Krabi Day 7: 7 Islands Sunset Tour

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Day 1: Krabi, here we come

Day 2: Hong Island

Day 3: Phi Phi Island

Day 4: Tree Top Adventure

Day 5: Elephant Trekking, Tiger Cave Temple, Hot Spring Waterfall & Emerald Pool

Day 6: ATV, White Water Rafting & Monkey Cave

 

(7/6/15) We begin our 7 Islands Sunset Snorkeling Tour at 12.30 pm today. The tour cost us THB 650 per person and it comes with a BBQ dinner at Poda Island.

Here we are at Ao Nammao Pier to get onto the boat

At the jetty

The beautiful scenery  



Another scenic view

First island of the day, the Railay Beach

Phra Nang Cave for some great photo

Locals believe that it is the home to a princess spirit

Our first snorkeling session today

Feeding those fishes with crumbs

Arriving at the beautiful Tup Island

Still need to shed another few kilos

Thou this picture is quite blur, it will be waste not to post this up

I just don't understand why some of the pictures turn up blur

When the tide is low, you can walk from one island to another for these 3 islands

Water is crystal clear

This is all I need, relaxing life with picturesque view

Another blur shot

Is it the camera or the memory card? 

Showing off my chubby, fat legs

Posing for a picture

Candid of a china lady posing for the camera

Our newly made friends from Brunei

Our second snorkeling stop is at the famous Chicken Island

Chicken Island is named after the shape of its unique limestone jutting out into the sea

We passed by Poda Island early in the afternoon

Arriving at Poda Island for our barbeque dinner on the beach and the highlight is the sunset

Feels like in China with the sight of Chinese junk sailing

The small island behind is the Taming Island

Amazing

Namaste

Me and Brenda

Red is the color of love and romance

The most beautiful sunset I have ever seen

As the sun sets lower, the sky gets redder and redder

The sunset is so fantastic and unforgettable.

We will surely return for the beautiful sight.

We were supposed to enjoy our first Bio-Luminescent Swimming but the spot near to Railay Beach that the guides brought us to is too shallow to dive. A few minutes after a couple dived down, they went up the boat with one leg full with sea urchins spikes. We were terrified that we decided not to go down at all and straight head back to the jetty. Early on, almost all on our boat was stung by jellyfish that swam to near. The guides should have warned us beforehand.

We paid for this!!

Quite disappointed with Mariam Tours. Firstly, when we took the tour with them, we were promised a big boat and not a longtail boat. The only reason we decided to go on shared tour was because they can't provide a barbeque dinner for private tour. I failed to see the reason behind that because the food and the barbeque satay sticks were already prepared on the beach. Food are all packed and brought along since we boarded the boat. I don't recommend taking tours from Mariam Travel & Tour. Not that they gave us a smaller boat, their guides are also rude. It was a nightmare to begin with. The only thing that made it better was the sunset.  

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Day 8: Ao Nang Beach

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Krabi Day 6: ATV, White Water Rafting & Monkey Cave

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Day 1: Krabi, here we come
Day 2: Hong Island
Day 3: Phi Phi Island
Day 4: Tree Top Adventure
Day 5: Day 5: Elephant Trekking, Tiger Cave Temple, Hot Spring Waterfall & Emerald Pool

(6/6/15) Our day 6 in Krabi started at 8.30 am when our van picked us up at our villa door. Last year, we went to Phuket (remember ?) and played 5 km of white water rafting, we decided that it was so fun and want to go for the 9 km challenge. We took the package with Song Preak Rafting this time as it comes with an hour of 250 cc ATV  in the jungle.

Getting ready to start our 1 hour ATV in the jungle

Mum and Eric in one

Up the hills and down the rivers we go

A sweet picture of Brenda

An after picture of our thrilling ride

Up-close of the ATV

The gears are down, on the right side of your leg

The pamphlet of package we took

The ATV ride was really fun, to say. We went up slopes, down the rivers and even drive on the main road. This is new as the other day in Phuket, it was only a 15 minutes ride. I'm embarrassed to say this but I got stuck twice when turning. Handling an ATV requires too much of hand muscles.

Next up, White Water Rafting

Getting ready to start our 7 km down the river

The real deal sight

We had to give way to Island Safari rafts first

We, the kids are disappointed with our white water rafting this round. Probably, it was drought season in Krabi so there's not much adrenaline rush. I was actually complaining bored the whole ride. Of the whole 2 hours rafting, the excitement only came the last 10 minutes. There are a lot of White Water Rafting operators in Phang-Nga district so it depends on luck. Whether you're from Phuket or Krabi, it will take about an hour and half to reach.

I'm not trying to ruin anyone's business here but then, hey I'm not any famous blogger with thousands of view daily that may risk others' income. I'm just giving a piece of advice to my small group of readers. We went with Island Safari Co. Ltd. last year and there was a dam right in front their base camp. So we guessed, it is them that holds the water. So if you want to more of the fun and no waiting behind queues, go with Island Safari.

Island Safari is where all the excitement is

After a good lunch at the base camp, we went up the hill to Tone Pariwat Waterfall.

The waterfall is 15 minutes drive away from the base camp.

We were greeted by so many fish at the waterfall.

These fish are used to human contact, they come so close to you that you can almost touch them

Last stop, The Monkey Cave.

We are glad we visited this place as even the monarchs of Thailand came to visit

Outside the Monkey Cave, we were greeted by tens of monkeys.

Here is me at a distance because I'm scared

Andrew with his new found buddy

In Monkey Cave which houses the Suwankuha Temple

The Golden Sleeping Buddha

The cave is rather deep

Outside Monkey Cave.

These monkeys are in terrible conditions with wounds everywhere

Day 6 ended at 7 pm with all slept through the journey back to the villa.

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Day 7: 7 Islands Sunset Tour 

Day 8: Ao Nang Beach

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Can't wait to show you guys our Day 7!!