I finally got together the pictures of Krabi and I am so excited blogging about this!

Am missing Krabi already and it is definitely another place that I wanna go back next time.
The entire place is rather similar to Phuket but it is less commercialized and cheaper,
but still, if you love more entertainment and crowds, Phuket would be the better choice.

Weather there was awesome!
Though it was hot and sunny, but it was dry and absolutely not humid,
definitely great for me in terms of the hair and the skin- not as oily after an entire day outside.

I got hurhur and myself these two bold coloured passport holders!

Krabi here we come!

Glad that we had the morning flight and it took about 2-3 hours before we reached the airport.

the ready-us to head off and explore the streets of krabi. <3

All donned in the perfect summer outfits from Love, Bonito.

The first thing we did after arriving was to change currencies and they had MUCH BETTER rates there then.
Shouldn't have changed the bulk in SG.

I asked a couple of friends about the transportation before I came to Krabi.
Many of them told me the same thing, which was a fixed rate of 600 bhat (SGD 25) for one way trip to your resort via taxi.

Hurhur and I decided to try our luck to see if we can get a better and cheaper alternative since it would cost the same if we sat the taxi upon reaching there.
True enough, luckily we did that, and we realised that there was a bus counter in the airport and we got our tickets at 150 bhat (SGD 6) each instead!
The thing I was amazed about the bus was that they will bring you right to the DOORSTEP of your resort,
given that there were about 8 different groups going to 8 different resorts in the same bus as us though.
Amazing and definitely worth the moolahs!

our bus tickets to Ao Nang- One of the main areas whereby tourists will visit and stay.

outside the airport

our bus!

bee <3

our resort was situated at the end part of Ao Nang in fact, so we were the last to get off.

 

The bus will have to turn right into this road, and you will be greeted with a whole board of hotel/resort names.
Ours was Cha Wan Resort and is recommended by my friend, Mark!

We saw this nice and modern looking resort and it might be the next one to stay if i visit Krabi again.

Finally we reached our destination- Cha Wan Resort (Thai Style Resort) at Ao Nang, a private resort.

The lil walkway to head towards the reception.

And more peeks of our resort and room! <3
The resort was indeed splendid and beautiful looking, but remember to bring insect repellent or something!
  
The walkway to the reception.

the rooms are situated in a bungalow looking building, with two resort rooms on each, first level and second level.

our room!
The room was equipped with a 29" teevee and a minibar, and there was also complimentary WI FI internet access provided.
But in my opinion, WI FI was a lil weak but manageable.
P.S: The reception area has a desktop for guest to use as well.

seems like it's a resort that many honeymoon couples frequent!

The toilet and the bathing rooms were separated.

The outdoor area just outside our room.

we can see the pool directly from our balcony!

We spent awhile relaxing around the room before we left to explore the streets of Krabi.
Timing was good, and it was about 3 plus in the afternoon, perfect for a bit of walk, massage and then dinner.

As our resort is situated pretty inside, one will need to walk out of this road to reach the main shopping area.

Taking a slow walk and exploring the different places along the way.

Passed by some pretty nice looking restaurants.

 
 It was bout 10 mins before we got onto the main road,
and there were roadside stalls there everyday during the 4 days we were there.
I love roadside stalls! Though many say unhygienic, but the food there is generally cheap and good!

settled for banana chocolate pancakes!! love the thai pancakes n crepes.

Coolios, seats to sit around the stalls and enjoy our pancakes.

It was so good albeit its oiliness. It tasted just like a roti prata actually, just that it was accompanied with sliced bananas and chocolate sauce.

Another of my favourites in thailand (not only krabi) are the 7-eleven stores.
They have loads of stuff and I love their CHEESE SAUSAGES, cost around SGD 1!
It's always a must have for me and i ate that at least once a day when i was in Krabi.
Not to forget, they have a whole range of drinks and juices as well.

Hurhur being a great fan of milk teas, got himself this Meiji milk tea which he said it can be found only in thailand and it was soo goood.
Quite nice to just sit by the side, enjoy the drink and people-watch for a while.

We went strolling down the streets and the shops were a repetition of each other.
But what i love is that most of their shops sell really gorgeous bikinis!! <3

pretty bikinis!!

spotted: burger king

Restaurants by the sea.
Oh yes, the streets of Ao Nang are near the sea.

There were many tourist information booths along the streets actually, so no worries about booking for a day's trip to phiphi island etc.
We passed by this particular one with this "Similan" island outside and we were rather amused by it!
hurhur was totally giving THE look.

But i have readers that told me Similan is in fact a very beautiful island for snorkeling!

Spotted some lil girls along the way, awwww sweet!

As you walk further down, you will pass by the sea, and then mountains,
rather picturesque and I love it that there were all shophouses, with no high rise buildings, just like a lil modern village.

This place was rather far from our resort, but there were more ATAS shops there.

like mcdonalds..

by this time, we were kinda tired from all the walking and decided to take a break at the mcdonalds because i spotted CHEESE FRIES there!

Gosh, since when did macs have cheese fries?
I like it because there was no mayonnaise, but i didn't think it was that great because the cheese was rather salty. hmmm
And macs fries are always specially nice, but i concluded that it didn't really go well with cheese though.

Soon enough, it was evening and then night.
one thing i love about thailand is the road side night stalls, whereby you can find many great, unique and cheap food, as well as shopping stuff!

Krabi has a fair share of small bars too.

I was totally craving for Minced pork with basil leaf (my favourite!!) at any thai food place, but apparently we couldn't find any solely thai food restaurants.
All the thai food were accompanied with another cuisine, and most restaurants are "Authentic Indian & Thai food" together.
We were rather skeptical about it and continued to look for a thai place to eat until we saw this Jamai Restaurant that seemed the best fit.

The whole place was kinda rundown but i always believe these people cook great food.
But after sitting down, we realised that it was muslim! which means no pork and there goes my minced pork with basil!!! boohoooo.

Tired us just decided to go ahead anyway.

we ordered these- tomyum soup, green curry, minced beef with basil leaf (to replace my pork craving!!) and apple smoothie.
The tomyum and minced beef were good, but i know it might be too salty for some's liking.
Green curry was a tad bland, but the apple smoothie was absolutely refreshing! I could make do with another cup of that.
The entire meal cost us about  SGD$10 for two!

We took a slow walk back to our resort and reached back about 9pm..

look at how beautiful the resort was at night too..

THAT was our room (spot the staircase) staring at you above!

and we took a dip to end of our first day in Krabi. <3

There was this "tourist information" shop that we first enquired after we headed out to the main street from our hotel, and its called Aonang April Travel and Tour.
Apparently, the rates we asked about for trips to phiphi island and for activities were pretty decent (after bargaining of course, but the margin was pretty huge),
and we booked a full day of activities immediately with them for our next day.

Hurhur and I tried something different for this trip and it was the first time for the both of us individually as well.
Uber fun i must say, and do stay tuned for it!