ok my entry for day 2 in krabi. i think ill go straight to the point rather than typing nonsense
so our tentative on day 2 in krabi was going on ISLAND HOP. there are various of ISLAND HOPPING TOURS here. because krabi has a number of islands. and for the day, we went on the 4 ISLAND TOUR.
first things first. how much? so for this 4 island tour my dad got a 400 baht/person deal. (roughly this was the common price. but mum and me saw even a cheaper price which was 350 baht and some tour booth selling at 300 baht. so like i mentioned earlier, YOU HAVE TO WALK AROUND AND SEE THE PRICES FROM DIFFERENT TOURIST BOOTH.
so for this 400 baht 4 island tour - what do you get?
1. 4 island tours from morning till evening (roughly we ended our tour and reached the pier around 4 ++ pm), with lunch, and snorkelling. :)
below was the lorry that pick us up. around 9 am (pretty much around that time. so the lorry will go from list of hotels to pick up the tourists). transportation in krabi is rather unique, where they modified pick up lorries so it can accommodate travellers, and protect us under the sun too :p, the famous tuk tuk, the modern lorry, mpvs, vans and others.
2. we traveled via long tail boat, traditional wooden boat. they also have a speed boat tour, but the price is pricey. if im not mistaken, double the price of long tail boat tour. of course, it was FULL with tourists. my dad even made friends with a french teacher, and an australian grandpa (both were travelling solo. i wish i can do a solo vacation. but hmm for now?lets put that in the bucket list before getting married at the last number. mum surely will hesitant to let me travel on my own. mehh)
the long tail boat speed was of course slower than the speed boat because it uses a long propeller. while speedboat uses a modern engine (1 engine is 250 hp ok. and some have 2 engines, and some have 3 engines. so you multiply that!)
the long tail boat at the pier. the pier was located around noppharattara beach. thats why we were transported from hotels respectively. to gather here. you can walk from Ao Nang beach to Noppharattara, but its quite a distance. (but tour is inclusive of pick up and return right. so why the hassle?)
if you are sea sick or motion sick - my advice is : get an antiemetic aka anti vomiting aka ubat tahan muntah before you ride the boat (any of the boat). my mum gets sea sick but mildly. so she took the tablet before we started off our journey. i am medical student and a future doctor, so health is a priority even when we travel. we even learn about travel medicine. so the most common sickness traveller experience is diarrhea. we call it travel diarrhea (you know all the eating and drinking in foreign places, and we are unsure of the hygiene and things like that). and boy, you should see my medications that i brought along. i have 1 full bag of it.
but if youre lazy to carry around medications with you. dont worry. there are plenty of pharmacies in ao nang. its like the family mart. scattered and abundance. but urm from my dad's experience of buying balm. its quiet hard because of the english proficiency level is different. id say malaysians speak good english. and some of the thai speaks minimal english. so its hard to communicate. and my dad often uses hand language and basic english to indicate that he will find what he needs on his own. if you carry your own meds from home, you save on the unnecessary spending. thats the most important thing right. why buy when you have plenty of it at home.
3. so the islands listed under the 4 islands tour was
- Tup Island
- Chicken Island
- Poda Island
- Phra Nang cave, at Railay beach (there is a penis shrine here)
this is the chicken island. it looks like the head (jambul ayam)
the colour of the sea. im in love.
clear
first stop : Tup Island
here you can snorkel or swim or just laid back on the beach.
from this island you can also walk (around 30-40 mins) across the sea to the next island. (theres 3 islands. its like a triangle. and is reachable by walking). m not sure which one. but you can walk to adjacent island when it is low tide. (when we came, it was low tide). but mum and i decided not to walk because we need the strength walking in water and up till higher than waist level. so, na ah for us.
chicken island again . we snorkel here. basically the boatman stoppped the boat. and we just went down in the water. i had photos but in dad's dslr. it wasnt scary because (i am bad at swimming), and they had life jackets. and theres even a hongkong girl (maybe 6 or 7 years old) who enjoyed the snorkelling very much.
beautiful. along the way we spotted some people kayaking. but the tour for kayaking is more expensive. (more than 1000 baht)
poda island signage. this is where we had our lunch. (forgot to take photos). it was rice, sweet sour chicken, mixed vege, egg in sauce, coke and mineral waters. it was delicious! (maybe because we were hungry. but i enjoy the food. and it was still hot)
sitting on the beach of poda island. taking photo. this is a COMMON photos on fridge magnet etc. i think i can apply to be a national geographic photographer. lol.
and oh theres monkey here! more than 1. and this monkey is tame. we even patted it on its back. but monkeys are naughty. so they stole some crackers from other tourists and climbed up the trees. lol.
photos again
leaving poda island
this is the penis shrine in Phra Nang cave. its basically an island with cave. on the left, there are rock climbers. i forgot to take photo.
i knew this place way before i went here. because of instagram. i saw people posted photos of the big black penis. lols. (my mum thought it was mushrooms until i told her its penises.)
the story on this place is that, theres a goddess here that grants prayers and wishes. so people come here to pray. and they pray for love, and fertility. HENCE the penis statues.
i dont think theres nothing wrong, because its the religious practice of other people. i find it unique. i dont really have dirty mind on this thing because hey, ill be working later on and FOR SURE ill be seeing alot of penises and vaginas especially to insert urine catheter (you know those urine bag collection on patient's bed). so its fine by me. (not to my mum. because as she found out that these were penises, she went away from here. lol)
theres another shrine consisting of mythical arts and items depicting the goddess. but i didnt get near because theres a whole group of tourists there. listening to the tour guide.
so, after Phra Nang - we get back to the pier. yay. 4 islands - CHECKED
so whats for dinner? i wanted to try the famous pancake. (theres a particular stall that i am looking for, because fellow malaysian travellers shared in their blogs that this aunty sells the yummiest pancake. but since i couldnt locate her. so i just make do with whatever stall i found).
this stall is located near the mcdonald. but i believe the location varies, as they can park anywhere they want. this is not a fixed stall. its a stall on the motorbike.
so i had the nutella pancake and cheese pancake. YUMMY! nutella spread was awesome. and cheese was awesome too. there are stools provided. so you can just eat in front of the stall.
it costs 30 bath for nutella pancake and 40 baht for cheese pancake.
you wont possibly think that 2 pancakes can satisfy 3 stomachs right? of course we had proper dinner. but, its at the same restaurant - LEMON restaurant. partly because they can speak malay, and food is OK ( im a picky eater. so yeah). but my dad thought the food were super. and for the 2nd night, we didnt eat as much as the 1st night. and the total dinner expenses was under 1000 baht. i think around 800 + baht?
so end of day 2.
day 2 epxnediture :
1. 4 island tour 400 baht/pax = 1200 baht (3 pax)
2. pancake 70 baht
3. dinner under 900 baht
4. misc - my dad likes to eat and munch junkies. so he bought pringles, cokes, jucies, chewing gums etc. and im not sure how much does all that cost. lol.
roughly. estimated under 2500 baht. (RM250)
so for day 3? another island hop! dad were asking me which one to go. is it james bond island or phi phi island?
ill share later on day 3 and our shopping sprees.
happy sunday people. its standard chartered kl marathon today.
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