Krabi - Day Three

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Day Three Itinerary

Yoga session
Home sweet home

Our final day in Krabi.

We woke up with the sun shining bright! It's the perfect weather for Phi Phi Island. Such a bummer that yesterday's weather wasn't like this.

I was pretty tired as I didn't sleep very well due to the "blackouts" we had at 3.30 am. The blackouts happened so many times consecutively that I was so afraid it was hantu playing with the switch. Read my ayat kursi repeatedly and finally it stopped. Rest assured, it was definitely a blackout as everyone experienced it too! Pheww!

Although tired, we all got ready and waited for Sam at 7.30am at the lobby to go for our Yoga session. It was held at Marina Yoga just 15 minutes from the hotel. We had an hour session with her where she went through a few cycles of work outs. After an hour we were all sweating and my body hurt esp. the abs the day after!

Photo credit : Lulu

Photo credit : Lulu

 After yoga, we headed back to the hotel for breakfast and back to our room to pack.
Then off we went to the airport!

Thank you so much Dove for the wonderful holiday. I had an enjoyable time doing activities that I won't normally do on holidays such as the cooking class and yoga. But most of all, I loved meeting my new friends!! Thank you girls for an awesome weekend in Krabi! 

Will definitely come back to go to Phi Phi Island!!

BYE KRABI!!

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Krabi - Day Three

Krabi - Day Two

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Day Two Itinerary

Emerald Pool

Hot Stream

Tiger Cave

Ao Nang beach

When we woke up the next morning, unfortunately the weather was not on our side.

It was raining heavily which meant we could not go to Phi Phi Island. I was super dissappointed but I guess it's not meant to be. I will just have to come back again with the family instead!

So we had breakfast at the restaurant (it's non halal) but there were plenty of stuff I could eat. I had the omellette and the yoghurt was exceptional!

After breakfast, Sam came to pick us up and off we went to Emerald Pool. On the way we stopped at a fruits market and I tried one of their local delicacies Pak Mao.

The market

Yummy fruits

Trying the Pak Mao

Around an hour later, we arrived at the Emerald Pool. It's a natural pool with green clear water.

At the entrance

My buddy for the weekend, Sabby!

We took the shorter route (800m) to the pool and when we arrived it was beautiful!! 

Emerald Pool

Most of us had a quick swim in the pool. It was nice and refreshing. Luckily we arrived early because when we left, the place was packed as everyone who was suppose to go to Phi Phi has been diverted here.

We took the scenic route back (1.4km) where we came across the Crystal Pool and saw mini waterfalls on the way back. Before the next destination, we all had lunch at this restaurant (halal).

Another huge lunch spread and of course not to forget our coconut water (which we had at every lunch and dinner while we were here!)

Yum yum Tom Yam

As all lunches were paid for by Dove, I asked how much that lunch was. For 5 dishes to feed 11 people it was about 2,500 Baht (RM250) which wasn't so bad right?

Next was the Hot Stream. Unfortunately as it rained the night before, the Hot Stream was not hot and it was brown in colour. Not exactly welcoming so no one went in.

Info on the Hot Stream

After the Hot Stream, we went to the Tiger Cave. It's a Buddhist Temple near a cave. In the cave, a tiger used to reside there and roared and scared the villagers. There is a flight of stairs that takes you up to the summit (1272 steps) where you can see the Golden Buddha statue at top and also enjoy the beautiful panoramic view of Krabi. I didn't go up though coz of my knees so we just took pictures.

Bottom of the staircase

After that we were sent back to the hotel and the rest of the day was up to us. Me and Sabby decided to rest and first. At 6pm we headed to Ao Nang to take pictures at the beach before sunset.

Ao Nang beach

Dinner time is next. We had enough of tom yam so pizza it is!!

Although they said it was Halal, we still noticed Ham on the pizza in the menu. We didn't want to risk it so we had Fungi pizza.

Hungry Sabby

Today's Mango Sticky Rice

Our dinner was only 359 Baht which was cheap for 2 people. Please note however that we went during Happy Hour which meant that the pizza was cheaper. I think Happy Hour is between 6-8pm.

At Ao Nang, I saw a few lady boys by the street advertising their Cabaret show which I REALLY wanted to go. Sabby wasn't keen though so we didn't go hehe. I should have taken pics with them though at least! By the time we finished dinner their show have started so no photo op!

Then we walked all the way up to McDonalds to find more souvenirs and ate another pancake.

Waiting for our pancake

The famous Thai Pancake
Mango and Choc

The Thai pancakes are actually very thin roti canai with a topping of your choice. My fave would be banana and nutella! Super yummy!

For souveniers, the price ranges from one stop to another. So let me give you a typical price so that you know the price you can bargain for

• Fridge magnets - 3 for 100 Baht
• T-shirts - 150 Baht
• Small coin purses - pack of 5 for 100 Baht
• Place mats for 4 people - 120 Baht (bought mine for 200 Baht!!)
• Top (blue one I wore to Emerald pool) - 300 Baht (they started the price at 450 Baht)

I found this shop which had the cheaper prices. It's located next to a pharmacy, opposite Black Canyon Coffee. If you're walking from McDonalds down towards Ao Nang beach, you have to go right around the bend to find it.

After all that walking, we got our feet massaged at the Spa near our hotel. 250 Baht for an hour (they wrote 45 mins but we bargained for an hour). So cheap and they were so good!!! Wished we had more time for more massage!!

Happy face during massage

Feet all massaged, we're ready to get to bed for a good night sleep!

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Krabi - Day Two

Krabi - Day One

Day One Itinerary

Lunch at Restaurant
Cooking Class
1 Hour Thai Massage
Free and Easy

As I told you before, I was one of the Grand Prize winner of the Dove School of Skindulgence contest. The prize was a 3D/2N trip to Krabi, ALL (almost all) EXPENSE PAID TRIP!

So last Friday, I took the day off and headed to KLIA for our trip.

Meet up with Sabby Prue at KLIA and upon calling our travel agent Mr. Goon we met up with everyone else at gate C18. Surprisingly no representative from Dove was present so it felt very impersonal. But oh well, we got a free trip so THANK YOU DOVE! Before boarding, all the winners got accquainted and they seem like a fun and friendly bunch.

We were flown with MAS and the flight only took an hour. It was so quick!!

At the airport, one of the girl bought a simcard from True H for 200 Baht (RM20) for 3G access for the 3 days so we all followed suit and bought the same. They even changed the sim card and do the settings for you. So do look out for a small stall just outside the departure gate.

The 3G network coverage on this carrier is superb! Even when we were in the jungle, the 3G coverage was at full bar.

Our guide for the whole trip is called Sam! Such a lovely soft spoken guy.

On they was to the hotel, we stopped at a restaurant for lunch.

We were amazed at the spread of dishes that was served! The dishes were so delicious but unfortunately we were not that hungry so there were plenty of left over!

After stuffing ourselves with yummy Thai food, we were sent to the hotel to check in.

Our home for the next 3 days, Mercure Krabi Daveena Hotel in Ao Nang.

We all got a room each! My room unfortunately is twin bedded (I wished I had a King bed instead). But the room was spacious nonetheless with a huge rain shower (I wanted a bath tub tho-ishk byk nya demand!! :p I am starting to sound ungrateful. SORRY! hehe)




The hotel is a 4 star hotel with great amenities like a long pool (think Hard Rock pool at Penang), kids room and gym.

However one thing I want to comment about is it tends to blackout quite often. On the last night, the blackout happened consecutively and so many times that I was getting freaked out thinking "is it a ghost playing with the switch?!"

So after checking in and resting for half an hour, we were picked up by Ya's Cooking School in a Tuk Tuk.

Here we learnt how to cook Thai dishes all from scratch!! The Chef is Chef Ya and she taught us the following dishes.

1. Curry Pastes (made from scratch) 2. Green Curry 3. Panang Curry with Chicken or Beef ( similar to satay )  4. Pad Thai ( Fried Noodle Thai Style )  5. Papaya Salad ( Som Tom ) 6. Tom Kar Kai ( Chicken in Coconut Milk )  7. Stir Fry Chicken with holy Basil 8. Stir Fry Morning Glory 9. Banana and Coconut Milk

Surprisingly everything was so easy and quick to prepare! I can't wait to try and make the Tom Yam and also Green Curry!! After cooking, we were served all the dishes we cooked. Again our table was so full with the dishes! Although we were not that hungry, we managed to do a pretty good job in eating most of it!

What a wonderful experience it was to learn how to cook the dishes.
For 1,200 Baht, I think it's totally worth it. And they used Halal Chicken so no problems there!!

















Let me introduce to you the Dove Krabi girls (L-R)
Jennie, Swee San, Lulu ,Evelyn, Chef Ya ,Sabby , Dina, Elana, Kylie, Sherry, Yin Yin
Our hashtags on Instagram was #Krabi11 though as Jennie's boyfriend came along too hehe

With out stomach full and reaching buncit, we went back to the hotel to rest for a while. At 7pm, Sam came and picked us up to take us to the Spa. Well actually we all walked to the Spa next door to the hotel where we were treated to an hour Thai Massage.

If you have never experienced a Thai Massage before, their massage does not require any oil. They basically massage and fold our body! So be prepared to be sat on and stretched about! The price for an hour Thai Massage is 200 - 250 Baht (depending on the shop/spa). That's RM20- RM25!!! SUPER DUPER CHEAP!

After our massage, my body does feel lighter so we all headed to Ao Nang to walk and check out the souvenirs. I managed to buy a few T-shirt and fridge magnets. We stopped to have some ice cream and then walked back to our hotel.

Totally knackered and prayed that the weather for Day 2 is bright and sunny!!

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Krabi - Day One