3 -- A group trip to remember in the past

This was the last trip that I had with a group of friends just after we finished our first phase of medical school life. I could not recall every single detail about the trip as it was about 7 months ago. The things that I could only do now is to try to refresh my memory by looking back into the photos that I took at that time. 

Well, it was a 4-day-and-3-night trip in Krabi, Thailand. Frankly speaking, I did not know the existence of this little town until my boyfriend told me so. But since then, I still did not pay much attention on it as I assumed the vacation mainly emphasised on friendship rather than the trip itself. However, I finally realised that I have actually gained experience through the visit in Krabi town.

Day 1 -- I still remembered that we took the earliest flight to Krabi because I woke up at 4+am just to take the van to the airport. The driver was feeling unhappy as we came out from our house half an hour later than the expected time... But anyway, we still managed to reach the airport on time. The flight was 2 hours long and I could not remember anything happened on the plane. Hmm, I guess I was sleeping at that time... we reached there in the morning and were greeted by a local tour guide. He was beaming happily once we came out from the arrival hall. The words that I first learned there were greetings such as 'sawadika' and 'sawadikap'.. ka usually applies to females while kap for males. 

The first stop was Tiger Cave Temple. Well...I did not take much photos of the temples. What I still remembered was there were many monkeys climbing around the small temples and they were very tame. We spent about half an hour there before we tried the first local chicken soup noodles and chicken rice at Krabi town. They were so palatable that some of us even ordered the second dishes. After that we had a coffee time at the cafe next to the shop. At first, I was quite surprised to see such coffee shop in this small town. There were quite a number of Westerners enjoyed having their food in there. My boyfriend came out with a weird idea, saying that he wanted to buy a board game so that we could play during the night time when we were bored. Unfortunately, there was no such thing around that area, so we just walked around the town before we headed back to the van and went to another area where our pre-booked hotel situated. 

This was the first photo I took in Krabi. The waterlily was so attractive that I could not resist, so I quickly snapped down the photo of it before I left to the temple.

Left -- This was one of the monkeys in the temple. I should have shot down the beautiful scenery there with lotsssss of monkeys. I like monkeys especially when they are small. Old ones can look aggressive sometimes.

Isn't the right one cuter.....? My lovely pet monkey has been with me since I was in my highschool.... =P

The chicken soup noodles we had there as our lunch..

Coffees that we ordered -- mocha, latte, cappuccino (I ordered this, I remember =P) and dark coffee.

Although the look from outside hotel somehow disappointed us for a while, but the rooms themselves were very spacious and comfortable. It was worth a penny and I was very reluctant to leave the room. We had a nap and went out again in the late afternoon. We also had a stroll around the area. I could not believe that Starbucks coffee shop was seen at that area, which was so much better than my hometown because we do not have Starbucks here...... We had a divine buffet that night, and I managed to taste various types of ice creams with different flavours! I really hope that I can go back to this buffet restaurant one day. The price was indeed reasonable too. It was a pity that I missed all the good photos that night.

The crab that was sold outside a restaurant along the street nearby my hotel.

It was almost sunset. We just stopped there for a while but only walked along the beach at night after dinner on the first day of the trip. Breathtaking scenery..

Day 2 -- After taking our breakfast provided by the hotel staffs, we went to Mangrove Swamps, which was about an hour drive from our hotel. It was my first time kayaking in my entire life! Initially I was very scared as I could not swim well. Luckily, we were provided with life jackets along with several bottles of water. The guide there taught us on how to kayak correctly and show us around the swamp regions. We visited the hills and saw some mural paintings left by the ancestors many many years back. I did not know exactly what they meant but I know that these are something that we should appreciate and preserve as they symbolise a certain tradition passed down through generations. We spent the whole morning exploring Mangrove Swamps and had our lunch provided by the local people there. They were very friendly and welcoming. They were willing to add on when we almost finished our dishes. You know, guys are always huge eaters......! We had a great time kayaking and I was shouting like an insane person there the whole morning . By the time we sat in the car heading back to our hotel, my boyfriend was already like a dead beat sleeping throughout the journey (as he used up all his energy kayaking and bullying our friends). 

My naughty boyfriend and I. Still like a kid joyfully eating his supper. 

Along the way to Mangrove Swamps....

He and I kayaking on the mangrove swamps... =)

 

Another two happily smiling friends..... yeah..!

These were the mural paintings that I have mentioned earlier... still very well preserved.

This was the cave that we went...

While inside the cave....

This was our first group photo...!  =)

The well-known mango sticky rice that we bought at the morning market in Krabi town. The glutinuous rice was nice. I like the mango too. It tasted more soury than sweet so I like it..! =P

I shall continue my day 3 and 4 tomorrow.. time to hit the sack now. I am so exhausted...