Hello from TR2183. Current situation- with the clouds in the sky up there high. Haha 5D4N of Krabi really flew past in a blink of an eye it doesn't feel like it was that long a trip. Sum it up, we were so in luck with everything- weather, transport and people. On point.

DAY 1: was the most lepak and nua day of them all because we had to do site survey haha. Ao Nang is basically a tourist place so the ratio of tourists is HIGH and it caters to beach-loving pub-loving crowd which is not really us haha. We surveyed around and talked to all of the dive centers for the best days and best packages. Ended up with our hotel's neighbour Stingray Divers because it was the most budget friendly and convenient right at our doorstep. We booked Phi Phi Islands for Thursday... And it was unfortunately cancelled so we ended up going to Local Islands which had lousier visibility and was famous for micro mini baby sea friends haha. What to do, it was low season we didn't have a choice. I love my buddy because we whacked all the food hahaha wasn't sick of pad thai and all that tom yum it was like a food tasting and review session in Ao Nang. We also scored a good deal with Half- Day kayaking for Day 2 because we can't dive immed after plane flights. Lady (guy turned lady) was really cute and friendly hahaha she was so damn honest about the commission she will get and gave us a really low price of 650 for two of us, thank you :) Buddy and I basically explored the whole Ao Nang in the first day and nicely ended the day at around 9ish because we had to go grocery shop in 7-11 and buy all that CHEAP lays. Hotel was fine but will be GREAT if the shower was better. It was slow and hot water came and went often haha.

DAY 2: Started the day at 7.30am, out and ready to kayak our morning away. Packed our extra clothes and makan loots from 7-11 (I bought a choco bread yum and buddy bought this krabi cake that tasted like pandan, yum too) Kayaking guide was FABULOUS. Funny to the max frequency rlly just right. He speaks with a really cute thai accent and says funny things like... How there are so many tourists when we get to the mangrove sometimes he thinks it became a floating market lol he says give another few years and soon we can buy pad thai on the kayaks. He also says when he brings Chinese tourists along, sometimes he goes there and comes back ALONE lol trying to bring out the point that they are quite slow hahaha. Damn cute whenever we accidentally bump into his kayak he will say NO SORRY, SMILE. So whenever I bump into him I will say I SMILE and shine a big wide smile then he will laugh hahaha. Anw back to the kayaking buddy and I weren't too good since we are kayak-starless but we weren't too bad either haha I enjoyed it! Got pants wet because it is inevitable to get water into the kayak. Funny moment when we were travelling back we were resting a bit and just floating on the waters and got caught by another guide, "DON'T STOP! FOLLOW ME!" So we followed him and got stuck in the sand by the mini shore hahaha he helped to push us out. Oh another tourist was a Switz who was in NUS for exchange previously! Did the usual small chats and he said it was so nice to hear all that singlish again haha. He adds on how he loves asian food and he is also concerned about the fact that singaporeans are not rlly passionate about discussing our political scene. Which is the truth haha. I forgot how we killed time in the afternoon after heading back, I think.. We booked our dive and went for massage again, like Day 1. 5pm-6pm was always the whatshouldwedo time belt hahaha we are always stuck at that timing.

DAY 3: DIVE DAY. Been a year since we got into the waters hahaha I srsly forgot most of everything. B-W-R-A-F. Bcg, weights, regulators, air, fins masks. My buoyancy control wasn't too good and I couldn't descend well during the first dive! Thankfully we got our refresher course haha redoing how to clear masks, how to do regulator recovery, how to do out of air situations, and the two types of buoyancy situations. I was kicking around too much with my calves which is wrong, should be the thighs. Oh the fins I rented was AMAZING so easy to slip them on!!! It was also the first time I had OPTICAL masks on, thank you Stingray Divers for the free add ons. I loved it haha no worrying about contact lens drying or flying or breaking up. Second dive felt really long. We went to two islands in total, Koh Ha (Island 5) and Koh Si (Island 4) which are HUGE pieces of big rocks. Marine friends: lobsters, sea urchins, many many many sea corals, cuttlefish, dory, nemo, white and yellow fish, a colourful and big parrotfish, lion fish! That's about it. Will be lovely if we got to see bigger friends but it's ok, next time! Food on board was yum, thai noodles and curry chicken and stir fried veg for lunch/ muffins, pineapple, bananas for snacks/ I had a nice hot cup of chocolate + coffee mix and we drank much electrolytes for dehydration. Put sunblock but whats new we got sunburnt, still. I bought myself a Stingray Diver tee, I shall buy all the dive centers' tee shirts as a souvenir for myself wherever I go to rmb that I've dived w them! :) Dinner was at Coffee Club first time western because I didn't felt like eating thai again. I had a rlly delish spanish omelette and we also tried the famous local thai pancakes with chocolate. It was actually sth like cripsy version of roti prata! Ah we had mango sticky rice on Day 1 too- legit good.

DAY 4: Bye Ao Nang, Hi Krabi Town. While travelling with our luggages otw to find transport to KT, I asked buddy "Oh is it this?" And randomly flagged down a white vanish car and yes hahaha like strike lottery heng. Epic we LOLed. Accoms in KT was very convenient, so near the weekend market (mini version of Chatuchak). Had Macs for breakfast hehe because I felt like it and KFC for lunch because buddy felt like it. I love how we are damn ON for food hahaha anyhow whack. Kfc had a special chili and cheese chili drumlets omg shuang?! We took transport out to Big C to get all our thai snacks back and postcards (I secretly wrote one for buddy, and we shared to write one to HC too) Buddy is making much effort to pair us up together siao si ren. Okay la i will try my best also ok? But highly unlikely though, even that I am hermit crab level of scaredy cat. Ended the day at Weekend market which didn't live up to expectations but it's okay. Ate a total of: spicy mushroom soup, fried taro, grass jelly thai coffee (regret. SO MILKY), grilled prawns, thai otah, thai mussels, ham and cheese fried sandwich, rolly potato with tomyum powder, sweet cashew nuts, plate of grilled pork that's like fatty cha shao, coconut shake (disappointing compared to Ao Nang's)

DAY 5: NOW. Still on plane and it's 12.42pm. Can't believe term break is over alamak. Thank heaven thank floor for three more nonwork days... Not ready to be kneeling all over again.

Meanwhile, tata. Was a really good and relaxing trip, loved the company, loved the food, loved it all.