Day 1: Of Chillaxing and the familiar smell of the Sea
So on friday, Ariel(thanks dude!) came and fetch Trina and I to the airport. Had a good macs breakfast while Cheryl and Minsi arrived. Tried to persuade Ariel to just buy a ticket and board the plane with us =p He would be crazy to have done that but ah well ... Flight was delayed for a bit haha budget airline what to do ...
Got to Krabi Airport at about 2 plus pm. Bought a ticket on the shuttle bus to Ao Nang Pier. Had our first thai meal there ... very yummy ... then had to wait for the longtail boat to fetch us across to Railay. We were all a little surprised of having to wade into the water to get into the boat but all of us got used to it as we had to do that everyday ..
Checked in but initially there was an issue about us 4 people sharing into a 'triple-sharing' room so i quietly 'disappeared'. Then tu a bit here and there before making our way around the island exploring it. Started turning dark as we were walking around the other side of the island. Had another great dinner then went for massage. Speaking of which, we didn't hit our quota of 6! Hahahah but it was with high optimism that they wanted to hit that number. Booked the 4 island tour for the next day before going back to the room to chill. And even booking a tour also can bargain until damn tiring.
Day 2: Of big waves, bargaining and being sea aliens.
Breakfast was another sneaky affair as we were only given 3 breakfast coupons. So i just detoured and walked in from the side and joined them at the table. In the end, over the days, no one really checked. And we learnt that their way of life there is whatever can be earned can be arranged. So if there's money to be made, they will help you think of solutions or just close one eye to allow some sort of monetary benefit for themselves.
Took the longtail out for the tour of the 4 islands. Tourists everywhere but mostly angmohs. Suntanned a bit and snorkelled which sucked cos visibility was really bad. Then the boatman said got big wave so can't go back by the usual route to Railay bay so since we were planning to go Ao Nang to walk around, we had them dropped us there. And walking around with wet swimming trucks all day ain't a good idea cos it just made you wanna piss. Shopped around, did another but extremely shiok Thai massage. This one is pure gymnastics. I was contorted beyond contortions and my bones cracked like nobody's business but hell i groaned till the girls were all wondering whether it was pain or pleasure.
Went for dinner then went back to the pier only to be greeted by the news that we had to pay 400 baht more to go back .. and that is like 17SGD more per person. So damn angry la ... but bo bian so had to pay. Then some uncle drove us to some ulu damn dark pier on the other side before the longtail got us back to Railay. Thing is it was low tide so there was quite a distance between where the boat stopped and the shore and walking through the mangrove beach is no joke. But for people looking at the shore, we definitely looked like some sort of sea aliens emerging and invading the land.
Decided that today was too eventful so tmr shall be a more chillax day.
Day 3: Of being a tai ke (taiwanese dude)
We had breakfast before chilling by the seaside for an hour. Took the boat across to Ao Nang and rented 2 motor bikes. Funny thing is i never rode one before but i was always confident of handling motor vehicles. But it was damn funny when i didn't know how to on it. And the uncle definitely knew we all didn't have some sort of bull licence for it but he still rented it to us. Nice guy la cos after that he settled our next day's transport to the airport too with a mega huge mini bus for the 4 of us at a crazily cheap rate.
Anyway back to the highlight of the trip, the moment i got on the motor scooter and started riding it, straightaway i thought of hai jiao qi hao and all the taiwanese guys who rode scooters like that. Damn funny damn exciting. Rode quite a distance to Krabi town with Minsi as my pillion. Super exciting cos it's like no legal as well as you know the dangers and also the speed and the wind that all happened at the same time. It's different from cars cos you could truly feel the sense of speed via the wind across your face.
Did shopping at Krabi town before riding back to Ao Nang to catch the last (cheap) boat back to Railay. Had a fantastic dinner with bbq beef, fish, chicken and pineapple fried rice before going back to our room to crash.
Day 4: Of last minute tanning and realisation of reality
Did some last min tanning and packed up before we went back to Ao Nang to take the mini bus to the airport. Great trip overall had a great tan and virgin motor scooter experience! =)
So on friday, Ariel(thanks dude!) came and fetch Trina and I to the airport. Had a good macs breakfast while Cheryl and Minsi arrived. Tried to persuade Ariel to just buy a ticket and board the plane with us =p He would be crazy to have done that but ah well ... Flight was delayed for a bit haha budget airline what to do ...
Got to Krabi Airport at about 2 plus pm. Bought a ticket on the shuttle bus to Ao Nang Pier. Had our first thai meal there ... very yummy ... then had to wait for the longtail boat to fetch us across to Railay. We were all a little surprised of having to wade into the water to get into the boat but all of us got used to it as we had to do that everyday ..
Checked in but initially there was an issue about us 4 people sharing into a 'triple-sharing' room so i quietly 'disappeared'. Then tu a bit here and there before making our way around the island exploring it. Started turning dark as we were walking around the other side of the island. Had another great dinner then went for massage. Speaking of which, we didn't hit our quota of 6! Hahahah but it was with high optimism that they wanted to hit that number. Booked the 4 island tour for the next day before going back to the room to chill. And even booking a tour also can bargain until damn tiring.
Day 2: Of big waves, bargaining and being sea aliens.
Breakfast was another sneaky affair as we were only given 3 breakfast coupons. So i just detoured and walked in from the side and joined them at the table. In the end, over the days, no one really checked. And we learnt that their way of life there is whatever can be earned can be arranged. So if there's money to be made, they will help you think of solutions or just close one eye to allow some sort of monetary benefit for themselves.
Took the longtail out for the tour of the 4 islands. Tourists everywhere but mostly angmohs. Suntanned a bit and snorkelled which sucked cos visibility was really bad. Then the boatman said got big wave so can't go back by the usual route to Railay bay so since we were planning to go Ao Nang to walk around, we had them dropped us there. And walking around with wet swimming trucks all day ain't a good idea cos it just made you wanna piss. Shopped around, did another but extremely shiok Thai massage. This one is pure gymnastics. I was contorted beyond contortions and my bones cracked like nobody's business but hell i groaned till the girls were all wondering whether it was pain or pleasure.
Went for dinner then went back to the pier only to be greeted by the news that we had to pay 400 baht more to go back .. and that is like 17SGD more per person. So damn angry la ... but bo bian so had to pay. Then some uncle drove us to some ulu damn dark pier on the other side before the longtail got us back to Railay. Thing is it was low tide so there was quite a distance between where the boat stopped and the shore and walking through the mangrove beach is no joke. But for people looking at the shore, we definitely looked like some sort of sea aliens emerging and invading the land.
Decided that today was too eventful so tmr shall be a more chillax day.
Day 3: Of being a tai ke (taiwanese dude)
We had breakfast before chilling by the seaside for an hour. Took the boat across to Ao Nang and rented 2 motor bikes. Funny thing is i never rode one before but i was always confident of handling motor vehicles. But it was damn funny when i didn't know how to on it. And the uncle definitely knew we all didn't have some sort of bull licence for it but he still rented it to us. Nice guy la cos after that he settled our next day's transport to the airport too with a mega huge mini bus for the 4 of us at a crazily cheap rate.
Anyway back to the highlight of the trip, the moment i got on the motor scooter and started riding it, straightaway i thought of hai jiao qi hao and all the taiwanese guys who rode scooters like that. Damn funny damn exciting. Rode quite a distance to Krabi town with Minsi as my pillion. Super exciting cos it's like no legal as well as you know the dangers and also the speed and the wind that all happened at the same time. It's different from cars cos you could truly feel the sense of speed via the wind across your face.
Did shopping at Krabi town before riding back to Ao Nang to catch the last (cheap) boat back to Railay. Had a fantastic dinner with bbq beef, fish, chicken and pineapple fried rice before going back to our room to crash.
Day 4: Of last minute tanning and realisation of reality
Did some last min tanning and packed up before we went back to Ao Nang to take the mini bus to the airport. Great trip overall had a great tan and virgin motor scooter experience! =)
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