Blogs from Krabi, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 4

March 12, 2015 Today we woke up and went across the street to the street market for breakfast. There was a variety of shops open there as well as many street vendors preparing food. The breakfast was good! We had a rice soup with pork in it and waffles, and some other things that I am not sure of the name but were good. Later we rode in the back of a pickup truck up into the mountains were we hiked in to a great waterfall and swimming pond. We brought with us a drink that Nichole had prepared that translates literally into the words Vagina Juice. I am not sure of the ingredients but it is suppose to be good for a woman's inner parts and thus the name. Before we left Nichole warned us ... read more

With not a huge amount to do on KO phi phi and not being one of those people that can sit on a beach and do nothing for days I decided to head back to Krabi. With Krabi being on the mainland its more of a central spot in which to visit other places from. Staying back in the same hostel I headed out for a fruit shake and some lunch before deciding my next move. Really being in two minds whether to book another boat tour for tomorrow or not I decided to - being highly recommended by the nice lady at the tour agency. Relaxing for the rest of the evening and walking the short distance to the food night market for some dinner I headed back to the hostel just as a heavy ... read more

Today started with finding a nice place for breakfast followed by a bus ride to the Tiger Temple - which was kindly suggested by a friendly tour agency ( next door to the hostel). The temple is housed in a cave so after having a wander round I geared myself up for the 1230 steps up to the next temple! A steep staircase leading its way up the side of a sheer limestone cliff face brought you a lovely view with a large golden Buddha also looking out at it. As well as carrying my rucksack to the top i also carried a macaque for some of the way - who was trying but failed to get my water out my bag! Heading back down and back to the main road to flag down a return ... read more

En till tidig morgon. Denna gång för att åka vidare mot Krabi. Denna morgon möts vi av apor på balkongen. De tittar suspekt på oss och spanar in i rummet. Vi stänger dörren och låter dem klättra runt där ute. De springer vidare och kontrollerar systematiskt varje bungalow för att se om någon lämnat något på sina balkonger. När vi går förbi dem omringar de oss och försöker ta våra väskor. De är som ett gäng rånare, tur att de bara väger några kilo. Jag vrålar och stampar i marken för att skrämma iväg dem, då håller de sitt avstånd. Vi skyndar snabbt iväg. Vi åker samma små minibusssar som tidigare. Denna gång inte lika fullproppade med folk, som tur är, men varmt är det. Det dröjer dryga två timmar innan vi anländer till ytterligare en ... read more

Arriving at our villa in Krabi was a very welcome feeling after a week on board ship with hardly any space. It had lovely big beds and toilets without generator vibrations, but it was a bit strange adjusting to dry land again.Stuart and I had a couple of hours feeling seriously disorientated with swaying heads the first evening, but we soon acclimatised. Feeling a lot more tired than we had realised, we did very little for a few days apart from sleeping a lot, making the most of great wi fi for school work and catching up on laundry. Our saviour throughout the week was our lovely driver Pong who ferried us around, always arriving to collect us as arranged and making sure we had everything we needed. One morning he even went out to source ... read more