Day 1 – Krabi City Tour
Together with other tourists, we embarked into a tourist van for a half day city tour. It was around 1pm local time.
For the first station, we came to Tiger Cave Monastery or the Thai call it Wat Tham Seua. Located 9km from the Krabi town, it is famous and interesting south Thailand jungle temple, as the monks live, meditate and worship within a maze of narutal caves in an overgrown jungle valley. Climbing the 1237 steps up a limestone tower to see the statue of the BUddha and the ‘footprint of the Buddha” embedded in the rock.
Path way to the Tiger Cave. There are many Buddha Statue in various size in the temple.
Limestone in the Tiger Cave. Many of the caves in South East Asia made of Limestone. For it’s interesting surface and structure, it has become one of my favourite photography subject.
Another temple near the Tiger Cave
Next station, we forwarded to the Krabi town! It’s a small and peaceful town. There is neither high rise building nor busy traffic in the town. The famous market place is the old Chao Fa pier where we have the famous best mango sticky rice. We did found some interesting scene in the town.
Peaceful Krabi town
Carrier
Top left: Chao Fa pier, the local market
Top right: stall that sell mango sticky rice
Bottom left: Juin & Shene
Botton right: Jerk & Tene
Wow, fresh and sweet mango with soft sticky rice. Must try!
Fresh reddish pomegranate
Pay THB20 for a washing machine service?
After that, we visited a Fish Farm near Ao Nang. It’s an initiative by the government for the environmental health of the fish living environment and to breed the fish in a control and safer ’sea’. The pool is made and decorated like the real sea. This is to allow the fish to live in an environment as close as the real world for them. They have various kind of sea water fish that I do not know most of the name of cause. But I saw Nemo and sea horse.
There are real big fish in the big pond where the people is pointing. It looks something like dugong or big dragon fish. As huge as a 150cm human.
Eel, looks bit scary. Japanese sushi use this eel? That’s why I do not eat.
Nemo the famous Clown
Beautiful sunset fish farm
After the visit of the fish farm, we headed back to our hotel in Ao Nang, Timber House Ao Nang, which located at Ao Nang beach. 20km away from the Krabi town, it is the most developed beach of Krabi with a long stretch of white sandy beach with linestone mountains as a backdrop. It has a wide range of accomodation, restaurants, bars, pubs, massage center, day trip tour center as well as dive centers. Some of the famous one are like Starbucks where I had my favourite hot caramel machiato, McDonalds where I had the Taro pie which is not sold in Kuala Lumpur and my 3 days Thai massage was done here here in Ao Nang!
Ao Nang street at 630pm.
Our favourite Thai food. The orangish soup in the bowl is the famous Tom Yam Kung, spicy. This food stall is not far away from our hotel.
The local are selling some handicraft at the foodstall.
After the dinner, we walked around the street where the locals sell some craft and souvenirs. To call it a day, we had a massage at Sunset Hotel Massage Center where I am going to talk about in the latter post.
Ao Nang street at night.
Handmade jewelry by the local
Creative lattern gives colorful light. I bought 2 of these and it’s in my room now. Zoom in the lights from Krabi.
There was this annual dinner night for Sunset Hotel where some performance is going on.
We got up the bed early as the next day 8am in the morning, it’s going to be a fantastic full day island tour!
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