inute decision to go on this trip to a slow paced and quiet
island in Thailand. The initial plan was to get my hands on the motorised
sports found in the area, however, as I was not involved in the itinerary
planning, I was informed that krabi only has non-motorised sports a few days
before the trip. But it was still a trip which I didn’t regret going.
Accommodation
It was a
place with beautiful seaside sceneries and clear beaches. It had both
(non-motorised) water sports and land sports. The accommodation for the trip isnt an issue
as there are many resorts available for rental in Krabi. However, to actually
get a good resort with a nice ambience and service, it would actually be great
if you booked early. I was hoping for a terrace resort where we had a pantry
and privacy all to ourselves but we booked too late hence, all of the terrace types
are fully booked.
The Airplane ride
The trip
from Singapore to Krabi took about 2 hours. We flew by tiger air and the
experience was relatively good. I actually have issues with taking airplanes as
there is always this nauseating smell in the plane cabins. Sometimes he smell
can extend from the airport all the way to the plane cabins and the destination
airport. For short haul flights I usually try to force myself to sleep through
the flight journey or blast my ipod to keep myself distracted from the smell if
I can’t fall asleep. This is because most of the travel medications are causes
drowsiness it really gets to me when I am tired but unable to fall asleep
hence, I would try to avoid taking the medications.
Upon landing,
As usual it
takes relatively long for people to clear out from the airplane cabin and into
the immigration area where we get our passport checked and chopped. There are
really few counters open when we arrived and the queue was really long. A whole
flight’s worth of passengers was queuing up in front of 3-4 counters. It was
quite a long wait probably about 15-20 minutes. As we didn’t get airport
transfer from the hotel, we booked a taxi from the airport to our hotel. It was
relatively affordable and you can actually hagger to lower the prices as well.
These land tours offers transfers from out hotel to the places of attractions. As
for communications, there are booths right outside the immigration counter
where most people would crowd to get their sim cards for 3G usage. There is a 3
day and 5 day plan available. I didn’t get one as we were only staying for 4
days.
On our way to the hotel
I’m not sure
if it is a way to get commissions but the taxi driver stopped us half way in a
travel agency to check out the land tour available in Krabi. I would have categorised
it as dangerous to leave the taxi, but since we were travelling as a group, we
went ahead to check out the activities we could explore in the area. It was
actually a fruitful visit, as we managed to get all of our activities covered
through one agency. We also managed to get quite a good bargain since we were
travelling as a group. The trick to getting a great price was to reject the
offer and suggest leaving for the price you feel was too high despite it being
lowered. It usually works in helping to lower the price quite a bit more.
Accommodation
The resort
we booked was Red Ginger Chic hotel. Despite its name, it was actually a cosy
and nice hotel. It had the basic facilities such as a gym, swimming pool and a
breakfast area. The place had a really Asian resort feel with all the cloths
and the decorations. I was a little shocked at how the lobby was right at the
door though. We had 2 rooms on the second floor near where the breakfast buffet
was held. I regret not choosing the rooms in level 1. This was because the
rooms in level 1 had a mini private pool attached to the main pool. This would
mean that we would be able to enter the pool right at our doorstep! How cool is
that!
As for location wise, the place was rather convenient if you
are willing to walk. It was about a 10 minutes’ walk to the main streets.
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