I ordered a
4-island tour for THB 300 and at 8 a.m. a minibus was waiting for me in front
of my hostel. We picked up the other passengers in different hotels around the
town, afterwards followed a typical one hour of waiting, and then we started
our journey on a long tail boat.
The first
stop was at Top islands, it could be very nice, but without the 50 long tail
boats. There was no point in going there in the morning. Anyway without people
it is definitely a nice piece of nature, two small islands not far from each
other, we could walk from one to the other and the water was under knees.
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| Top Island |
The next
island was called Chicken island because of the shape. We were snorkeling
there for 30 minutes, the island was not bad, but also crowded. The guide
surprised me as he put some soup to the water to beguile fish, they will kill
all of them in a few months. I had chosen that trip because of the next stop
Koh Lanta. The same story with many boats, but this island was bigger and I had
a good companion Nina, a Croatian traveler. We went to the opposite side of the
island as the boats came. White sand, palm trees – it could be really nice to
be there overnight, you can book lodging in tents for THB 350.
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| Koh Lanta |
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| Koh Lanta with Nina |
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| Long tail boats |
During the
time on boat I spoke to two families from Norway and Sweden, they have been coming
to Thailand every 2 years during the last 10 years and they said it is every
time they come 2 times more expensive than during the previous visit. They also
recommended me Koh Lanta, so I made a decision to go there.
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| Cave beach |
The last
stop was Cave beach which I visited last day. I loved it so I stayed there and
left the programme of my tour because it finished at 3 and what to do in Krabi
town if I could be on a beautiful beach. I spent the rest of the day there,
watching climbers and enjoying paradise. On the way back to Krabi one fisherman
stopped me and transported just me by boat for THB 150 back to town. I had my
private boat! :) It was a very strong feeling, sunset with the noise of a 100 hps
engine in the background. :)
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| Private boat for 150 BTH |
In the downtown
in Krabi there are every night many restaurants, many local people coming with portable
kitchens and they cook local foods for good prices of THB 50-100. I was offered
a coconut ice-cream at a stand, if you see that stand you have to try it, the best
ice-cream for THB 35 each!
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