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Images of Krabi

Following on from my post last week about my day trip to Krabi, here are a few more photographs to whet your appetite 🙂

I hope you enjoyed the day out as much as I did 🙂

A Day Trip to Krabi

Chris and I took a day trip to Krabi, a little over 782 km from Bangkok. A long way to go for a day trip, especially as we were only going for lunch!

We’ve had some crazy ideas in the past, but this has got to be the craziest. (Until, we do it again somewhere in Europe that is!)

I’d gone round to Chris’ house one day for a few drinks and we started talking about how great it would be to take a day trip somewhere. We decided on Krabi and a few more drinks later, we took the bull by the horns, and just booked it, all for the ridiculously cheap price of around £20.

The day arrived. We met at the skytrain at 6.30 a.m, made our way to the airport, and at 8.55 a.m took off on our way south.

We arrived in Krabi at 10.15 a.m and went looking for the market, so we could start our day with food in our bellies. We had Massaman, a Thai dish with chicken, potatoes, onions, peanuts and a combination of spices. It’s so tasty, we had 2 rounds along with a plate (or 2) of catfish.

Things to eat in Thailand — Catfish. Photo credit: Chris Wotton

Once fed and watered, we took a songthaew to Ao Nang beach.

Ao Nang has a laid-back vibe filled with many restaurants and shops along its short promenade. It also has the most beautiful stretch of sand, flanked by gorgeous cliffs, palm trees, and blue water with views out to Koh Poda.

Apart from lunch, another thing on our agenda was to paddle in the sea. The feeling of the cool water on our feet was refreshing. We wished we had taken our swimming gear because the ocean was inviting us in for a dip!

After a while, we headed off in the direction of the nearest bar. One with a rooftop, so we could sit and enjoy the views with our afternoon drinks. It was heaven!

We soon moved to a new bar with equally fabulous views out over the water. This day was just perfect.

All too soon, our day trip to Krabi was coming to an end. We went back to Krabi town and then caught the bus back to the airport.

Once back in Bangkok, we took a taxi to Devilish, one of our favourite hang-out places, and had a late night dinner. We talked about our day and realised we had travelled 1,600 km and been out for 17 hours!

It was one of the best days out I’ve ever had. Mind you, it took a good few days to get over it! But, it was worth it and I’d do it again in a heartbeat!

One Night in Krabi

After a few more nights on Koh Phangan and a couple more back on Koh Samui, and with two more friends in tow (Colette and Becky), we made our way to Krabi which is on South Thailand’s mainland.

We were only staying one night so didn’t get to see much of it but what we did see was very funny indeed. We had dinner and found a bar nearby where we had a very random night with a guy called Richard, from Alabama. He was absolutely hilarious.

He had one tooth and was completely stoned. He told us that he grew his own marijuana and got everyone else to do the work on his land so he can spend the day getting utterly hammered- we took what he said with a pinch of salt! He told us that he had killed a few people, who had ventured onto his land, and promptly retrieved an axe from the back of his truck to embellish his storytelling- a little disturbing!

That was before he had several more drinks, 2 more spliffs and then fell over, trying to get onto a motor bike, and literally rolled down the hill. No one seemed to take any notice (we were a little worried though); I think probably the rest of the bar had seen this more than once. In between his story telling he stopped abruptly, invited us to his farm then gazed into my eyes and told me my eyes were “like a dream” and that “ he could get lost in my eyes”….er sharp exit!

The things he told us were too ridiculous to be true (although so ridiculous they were probably true!). I wish we had taken his photograph but he wouldn’t allow it, maybe he was on the run from killing a few people. Who knows… all I know is that we had a great time with Richard, from Alabama and he made our one night in Krabi to be all the more memorable.