On my flight back, I was struck by a sudden immense sadness, overwhelming me. I was missing my holiday already (I still am now!!), just minutes after I left the hotel. 4 days, very short, but everyday it was filled with good feelings (at least I could say for most of the time).
Although my companion is someone I could say I know for over 5 years, it's our first time traveling together. I guess we didn't learn that much about each other, but just learn how to "put together" for this holiday. It turned out rather pleasant I would say.
Day 1
I arrived at Krabi Airport alone, early in the morning!!! 730am!!! ... going to find my way to the resort. With no one else sharing a taxi, it was costly and a little unsafe to take it alone, so I did a cheaper and more time-consuming way. In turn, I took a taxi to the nearby Krabi town and took the local mini-bus that takes me to my resort by Klong Muang beach (beautiful and quiet). Yes, it does cost me double on the mini-bus (compared to what the locals are paying), but what can you expect being a tourist! No local bargain! During the journey, this little Thai-boy was obsessed with making conversation with me. I couldn't understand most of it because of his poor pronunciation. He was showing me his two little hamsters, very much enjoying my attention and even offered to be my photo model!
About noon, my companion, A, arrived. After his long journey from Phuket Airport and probably very jet-lagged, we laid in for a while before we took an exploration around our resort, had a tea-break pizza. Oh I need to mention the hotel service is really good (I cannot not give them a tip!), they even sent us a free fruit basket later on. We went into Ao Nang for the first time in the evening and did a little shopping and dinner. That was also when my identity started to be being mistaken for a Thai - I do get quite a lot of people attempting to talk to me in Thai! If I can put it off, probably I can get all the local bargains!! Shame though.
Day 2
Breakfast. We did a short trip to the nearby Railey beach which is supposedly famous for its rock-climbing activity. It was low season, wasn't so much going on... so just had a little tour about the small island and went back to Ao Nang for lunch. A went for some waxing *giggles* while I went off to have my manicure (you should know what color I painted now). The Nail Art place was really friendly, I had a little conversation with the people and they even repainted my nails when it smudged while I was pulling out my notes. Resumed with more shopping... lol, not that I really bought so many things but I needed to get some souvenirs. A swim followed by a classy dinner in the hotel, was a rather nice and slow evening... We did try to catch some World Cup matches, however there was the Royal Thai ceremony going on (on TV) for the King's 60th anniversary so we did miss quite a couple of matches. I'm not a crazy fan as long as I get to catch some, A is neither as long as he catches England playing on Thursday.
Day 3
A boat trip on the traditional longtail boat (not speedboat) to Koh Hong Island. It is such a beautiful beach, not allowed to keep the shells. However. me being a shell-lover couldn't resist the temptation - bad!! ... but actually I returned half of what I picked;) We had the morning to snorkel there... it was a virgin experience for me and a very memorable one, I almost drowned in that beautiful island. Ohh! But I thank God for looking out for me, not that I'm Christian, but yes I do believe I'm lucky to be safe. Actually we didn't have anyone to teach us the basics of snorkelling... so I just took some tips from A. The fishes were lovely, one poked me though. They just swam up to you in a big group when you got in the waters, I borrowed some bread and fed them:))))
There's a lovely jacuzzi in our hotel's pool, my favourite spot... So we had a bit of time there after lunch and the island trip. We set off for Ao Nang later in the evening for a couple of hours and did dinner which was a freaking WHOLE pizza to myself, I couldn't finish it up!! This time, I didn't buy a thing;)
Back in the hotel, we tried to catch some football at the lobby... I tried to catch Germany vs Poland @ 2am in the room but fell asleep with it, anyway the exciting moment was only the last couple of minutes before the match ended, isn't it!! We played some poker games, hahah, learned a new game - SHITHEAD!
Day 4
Time flies! Last day but didn't feel like one... We had breakfast and as usual a dip in my jacuzzi and swim before heading into Ao Nang. Did some final shopping, no lunch (luckily I had a big american breafkast)... and a couple of hours suntanning on the beach. We were getting sick of Ao Nang, as we had nothing more to buy and it got annoying with people bugging you to buy/bargain/take a taxi. We headed back to the hotel, I did some packing, had a shower, played SHITHEAD before we went out for dinner and stayed out in Ao Nang to catch England vs Trinidad & Tobago match.
We caught up with 3 Englishs from our hotel and watched the match together, they do drink fucking lots of beer... anyway, we ended up playing pool after the England's victory (2 0), watched a bit of the next Sweden vs Paraguay match and shared a mini bus back. That was like 4am... so I figured I could do without sleep since I'm leaving in 2 hours time from my hotel. Oh, and A is completely pissed, wasted!
Day 5
The hotel packed breakfast for me to take along - how sweet is that... though it was a big packet and l left some for A to lighten my load;)) It was such a good 4 days... I was exhausted... slept all the way back to Singapore!
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