Oh! Krabi, Thailand - Expenses

Before going to a trip, I'm sure we want to set our budget kan. I hope all these info more or less will help you guys tau.

Details
22 May - 25 May 2013
4 days, 3 nights
2 person

Further Details
Oh! Krabi, Thailand - 1st Day
Oh! Krabi, Thailand - 2nd Day
Oh! Krabi, Thailand - 3rd Day


Total Expenses
RM 230 : Air Asia Ticket Flight
RM 105  : Air Asia Services & Fees

Hotel
 RM 253.36 / THB 800 per night : Miti Resort, Ao Nang

Transportation
THB 300  : Airport - Ao Nang (by bus)
THB 500 : Ao Nang - Airport (by taxi)
THB 60 :Ao Nang Beach - Hotel (by tuk-tuk)

Activities 
THB 2000 :Phi-Phi Island
THB 1900 : Kayaking & Elephant Trekking

from left : Thai Food, Lunch at Ao Thalane, Hasna Palace, Sareefah corner

Now the best part, FOOD! Sedap ok. but it was so sad as that we haven't have time to explore more on the other side of Ao Nang, as we didn't rent any motorcycle. So cheapstake kitorang ni :P

Foods
THB 54 + THB 65 + THB 95 : 7eleven
THB 20 + THB 70 : Breakfast
THB 300 : Dinner at Sareefah
THB 240 : Dinner at Hasna Palace
THB 200 : Dinner at Thai Food :
THB 95 : Banana Chocolate Pancake (2 pcs) + Strawberry Shake
( THB 45 : Pancake alone)
THB 130 : Street Food - Fried Prawn + others
* all lunch included in our activity package

Souvenirs
THB 380  : Fridge Magnet - for 8 pieces
THB 1040 : T-shirt - for 8 pieces
THB 80 : Keychain - for 5 pieces

Extra
THB 90 : Adapter
THB 100 :Tips

- I forgot the agent name, it just along the road side, beside a pizza restaurant
- 7eleven is slightly cheaper than usual sundry shop
- street food : not recommended. It was oily. tempted by it looks. Sorry :(
- adapter bought at phi-phi island, quite cheaper than Ao Nang (RM150) and here (RM24).
- t-shirt at phi-phi island slightly cheaper than Ao Nang. at Ao Nang you have to buy in a large group. Luckily we met a group of tourist (10 people) also from Malaysia. 130 Baht for a shirt quite a steal kan. It was 20 baht before.

Plus minus, we had spent RM 1500 tau. Yeay! for the whole trip RM750 per person. Quite cheap kan?

Will come again to Krabi? absolute YES!

Have a nice trip ok.

Oh! Krabi, Thailand - 3rd Day

Third Day
Activity booked : Kayaking and Elephant Trekking
Ao Thalane - Krabi
Price : 950 Baht / person (because of the low season)

Kayaking is least favourite activities among tourist, as beaches and fishes sounds more appealing. Yet we opted to do kayaking as we haven't done it before and the mangrove forest is remarkably beautiful. 

Early in the morning at 8.00 am, if I'm not mistaken we already arrived at Ao Thalane. It was nerve wrecking thinking if I able to do it without getting drowning. While our tourist guide / kayaking trainer told 3 of us, which include one Thai woman, how to row, safety issue as well as our route, I can hear my heart pumping as I was looking at what in front of us, the wide open river.

I have never been so close to the water surface, it felt like we were going to sink. I remember feeling nauseated looking at the deep green water and it was too late to turn back as we were already in the kayak. I've sat at front and my husband at the back. I looked at him and he was smiling like a boy. He was really excited to begin with and I was nervous. Not a good combination. So, he willingly to do all the rowing and let me get busy with camera to calm down :D Sweet kan? 

The kayaking started from a river to a mangrove forest and then towards an open sea. Actually, there was a lot of species we saw. Mostly small animals, insects and fortunately, no crocodiles or snakes (but I believe I saw one)

Can you spot a group of monkey? Most of the monkey here,they eat mangrove tree crab instead of fruits. Makan besar hari-hari diorg ni.

It was our first time kayaking and Ya Allah..what a very good workout. Perasan sikit jadi wonder woman time tu. Later that day, I felt that I had lost my arms due to muscle soreness. Nevertheless, it was a really memorable memory that we shared together. 

I've only managed to snap this photo while at the open sea. It was terrifying! The current was...fast? Kencang? Berombak la sikit2.. We have to row twice harder as we need to row opposite direction of the waves. We saw a couple of senior people got lost at the open sea and I was afraid if we are going to drown, again. 

We can't believe that total time spent to complete the route tour was 4 hours! Sweat? Big YES. Kurus tidak..hehehe... Oh, that time, the tide was high as it was a full moon. So anyone going kayaking at Ao Thalane? Please ensure it full moon or otherwise you'll be kayaking on sand and mud. 

I'm not going to review our second activity on Elephant Trekking as I am so regret that I did. I saw a video on how they abuse elephants for the sake of tourism after we went to Krabi. Poor elephants :(

As a tourist, say NO to elephant manipulation. Stop animal cruelty now. 

Thinking to ride the elephant? Please think of this video. 

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Oh! Krabi, Thailand - 1st Day
Oh! Krabi, Thailand - 2nd Day
Oh! Krabi, Thailand - Expenses

Oh! Krabi, Thailand - 2nd Day

Second Day
Activitiy booked : Island Hopping
Bamboo Island - Viking Cave - Monkey Bay - Maya Beach - Phi Phi Island
Price : 100 Baht / person (because of the low season)

I should have wrote this a long time ago. So pardon my memories, everything seems hazy now. Might mixed up with angan-angan or exaggerated feelings. We were at Krabi from 22 May till 25 May 2013. So, I really wanted to go for snorkeling. Yes we did, but only once. The girl maybe had misinformed us that every island we will have lots of time to do our own activities and snorkel all day long. It was too good to be true, but we had booked it anyway and put our expectation too high. So just don't repeat my mistake ok ladies.

My camera didn't do justice to the scenery. It was quite a paradise back there! The water was so clear that you even can see your own feet.

Last stop was Phi-Phi Island. It is the most developed island. Overpopulated maybe. I was quite surprised as the island has a lot of things, hotels, restaurant, shops and tons of activities.

Bye.

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Oh! Krabi, Thailand - 1st Day
Oh! Krabi, Thailand - 3rd Day
Oh! Krabi, Thailand - Expenses

Oh! Krabi, Thailand - 1st Day

Assalammualaikum..

Hello June semua!

Alhamdulillah. My husband and I finally got our passports stamped. Yeay! Krabi is our first place for holiday, together. Frankly both of us never been to anywhere outsides Malaysia. Pardon me if this going to be a simple guideline.

Flight was at 7.00am sharp (Malaysia time) and we arrived about 7.10am (Thailand time). Sekejap kan? Thailand is an hour late. So the flight took 1 hour and 10 minutes actually. Still sekejap juga. Make sure one of you set the time to local time.

During the flight, flight attendance will hand out a piece of form. It got two sections to be torn. Just isi and Thai Immigration will take one at arrival and the other one at departure.

Ini Airport nya. Comel je.

As this is going to be a budget vacation, we decided to take bus to Ao Nang. Only 150 baht per person. Compared with taxi, 600 baht for a car/minivan. We just saved 300 baht there tau. Even by bus, they will send you directly to your hotel front door. About 50 minutes from airport, we arrived at Ao Nang Miti Resort.

The hotel was booked earlier through agoda. The price per night is quite cheap and consider it just open last December, we just got to try. I'll try to post just on the hotel later :). As we were there at 11am, the room is not yet ready. we were told to come back at 1 noon. Left the luggage at the hotel, time to run to the beach!

Yes, literally we just walk to beach. Around 1.5 km in 20 minutes. Bought drink and biscuit at 7 eleven. Then walk again. Until we heard the sound of the waves crashing on the beach.

Subhanallah! The beach is beautiful. Serene. Peaceful. There were not so many tourist that day. I knew it was low season, but the weather is really good tau. Sunny. but not hot.

So we spent an hour strolling along the beach and looking up for packages for activities right after that. Will write on this later. At 1 pm, by tuk tuk, we gone back to the hotel. Surprised, we fell asleep soundly.

Woke up at 5 pm. teruk kan. stomach starts grumbling and screaming for food. We were lucky that the hotel surrounded with lots of restaurants and stalls. Plus point. Chaba Kitchen, Ahud Seafood Restaurant and one that we dined in - Sareefah Corner.

Punya la laparkan. We ordered the cliche combo, white rice with tomyam and omelette. No sayur. No somtam as we were quite surprised with the price.  Tomyam kung is 120 Baht for small bowl. But..it was worth it! There were squids, prawns, beef, and chickens, a lot! The taste is quite different. Spicier than our tomyam and not manis like usually cook here. Squid was tastier than ever. I can still taste them in my mouth. Nyum. Oh! recommended: please try their orange juice. They use the green oranges, one we call Limau Madu here.

After the meal, trying to burn all the fat, we continued walking down to the beach front. Strolling along the road, checking out prices for souveniers.

At 10 pm, on our way heading back to the hotel it was the starting point of us got addicted to banana pancake. for mere 20 baht for it, it was so crispy and oily juga.. but we were greedy, added chocolate n nutella some more. 110baht for 2 pancakes n strawberry smoothies.

At 11pm watched some thai tv programme, we fell asleep, with our full stomach. Yea, kinda keep it for tomorrow energy la.. hehe..

Can't wait for Oh! Krabi, Thailand - 2nd Day :)

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Oh! Krabi, Thailand - 2nd Day
Oh! Krabi, Thailand - 3rd Day
Oh! Krabi, Thailand - Expenses

Notes:
--- Please ensure that after immigration check, which is before boarding, there's a  counter to verify your tickets. Please do. This is important as Air Asia's Thailand is very strict about that. You don't want any trouble at departure.