Krabi is very nice, unfortuntely my mood wasn't when we arrived. Whatever illness I felt while in Chiang Mai decided to get worse and had me feeling like total caca during our first few days here. I hardly ate a thing and spent most of the first two days in bed. Pretty sure the flight here didn't help any. Thankfully our hotel was fantastic! We stayed at the Ao Nang Phu Petra Resort which offers spectacular views of the surrounding cliffs. It rained a lot during our time here so it eased my guilt about being inside most times. I managed to rally a bit on day two so we went to Ao Nang beach for lunch but after poking at my rice for 10 minutes I gave up and we headed back to the hotel. We decided to try our luck and head out for Phi Phi Islands on day 3 after finding a great price for a day trip that looked neat. That morning at 7am I really wasn't feeling very good and it was still raining out a bit but it was too late to cancel so I made the choice to go and suck it up. Chris and I had very different experiences that day. The trip took us to several small, white sand beaches around Koh Phi Phi including Bamboo Island, Rantee Bay, Pi Leh Bay, Lohsamah Bay and a couple others. The beaches to Chris' credit were beautiful with white sand and clear water. What got me was the 800 other people enjoying the beach around us taking endless selfies and of course that much needed scarf blowing in the wind above my head photo. I was pretty miserable to be around I must admit but Chris didn't let on. He's mastered the tuned out nodding skill every good husband learns, which worked beautifully because I mostly just felt like complaining at that point. Later in the afternoon I found my happy place snorkeling in the crystal clear waters with beautiful multi- coloured fish. They took us to two places to snorkel and both were excellent. The coral wasn't particularly nice however, a lot of the coral was dead and bleached. This happens when human activity upsets the marine ecology from polution, fishing and other causes. There is a problem of tourists snapping off pieces of coral to take home as well, it's really shameful. We were happy to see quite a few fish in this area though and the hope is that the reefs start to recover with better practices being managed by the Thai government and more mindful visitors. Overall I'm glad I went out but it was certainly not my favourite day trip we've taken. I took a bunch of cold pills that night slept 12 hours and was feeling a lot better the next morning! We relaxed on Ao Nang beach, had a nice big lunch ( I was starving after 4 days not eating) and it was a really nice way to end our time in Ao Nang.
Yesterday we took a 3 hour ferry from Ao Nang to Koh Lanta where we're spending Christmas and New Year. We're really loving it here and thankfully Chris didn't catch my flu so should be a really nice couple weeks here!
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Bing
12/23/2016 11:13:10 pm
Hi Nicole, sorry to hear you've been unwell. Hope you're much improved. My oh my did I dislike Ao Nong, could not escape fast enough to Ralay Beach. I think you'll love Ko Lanta. Hope you and Chris have a wonderful Xmas. Much love to you both. Bingx
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