krabi Jan 2010

Had a brilliant escape to Krabi with hubby back in Jan 2010. Yeah, after a year only I'm posting this, so that really shows what a sloth I had become. Anyway, it was a trip worth our every penny. It was nice, cheap and just what we needed to breakaway from our hectic schedules.

We had our initial apprehension of going to Thailand, but alas, we chose Krabi as we learnt that it is a much better place (more family friendly) as compared to Phuket and less busy than Bangkok.  Furthermore, I have just been to Phuket end of 2009 for a company trip and thought perhaps Krabi will make a great next destination since both are not too different. So, we promptly booked our holiday with AirAsia Go Holiday and off we flew to Krabi for a couple of days of sheer bliss.

The hotel was not too bad. It is within walking distance to all the shops and restaurants.  Also the rooms were nicely decorated, with these 2 elephants greeting us in the hotel room.

I had my massage in the room too :) so much pampering during the trip. Totally relaxing.

Bath towels folded into beautiful elephants greeted us in the room!

 We ventured out to a nearby town for our dinner and ta da!! found this gem of a place.  The dinner was really nice.  We found a simple restaurant serving Thai food and had a generous sample of delicious Thai food at a very reasonable cost.

Mango and orage juice - decorated with orchid flowers

The restaurant and its simple decoration

rice served star-shaped on our plates :)

Yummy!

More food followed the next couple of days.  And, it was walking along the stalls and shopping, shopping and shopping :) 

2nd day dinner - seafood buffet for THB250 per person - nice, too!

In one of our walks, we caught this by the beach when it's low tide...

ah, our contented faces :)