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Showing posts with label Krabi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Krabi. Show all posts

Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Krabi Day 3 (Phi Phi Island)

It is Phi Phi Island Tour day! Yeah I am so excited as previously did not go for it when I went Phuket in May 2012. This is actually a day tour which starts about 830am to 4pm. You can easily book the tour from any agencies along the streets and usually cost 1800 bahts per person.

However we book it through our hotel and we only paid 1400 bahts per person and it is charged to our final hotel room charges when we check out. For most of the day tours, they will arrange pick-up from your hotel so for us we woke up earlier to have breakfast before they come.

Upon arrival at the "jetty", we were greeted by the sights of long-tailed boats and speed boats. Thankfully ours is a speedboat.





We did a quick "registration" before we board our speedboat no 8 and depart off. Some awesome views while I took on my seat, clinging on to balance myself and not drop my camera as the speedboat went "Arriba Arriba, Andale Andale"

Haha found it familar? It is what speedy gonzales will say...





The speedboat went to Ko Lanta to pick up another 2 couples and due to the shallow water, it had to blast fully creating a big splash which was a spectacular view for most of us as we went Wah... Wow.. Argh as the water splashes in on us.





You can see how wet I got as I stood while the speedboat battles the waves. Dear also got wet even seated down.


We were greeted by the beautiful clear water as we approached  first stop - Bamboo Island.








We spent a little while, I meant really little while like 10 minutes trying to snorkel but we failed so we ended up just soaking in the water and rested for 15 minutes before we gather back to the speedboat. We were given an hour on Bamboo Island.

Next we were brought to see the bird nest cave...







After which we moved on to Maya Beach! You can see how clear and shallow the water is! Our speedboat became "slow" boat as we went approaches the beach.









That's my man! Simply love him!



Presenting to you... Maya Beach! This is where the famous Leonardo DiCaprio filmed the movie called "The Beach".



The only thing you can do at Maya Beach is to ... Go toilet! Haha... Just joking...You can still also soak in the water or do what most of us do - Take photos! It was a quick 20 minutes stop before we depart for lunch.




Last shot before we left Maya Beach...



We had a 2 hours lunch break which was buffet lunch on Phi Phi Island itself and went exploring around the mini market that consists of many stores that sells clothes, diving packages. There are also a few hotels that you can stay on Phi Phi Island.

After lunch, we went to the other side of Phi Phi Island where we can spend about an hour doing snorkeling.



The boaters prepared bread that they feed the fish with. They threw the bread into the sea and immediately you can see the school of fish gathering quickly and nibble it. Soon, the bread disappeared.



Me and my new friend, Ayn snorkeling away....



As shared in one of my post, we made 4 new friends from Malaysia and Taiwan respectively. We added each other on facebook too...



After a long day out, we came back to the hotel about 4pm looking darker! I got sun burnt too... While Dear rest in the room, I came out and cross over the street to take some sunset photos. Most of my shots looks similar so just share one here.



We went back to the same street food hawker but this round we tried another stall. We ordered the grilled chicken and this round it was served in a full piece compared to the first stall which they chopped it smaller. Nevertheless, it tasted as good...



My chicken kway tiao similar to our local char kway tiao... The different is that thai people loves peanut and you can also find it in most of their noodles dishes...



Fried egg which I prefer the first stall..



Red curry! Yummy...



Stirred fried beef which was very tough and oily... Sorry this is my only photo as I took it with my iphone.



Finally, we ended the meal with me having green apple ice blend which there was a lot of fibre. I still prefer the dragon fruit ice blend which Dear drank.



We went back to rest early as our flight is in the early morning. That's the end of our short 4D3N getaway which I really enjoyed and relaxed! Up next, my bangkok trip blogs. Stay tuned!

If you missed my blog:
Krabi Day 1 - Click here
Krabi Day 2 (Part 1) - Click here
Krabi Day 2 (Part 2) - Click here

Saturday, 29 September 2012

Krabi 2012 (Day 2 Part 2 - Tiger Cave Temple)

Tiger Cave Temple is located just on the outskirts of Krabi Town. This Buddhist temple is renown for it's astounding beauty and it makes for an excellent day trip for travelers in Krabi, Ao Nang, Phangna, or Ko Lanta.



The temple is known as Tiger Cave Temple because when it was initially founded by Ajarn Jumnien it had a tiger living in a cave that has now become a central part of this Buddhist temple and an interesting room to climb up into. However it was under renovation so we were not able to visit it.



There is also a climb up 1,237 steps to the top of a 260 meter high mountain peak that is great fun and the reward at the top includes nice views and free cold water which we tried a fews before getting the water out!



This is where the 1,237 steps to mountain top starts...



The steps were really steep. I estimate each step is about 2 feet high and 1 feet width only for your foot.







We were sweating non-stop while climbing up the steps. You can see the sweats on my face!



There was this monk that giggle at me while he was making his way down. Perhaps it was due to my much interval stops, tired face and lot of sweat and panting, he laugh at me. I was a little irritated but funny at the same time.

Well, just another thought on the monks who stays there and definitely climbing these 1,237 steps is simple for them after many years of training. We even saw one dog that came down the steps so quickly. For a moment, I was worried for the dog thinking based on the speed he is moving down, he may not brake in time for the turn but surprisingly he merely made it.

 

Finally, we arrived at the peak after almost an hour climb! Gosh.. age is catching up and we need to really exercise. Though it was a tough and tiring climb, nevertheless we completed it and it was really a sense of achievement.

You can see Dear in the photo on the very moment he reaches the top, he actually threw his things down and laid flat (thou I did not managed to get that shot). He was exhausted and bit exaggerating lah... haha!



The view from the top during evening time about 545pm.



Just us at the top of the mountain...



There is also this statue Buddha...



It took us another 40 minutes to go down to the bottom and when we started going down, wow... our legs were "dancing". I could feel my legs shaking from the climb up! So going down, it is even harder as you need to watch your steps and balance. I was literally holding on to the railing as I went down.

As we reached the bottom, we saw these small littles puppies that is adorable. The brown was actually poo-ing! Opps..Haha



We went back to wash up and rested for a while before we walked around and settled for the street food for dinner...

Grilled chicken! Yummy...



Seafood basil rice... Bit oily for me although Dear likes it...



Green curry...




Prawn and tomato fried egg...



The dishes have those "home-cooked" style as they cooked it on the spot including the green curry so it is very fresh! With such nice food, we cannot miss out ordering this ice blended dragon fruit which is very refreshing.



What a great day to end our second day in Krabi! Next post on day 3 coming up soon...