Krabi

Our flight from Chiang Mai to Krabi was on time and took just a couple of hours. We were met at Krabi airport by a driver from our hotel and driven to the Tubkaak Resort arriving about 5:30 Sunday.
This is very much a relaxing hotel situated on a quite excellent beach with wonderful views out over the Andaman Sea and islands.we spent most of Monday and Tuesday relaxing as we have had a fairly hectic few days. Food in the hotel is excellent as are all the facilities. The hotel faces west so a highlight is watching the sunset.
Last night we took the hotel shuttle bus into the nearest town, Ao Nang. This was very different to the Thailand we have seen so far. Very much a manufactured tourist resort. No end of bars, most with live music of a dubious quality, souvenir shops, massage parlours and a lot of cannabis shops. We did find a relatively quiet bar with music and had a decent meal.
Today, Wednesday, we booked a long tail boat to take us around some of the nearby islands - Tup, Mor, Chicken and Poda Island and Railay beach. We have had a most enjoyable day. There are many of these boats taking people around and think they must be unique to Thailand. We stopped at four different places and were able to swim and snorkel in some of the finest waters we have ever encountered. The beaches are all sandy and very clean.
Today is our last full day in Thailand. We have had the most marvellous few weeks here with plenty of variety. The Thai people are the kindest, friendliest and welcoming that you could wish for. The weather has been excellent throughout usually I suspect around the 30 degree mark. I am fairly certain we will return to Thailand.
Anyhow tomorrow we leave Krabi and move on to Langkawi which is an island off the West coast of Malaysia. We have been there a couple of times before and stayed at the Danna one of our favourite hotels. Langkawi is only 217 kilometres from Krabi and at one time there was a ferry service but this has now ceased. So we have to fly to Kuala Lumpur and catch a connecting flight down to Langkawi. It is a bit tight, the turnaround in Kuala Lumpur, but hopefully it will work out OK!Baca selengkapnya