Friday, May 29, 2009 11:39:00 AM
Day 3:The next morning, we advanced to 'Ao nang Beach'. My favourite! Haven booked any accomodation. We checked in a spacious & clean room with tv and balcony, just for 350 baht (arnd SGD 15). It's a steal! Stayed a total of 3 nights. Our most frequent hang out place is 7-Eleven! Everyday we will go 7-11 buy bottles of mineral water, betagen for 7 baht and some food. Haha... so funny. Bb likes to buy bao from there. There are Macdonald, Subway and Burger King but their prices are the same as S'pore. So didn't tried except ice cream. We walked around Ao nang. Ao nang doesn't have any departmental stores, but many small shops selling bikinis, slippers, t shirts, diving equipments, dvds and souveniors. The beach is beautiful with super scenery especially sunset.
Ao nang has the best of food, which is what I like about it. First night at Ao nang, we went for Seafood near the beach. The seafood is very fresh and appetising. Ordered hot plate tofu, garlic prawn and steamed fish with chilli and lime. I chose the fish myself! Singha beer and coconut for the both of us too. Which totals up to 600 baht (arnd SGD 25) Cheap bah(:
After which, we walked around the place. "Taxi??" and "Where are you going?? Airport??", I heard this everyday during the trip. There were many italian restuarants along the street selling pizzas and pasta. All at 150 baht for 34cm. SGD$6 only! ^^
Day 4:We had booked the kayaking and snorkling full day trip the day before for 1000 baht (arnd SGD 42). Had a transfer from Ao Nang to Hong's Island for kayaking at 9am. There were about 9 people in our group. Along the way, we took photos of the blue sea. It seems unreal because they were incredible nice. Big rain halfway, but didn't stop us from carrying on. We hid near a rock for awhile. Luckily, bb prepared a windbreaker for me(:
The waves were super strong. It's very hard to paddle straight. Bb and I were like sitting in a roller coaster bopping up and down. We had no life jackets on anyway. Hoho~ but we're safe. After lunch, we headed to another island for snorkling. The waters were very clear as we can see our feet and fishes swimming in it. 1st time, I was breathing through a tube~ once awhile I tasted the sea water. Saw many corals, sea urchins, colourful fishes and sea cucumber. Haha.. I love it!
We were back to Ao Nang around 4pm. Tired and hungry(:
Dinnered. Rested at hotel and went for Thai massage at Sophia's! 250 baht. It was my first time to get a full body massage. Feels great and energetic(: then back for supper for pizza from La Casa. 150 baht!
Name:Grace Koh