battle the waves towards a small sand bed in the middle of the sea. It was filled with thousand and thousand of small crabs that ran away once we go near.

Stupid starfish that lies everywhere!! The guide just pick a few up and threw them across the water as if they are pebbles. The cliffs behind me is where the canyon lies.

Then it’s back to the pier and lunch. LIKE FINALLYYY!! Before heading to the amazing Emerald Pool (Sra Kaew). Looks like it’s a elephant drinking bowl huh..

We were told the colors of the water changes day to day. From green>blue> turqouise> ??

Very cool indeed. pun intended.

Day 3 started out early as well. Tuk Tuk was early today. We stopped at Railay Beach for a while to pick someone up and it was breathtakingly beautiful. No wonder it’s one of the best beaches in S.E.A. Most of the speed boat tour (island hopping) centers around the Phi Phi archipelago. Upon reaching the first, Bamboo Island, we can hear gasps going around the boat and sounds of hands searching for their cameras.

It’s crazy how white the sands are. It’s blinding!! I had to keep my sunnies on all the time even when i’m in the sea.Not to mentioned how HOT it was.

Then I can’t remember what our Thai guide was saying. Viking Caves, Pileh Bay, Shark Point, Monkey Bay, Lohsamah Bay. It all sounds the same to me. Looks the same as well. Breathakingly marvelous jelly like seas.

However, the most beautiful of all, i think is Maya Bay. Afterall, Leornardo Dicarprio filmed “The Beach” here. It’s THE BEACH. eheheh

The day was filled with dozing off in the speed boat ride with the wind softly blowing around you, waking up, go shuttercrazy for awhile, jumping into the sea for snorkelling and repeat. For most of the part, i prefer to throw bread crumbs towards the direction of MrSmallFace so he’ll get attack by fishes ahhahaha

The end of the day came fast and we spend most of the time running around Ao Nang beach (where the boat drops us) until it started to rain and we had to seek shelter in a smelly phone booth.

The differences of me and him jumping. My pathetic attempt.

There’s more to do in Krabi other than those I’ve mentioned here. If you notice, i mentioned cliff.

Yes, Krabi is famous for it’s cliff climbing too. As well as bungee jumpings, jungle trekking, scuba diving and much more. But we don’t have the time for everything.

After all that, we all need to get pampered. Especially in Thailand where massages are damn good at a steal! We couldn’t decide where to go so we decided to trus the sign which said THE BEST MASSAGE in TOWN. For once, it’s telling the truth. Hehehe..

And finally get to use my Princess Instax Film that Christal/Jason got for me!!

Now, next post up would be none other than…

]]> http://apple4today.com/flexing-some-muscle-at-ao-nang/feed/ 7 http://apple4today.com/food-ao-nang-krabi/ http://apple4today.com/food-ao-nang-krabi/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:58:38 +0000 Eve http://apple4today.com/?p=919 Of all the many post to come on Krabi, i decided to start bombarding you guys with food first My expertise *erhemm*

First day dinner we went to this place called Wang Sai after asking the locals on where’s the best place for food. From what we observe during the day, there’s not much local food around. It’s really a nice place, spacious and right next to the beach.While waiting for the food, we had our drinks. Beers at 50bht. woohoo!

Since it’s only the 2 of us, we had just a few dishes. The pineapple fried rice and green curry came first. They serve pretty fast given the number of customers they had that night.

Then the very well made squid. It has the right amount of sourness for you to wrinkle your face however balance it with the right amount of sweetness and spicyness! Yummeh!

The crab with egg. Hard to describe. Very nice texture to chew..

The restaurant. We were stuff to the maximun by the time we are finished with it. Even so, we couldn’t finish everything The bill came up to about <700bht. Considerably cheap for all the seafood and servings. ahahah

For both day lunches, it was provided by the tour that we signed up for. No idea on that, maybe McDonald Pork burger at 150bht per set? Or for those who need their caffeine fix, there’s starbucks..hahaha. Second night, we wander around in search for some cheaper food.

It was actually quite hard to find authentic Thai food except for some stalls infront of Krabi Resort which closes by dawn. Most of the restaurants there cater for eurasions so utimately most of the food are Swedish, Danish, Italian, English and surprisingly the best food in AoNang is Indian Food!! =.=

Finally we found a small hawker centre like place opposite Krabi Resort again, just a little way up Ban Ao Nang Hotel. It is something similar to Gurney Drive, a tourist trap haha. All the waiters there are friendly as hell, genuine or not, i enjoyed it all together

Since we don’t feel like stuffing ourselves silly again, we had a small meal. Before that, our drinks again. Quite a wait as the place is filled to the brim..

Pineapple fried rice again. The staple seafood tomyam that you must have when you are in Land of Smiles. the delicious drumstick, simply delicious and of course some fried noodles for the sir. They are pretty generous with their ingredients.

It was a cheap yet awesome dinner that is cheap. Just 300bht for everything.

So on the last night in Krabi, we decided to try out the western food they offered there. I mean, if they cater to so many foregineirs every single day, it wouldn’t be bad food right. Plus, most of the restaurants are open and managed by “farangs” or foreigneirs themselves offering their country food.

After wandering up and down the strip of Ao Nang beach for about an hour, deciding and scrutinizing every restaurants, we finally settled for Jeanette’s Place facing the beach. It was fully packed (so is every other rest =.=) but we got our table quickly and served promptly. Although the thai waitress kept stressing that we order our drinks first.

The paintings hanging on the wall are up for sale. Creative huh? Anyway, the above 2 photos is to show you that there’s no asians at all~~!!

My swedish meatballs with cranberry sauce, mountains of mash potatoes and some brown sauce. The mash are absolutely amazing! I love it! We love it! I already am a big fan of Ingolf mash but this is just so much better! The portion of meatballs might look little but it’s damn filling cos its…meatball..hahaha

MrSmallFace’s chicken shnitzel(not sure of spelling) taste like any other shnitzel. Crispy, crunchy and fattening. HAHahaaha

For the meal, we paid less than RM55 for it. Not bad huh? and it tasted real good. Oh yea, inclusive of drinks

Last food tips and most important from Krabi that i can give it TRY the PANCAKE by the roadside! It’s so nice and cheap. And the way they make it is exactly like roti canai. except that they have a long range of top ups you can order. Most of it are just 20bht.

Emmmhhh, the chocolate and honey topping. We had it everyday we were in Krabi..hehehe

More on Krabi soon..

First i’ve got less than 24 hours to watch MRAZ! I’m so excited!

Its so hot here, i mean yeah..because the place shares the same climate with Malaysia. Just making use of the free wifi here

But apart from that, it’s has been great so far..Wish u were here