Krabi Island - 3

Day THREE

By the time I woke up, it was already the third day of my trip. Whoa, the island hopping really drained all the energy in me. Thought of having a short rest but ended up sleeping thru the night.

I was worried when I saw the van waiting downstairs already. It seems I was not the last one, thank goodness. I got myself a leisure tour around the island for my third day.

I would like to introduce our guide Ms Pai. The first thing she said, "Dear all, please do not be alarm with my apperance. I may look different but I am good with what I am doing".

Er er er, how can I comment. . . .

Our first stop is the temple. I wasn't paying attention to her when she was explaning. One of the reason was I couldn't make out most of the words she said. Most of the time she was flirting around with the French tourists.

So I just went on and took photos.

Behing are the stairs leading to a hill behind the temple.

Huff and Puff . . . . . Nah, I stayed back :P

Little Buddha's all the way up the hill

That's a grumpy one.

We drag a bit longer here at the temple because some were still not back yet from the hill top. Next is lunch nearby the hot spring area.

Here, our Diva explaining the benefit of the hot spring.

We went in for a dip for about 10 minutes before moving on to the next spot, Emerald Pool.

Map ~ Nature Trails

Yurp, Emerald Pool this is. Nothing to wow.

A few tourists and I didn't join the Elephant Tracking, the final activity for the tour. We opted to go back into town.

After a day of activity, I needed something to cool down.

Yurp, a cold beer will do. Since I didn't get a chance to walk about the night before, I decided to head out to Aonang street after that.

Goodness me, the crowd here in the evening is totally different during the day. I decided not to take my camera out because I had earlier planned to have a free day on my fourth day so I am going to drink to my maximum at the local bar.

Yum Seng!!!

Krabi Island ~ 2

Day TWO


Woke up with a hungry tummy. Headed down to the cafeteria for my complimentary breakfast. After that, a van picked me up and drop me off at the jetty together with other tourist.

We got on the speedboat and this marks the start of our tour.

I picked a spot at the very front of the speedboat so that I can get a better view. I am not sure what speed we were going at but I know it's fast. It was bumpy and windy with sea water splashing around. 

Pass by Chicken Island

We reach our first destination for snorkeling. We stopped for about 20 minutes here.For those who prefer to stay dry waited on the boat and fed the fishes with white bread. 

Love this view

Pretty fish

We continue on and stopped for a brief visit at some caves (sorry, i forgot the name) and were told that the caves here were inhabited by pirates a long time ago. 

Here we passed by a famous spot where Leonardo did a shooting for one of his film. 

Maya Bay

We stopped for about an hour in Maya Bay. There were a lot of tourist here. Felt like I was in Tanjung Bungah. Kid running around, splashing around. I picked a spot and sat there admiring the view with the disturbance of others. 

Spicy but tasty

My mates from the same speed boat

Long tail boats

We proceed to another island nearby for lunch. The tour does include lunch but don't expect something fancy and if one can't take spicy food, there are shops on the island that sell breads and some non-spicy food. After lunch, I strolled for a while and notice there were a few shops operated by foreigners on Deep Sea Diving certification. The pricing sure is much lower compared to those back at home.  

White sands and green trees all around.

Shame, some tourist doesn't know how to read.

This does worried me for a while :P

Our last stop, Bamboo Island. I didn't really understand why it was given that name since I do not see any bamboos on the island. Is it because the only color that one see here is green? But it was a great spot to relax by walking further into the island, away from the beach. A spot under the tree, ........ I doze off and was awaken by my guide that we are to leave.

Looking over ocean, I saw a storm brewing up. The storm came before we reach mainland, too bad I couldn't take any pictures (damn, if only I had a water proof camera). Since I picked the spot at the very front from the very start of the tour, I do not have a roof to cover me from the rain. The view and experience with the rain was something extraordinary.

Wet and tired by the time I reached my hotel, washed up and took a rest. . . .ZZZZzZZzzzZZZzzz

Krabi Island ~ 1

Krabi, Oct 2009. 5 days 4 nights.

Air Asia, cost RM 118 return tickets.

(booked the trip 6 months ahead).

Day ONE

It was my first solo trip overseas if I don't count Singapore. I was quite scared thinking about it but I tried my best to my more research on the Internet and when the day came nearer I got more excited and the fear just fade away. 

I reached Krabi on Oct 27, check out from immigration and walked out to the main road and hopped on a bus. It took about 30 - 40 minutes or a bit longer to reach Aonang beach. It is one of the most developed area and it is also where most of the tourists gather. But the action only happens at night, during the day the whole street is basically empty.

Aonang on my right

Aonang on left

I stayed at the Golden Beach Resort. I made my reservation through Agoda.com and landed myself with a 3 +1 promotion for the price of $129.62, including breakfast.

I was amazed when I went into my room. I was given a king size bed, how nice if I was there with someone I loved. Without wasting any time, I change into something comfortable and went to the nearest Tourist Information to check out their local tour packages. 

Tourist Information Booth can be located easily anywhere on the island.

Remember, you can always bargain for a better price. By the time I was done selecting it was already evening. Decided to get an early dinner and have an early rest. I have selected island hopping as my first activity the next day. Can't wait for it as it will be my first time riding on a speed boat.

The beach in front of Golden Beach Resort ~ evening view

Long tail boat along Aonang beach ~ evening view

My first 5km run

The day for our run has arrived and we are very excited about it. About a month ago, BS and I decided to sign up for the Men's Health Night Run 2010. Along the way I got my colleagues to sign up, in total there are 9 of us.

We decided to start our journey to venue (Putrajaya) early since we are not familiar with that area. We arrive about 5:30pm. The run is at 8:00pm that is how early we are. Maybe it's our first time and we do not want to miss out any action before the run.

The start point for the A to E category.

This is our start point for the fun run category.

To kill time, we checked out few of the sponsor's booth.

Juice Work giving free drink (small cup only, to try).

Main sponsor of the event.

Healthy snack bar.

Professionals waiting to assist. We guys do want to look good too ya.

Oh, hotdog . . . My favourite. . .

Used to be my favourite brand during my secondary years.

Strolling along we saw the MIX FM crew. BS and Angeline, a colleague of mine took part in one of their mini game.

The crew setting up.

BS and Angeline paying attention to the instruction given.

To be honest, I was not sure what the game was about. All I heard was BOMB here BOMB there.

We headed back to the center stage and were just in time to catch the pole dancing performance; sorry no picture ~ forgot ~ was too busy admiring the performance.

After that, two trainers from True Fitness took the stage and gave us a warm up by doing a track from Body Step.

We met up with other colleagues after the warm up session by the hotdog stand. How could we resist and ended up sharing one with BS.

Angeline, Mai Li and May Wan (taken right after our hotdog session and another 45 minutes to our run)

Amy couldn't join the run as she was not feeling well. Don't be sad, we can do some other runs soon.

Amy's bf, Jacky, doing some stretching. He was the only person in our group that is doing this for the second time. He participated in the MH Run 2009.

Just look at the crowd. Thank goodness we have mobile phone. If not I will have no idea on how to locate if one of us are lost.

It's time for us to check in and get ready for the run. We were directed towards the start point and I felt we were like sheep and cows being led towards the slaughter house. Nah, am just exaggerating.

Flagged off at 8:20pm.

Grouped back around 9:30pm.

Said our goodbye and left with tired legs and empty tummy. We headed down to Puchong for our dinner cum supper. By the time BS and I reach home it's already midnight.

Thought I could get a good rest but somehow sleep won't come hence my late night posting.

Oh yeah, the race ended with a goodie bag.

And in the goodie bag we have this

Last but not least, our certificate (without name, have to get a good friend with good hand writing to help)

It was a good experience for me. I was worried that my asthma would attack me in the middle of the run. I controlled my breathing and I completed the run without an attack. I am so happy and proud that I did it.

I will definitely be back for 2011 run. Till then, I will try to find some runs and challenge myself for a longer distance.