We were blessed with such a beautiful day! Sunny, sunny day! We were worried about rain because of the rainy season. So, the van was suppose to pick us up at 8.30am so we headed up to the restaurant to grab our complimentary breakfast. Streaky bacons galore!!
We took a speedboat along with few other people (mostly couples!) to Phi Phi Island. Damn, the speedboat was fast! Water spraying in our faces and not only that, bumpy too! Good thing the speedboats came with a big cooler in the middle filled with coke and bottled water. So it was a good thing May & I didn't bring our bottles of water.
Before heading to our 1st stop, we dropped by Centara Grand Beach Resort where they picked up another couple. Here, they have a floating dock. Won't it be cool to walk on it?!
Our 1st stop, Bamboo Island. Incredibly beautiful and CLEAN! Sand so soft, water so clear. It's heaven on earth! We stopped here and were given 45 minutes to just hang around.
Another angle
This is a tsunami hazard zone sign.
I'm the queen of posers
After 45 minutes, we're off!
Next, we had a glimpse of Viking Cave, where birds nest were aplenty (do you know people actually live here?!)
Our next stop, Loh Samah, the lagoon. We were very blessed for we were told that due to the high tides, our speedboat was able to enter the lagoon. Only long tail boats were able to enter when the tides are low. Awesomeness!
How tranquill!
Looking out from within the lagoon..
This would make an excellent place to scuba dive but our guide took us to another spot. This was where I had my 1st near death experience... *the horror*..
I had no prior experience scuba diving so naturally I didn't know what to expect. What I certainly didn't expect was that we would be scuba diving in the middle of the sea! Ok...laugh all you want, but I really didn't know. But how difficult can it be...I had WonderMay beside me to guide me :D Unfortunately, WonderMay decided to do her own thing and floated away while I bobbed round and round the speedboat. Imagine the shame, hearing our guide shouting overhead "Maam, can you swim? Maam, can you swim?". To avoid from drowning (by now you should realised that I cannot swim) I grabbed hard at the sides of the speedboat but the waves were really hitting me hard. Naturally, I swallowed a ton of salt water and dropped my scuba gear. I could hear our guide yelling frantically "the scuba....the sccuuuuba!" and by now, 2 of the guides were diving into the ocean in an attempt to retrieve the gear. Embarressed, I climbed back into the speedboat. It took them 5 mins to resurface with my gear..PHEW! I took the gear and started inching towards the ocean again and the guide stared wearily at me and said in disbelief "you are going again???" That was a true blue KODAK moment, hahahhaha!
After snorkelling, our next stop was the infamous Maya Beach, where Leonardo Dicaprio filmed "The Beach".
Again, crystal clear sea and soft sand.
Place was absolutely crowded with people..
..and speedboats
Next stop, Phi Phi Island for lunch. Lunch was just too ordinary, didn't even bother to take pictures. By now, the hairs on our head are so rough and tangled, sun burning hot and skin was dry like sand paper, we didn't feel like photographing at all..
Finally, a Yin and May shot together! (We were hiding under a big tree!)
Sea water was crystal clear! Proof!
Next stop, another round of snorkelling. Phew, no accidents this time.
At 4.30pm, they took us back to our hotel, we though, what better way to get rid of the salts from our body than jumping straight into the pool?!
This time, we took the bar stools underwater
Later, for dinner we took a "taxi" tuk tuk into Krabi Town to Ruen Mai. Many blogs recommends the restaurant for a great place for dinner.
Tuk tuk was going so fast, and there's no door! Scary!
Ruen Mai was awesome and a very must go when you come to Krabi. The food is very very good and the host was fantastic! The food he recommends are all excellent.
The environment is very pretty, but if you're eating at night, make sure you take the seat inside, cause there are alot of mosquitoes outside!
Fooling around until the food arrives
The juices are a must have. The pineapple especially!
Dishes we ordered.
The tuk tuk was nice enough to wait for us, and we felt so bad for making him wait for us, we sort of gobbled our food and took the same tuk tuk back to our resort. (I think he wants more business by waiting for us..) The route back was quite creepy. Our driver took routes where roads are small, no one around and there are no street lights. Can you imagine how scared we were? It was soo dark.. And we're out in open air!
Well, that was indeed an experience! It's back to the hotel for some snooze!
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