Krabi Krabi

just got back frm a 5day hol @ Krabi with family. man, it was a packed 'break'. kinda wasted that most time was spent travelling.. cos Air Asia doesnt fly straight to Krabi, we had to take a 4-5hour long bus ride frm Phuket airport. we r seriously lucky that Spore's small..
anyway, 1st day .. by the time we got to Krabi ..was about 9pm. had dinner @ a nice restn beside the sea.. slept.

2nd day.. total climbing day..1st half....me n bro went rock climbing @ Railay Beach (15min boat ride frm Krabi Ao Nang Beach) .. a popular place for climbing..made some friends n met 2 guys frm Spore.. my first time doing rock climbing (only tried sports wall..) man, the rocks r seriously cool.. since it's 'natural' stuff, u gotta find holes n footholds on the rocks to climb.. n my hands were blistered after. my bro, the climbing enthusiast got on so easily.. though it would be ideal if we could have a few days climbing holiday.. instead of half a day..

anyway 2nd half was another climb.. this time, we went up a popular Tiger Cave-Buddha Footprint Temple.. there were 1237 steps to climb up the hill in order to see the huge Buddha statue n definitely a damn good view of Krabi. it sounds easy.. but man u wouldn say that if u climbed. 2nd time for bro n me, 1st for parents n though it was very challenging (took a lotta breaks in between...they almost gave up.. mum was pale..) , they were really cool n managed to go all the way the top! =)
the sense of satisfaction n achievement... man. nothing beats that.
was pretty shagged @ the end of the day.. total body workout man.
best thing to end it? THAI MASSAGE! a long-awaited one.. been craving for it for months..

3rd day.. an island hop-kayak-snorkel day tour thingy that me n bro tried twice in Krabi n Phuket.. decided to bring our parents for the experience.
went to Hong Island again.. kayaked to a lagoon area.. n around the island. man, i really love kayaking.. everytime we go on such trips, the kayaking part i so damn love! =)
snorkelled @ this Paradise Island (same place me n bro went 2yrs ago..)
it's actually quite amusing if i compare the photos taken then n now.
anyway kinda conclude that i get claustrophobic underwater. yup. everytime i try snorkelling, i tense up underwater n i can't breathe properly. though i love swimming, snorkelling's just not really my thing.
after dinner, had only about 1-2hours to do some quick shopping..then...
THAI MASSAGE again to end day 3! =)


4th day..
left Krabi @ 7am.. to take a bus back to Phuket... got to Phuket @ 1pm plus.. after checked into my fav budget hotel (it's my 4th time there..), chiong to Tesco Mart to do last minute 'shopping'. din buy much stuff since it's more of a hypermart.. mainly food etc.
dinner @ a good chinese kopitiam we patronised in our March trip.. they recognised us too!
then.. finally another MASSAGE to end our last night in Thailand...

5th day..
morning flight.. back here now.

overall.. good trip but super packed n quite tiring.. the travelling etc.
a new experience though..climbing @ Railay.. would definitely rather do a full force 4-5 days climb/kayak trip if i could fly to Krabi straight. (i hope Tiger Airways will start flying there again..)
it's the wet season now in Thailand, but lucky for us, the weather was pretty fine. din manage to get a tan since it was pretty cloudy too, but was glad our plans werent ruined by rain.

Gawd, I miss Thailand already.. I always do. I just feel so at home whenever I go over. everything seems so peaceful n natural.. can't wait for the next trip. *haa*