Krabi- Proper Review

Picture courtesy of Mr Robert

Due to the popular demand for the Krabi post, I am gonna review more on my krabi trip, which happened last year. We went to Krabi with AirAsia, which totalled up to RM788 for 2 person, inclusive of pre-booked luggage & pre-booked seat. I would recommend web check in, to save time and to avoid the queue.

The last time we went Taiwan, we did web checked in, and we managed to avoid the queue which is way long, and we are shown to the express counter to check in our luggage, I can still remember the jealousy in their eyes for those who are queuing. And since we save so much of times, we went to &-eleven in Taoyuan to do some last min shopping. lol..

Back to Krabi, our trip is 4D3N and it is more of a relaxing island trip. We went there on mid-Sept, and since it is their non-peak, there are not many tourist, thus we roam freely ard the AoNang Beach with discounts everywhere during dinner.

We stayed at AoNang Buri Resort for the whole trip. The hotel is at Nopparat Thara Beach. I can't remember how much is the hotel, but as I remember, it is quite affordable. We took the superior room with breakfast.

The first thing to greet us when we enter the room is the folded-goose?-towel, very honeymoon feel, which we like. So, we started to snap snap n snap...

Although being promised seaview room...

These is what we get: some green pool view and so-called garden and the last picture is the only 1 with the closest seaview...but ok laR for the price.. ( sorry for the blurry pic..reason: i took video n screenshot for this pic)

So, after putting our luggage n a few snaps, we went to explore the beach n to find something to eat.

After some tedious walking, at last we came across this wooden bar: HIPPIES-Bar& Rest, which also sells food. It takes like forever for the food to arrive, only us in the bar and no other customer.

After waiting for ages, at last our food arrived, l-r: Guey Teow Pad Thai Gai 70 baht (Fried Noodle Thai Style with Chicken ), Khow Pad Kruang Kang Gai 70 baht( Fried Rice Red Curry with Chicken), Tom Yam Goong 100 baht.


My 1st time eating Pad Thai, dislike the sweetness and also too much of nuts. The fried rice is so-so. Tom Yam is tasty, but a lil spicy.

At night we went to the night market at town, the journey is about 30-45 mins, passing through some very dark highways which is very scary. We went there with a car, amazingly the 6 of us can fit in a sedan. Mind you, it is 6 not including the driver. I can't feel my leg once I get down from the car.

No pictures from the night market, all blurry and out of focus.

The 2nd day we went for Island Hopping with a speed boat. The experience is unforgettable, the six of us conquer the front of the boat, it is not cover, thus we experience the 1st class sun, wind and it is bumpy. Look at our hair, especially mine, kisses on my mouth cause my lips looks fugly.

View from our VIP seat.

No more pictures after this, as our camera is dead. Following pictures are from Mag's camera and edited by her.

Phi Phi Island.

Phi-Phi town.

We reached our hotel at about 4pm and we even managed to explore the hotel's 'green pool'. We brave ourself to enter the suppose-to-be-blue 'green' pool, and we survived with no skin disease what-so-ever.

I am so tanned after the boat trip. Say bye-bye to fair skin. At night we had McD for dinner at AoNang beach's town and did a bit of shopping there too.

Me at the hotel's lobby before the McD dinner.

The other things that we did in Krabi you can view it here.

I guess that concludes our Krabi trip, yeah..seems boring...again the trip is unplanned...regret to the max...will re-visit and improve. Till then...take care!!

Krabi

Krabi, Krabi...I had heard of alot good reviews about the place...but if i were to compare between my trip to Phuket and Krabi, i would say i prefer Phuket...Phuket is a more happening island...

Also, i think that Krabi has not really recovered from the tsunami, with some of the shops which has been destroyed during the disaster, looking the same as the tsunami just happened the day before we reached..It maybe also because of where we were staying i guess.. Our hotel, Ao Nang Buri Resort is located at the quiet beach, Nopparat Thara Beach.

Nopparat Thara Beach, which is situated right opposite where we stayed.

Nopparat Thara Beach is located just next to Ao Nang Beach, which is the more famous beach in Krabi island. Although more famous, there is nothing much that Ao Nang can offer in terms of foods and even place of interest. Also, the reason could be that we went during the low season ( end of Sept). But the thing that i love travelling in low season is that, more attention will be on you rather than the ang mohs- who usually travelled during the high season..the foods are also much cheaper, with promotions like - 20-30% disc or even buy 1 free 1 during dinner.

During the whole trip, we encounter alot of Korean tourist. I tot most Koreans are leng luis, but not from what i saw. ( nasty me).

With ntg muc to do, we book 2 tour packages, 1st : the island package - to 8 different places where we travelled by speed boat. 2nd being the land package which is so not worthy. I would not talk much bout the island tour because it is quite similar to the 1 I went during my Phuket trip.

As for the land package, we went to 3 places, if I'm not wrong. The 1st is the Tiger Cave temple, where I almost die-ded, climbing the seems-like-never-ending steps up hill just to discover so-so view..After the climbing, we are brought to the water fall hotspring, which is also not my favorite, mainly because of aftr climbing the stairs, my body is in need of cool spring and not hot spring and so most of us did not dip in to the spring. The last destination being the emerald pool which we have high hopes on. After about 10mins walk from the tix counter, we finally reached the emarald pool..Disappointment.. Just an ordinary green-colored pool.. look almost like the green-ish swimming pool bac in our resort.. But i guess Emerald pool is the best, because we can finally soak in icy cool water after the whole climbing and walking the whole day.

I supposed this is being kicked down by tired tourist or even angry ones after discovering whats at the top..lol

The steps are countless and some being very steep...i cant feel my legs aftr the climbing .

The view from the Tiger Cave Temple.

The Emerald Pool which is behind us. As you can see the wide smile in our face after soaking in the cool water in a hot afternoon.

I would rate my Krabi trip 3 out of 5... The expenses for the overall trip is about is about RM800..inclusive of air tix, accommodation and some $ spent in Krabi. As whether or not i would return to Krabi, it depends...maybe 1 day when i need a quiet time-out with my frens..why not...