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Day 1 - 19 Nov 2007

Yup, I am back.......from my holidays and also to blog after such a long absence. Like the title suggest..... (in hokkein) 3 wah ti kah ... hahahaha... (get it ???). Thats another way of learning Thai. I was in Krabi / Trang, Thailand last week for 5 days holidays with my family. We flew Air Asia lah.... - Now everyone can fly mah. Our flight from LCCT was on time :-) but we have to wait for 2 different families that were late on board. The plane could not take off as these passengers have checked in and their names have been manifested, somehow or rather the plane have to wait for them. Macam lah VVVIP. We waited for about 10 mins for them and the pilot was not happy at all. He waited for them at the door and stop them from boarding. They were questioned as to why they were late and he gave them a good lecture. So once everyone was on board, the runway pulak jam... aiyooooo...... runway oso can jam... how lah. There were too many planes landing and taking off, so have to wait in line. We waited for about 20 mins before our flight was permitted to take off. After take off, the pilot announce that we could have arrived our destination earlier but because of these passengers (irresponsible), we had to queue for take off. Then kena lecture again on what time must check in ..blah.. blah... blah....

Wah din know, Krabi airport is so much better than our LCCT. Betul betul.. cannot imagine. Spanking new and cantik. Anyway, we went through Immigration with breeze and on the way out, already saw my name on the placard liao. Our transport was waiting for us. We were on our way to Trang which is 1 1/2 hour drive from Krabi. As our arrival in Krabi was almost to lunch time, I tried to tell my guide but he cant even speak english. Alamak... die die..... how lah. So have to use Universal sign language. First show the time on my watch, then my left hand act as a bowl and my right hand like scouping food into my mouth. Then I have to rub my stomach and viola.. he smile.... which either meant I look stupid or he understood. No words was exchange and I told my family c lor...... its like chicken and duck story... hahaha... finally when we were almost reaching our hotel, the van stop outside a cafe. !! He understood.... yea yea..... food.. food..... So, we quickly whisked ourselves into the cafe and sat down. Menu was placed on our table. When we open the menu, my children says.. mummy, I cant understand what is written on the menu somemore no pictures to point and order. Oh boy,,, what a way to begin our holiday. So luckily one of the waitress came and I said - No understand thai... English only. Thank god, she understood and quickly came back with the English version. We ordered 3 x fried rice, spagetti and 2 x noodles and whack everything down in a jiffy. :Luckily food came as quickly as we ordered. Hungry visitors....... Lunch approx. RM50. With our stomach fill up, we were looking forward to checking in and resting. So arrived the hotel which is approx. 10 mins drive from where we had lunch. Another adventure, as the front desk says No reservation under my name.... aiyooo.... apa jadi lah. Quickly called my agent and after a few blah blah..... then finally...... yes got room. When the front dest asked me if I have any written confirmation, I answer "no hap" My girl was wondering why suddenly my english has gone "berserk"....hahaha.... Wah.. finally dapat jugak room. We didnt wonder too far from our hotel as we need to get ready for dinner. Agent has kind enough to buy us dinner - what dinner and where we oso donno. If we all really kena kidnap, may God help us - we are all sitting ducks and chicks. When we arrived, the place looks like hangout for the locals, serve bar-b-q, seafood. Wah... betul betul kenyang.... ada prawns, otak-otak, squid, tomyam, clear fish head soup, veggies, fish.. aiyo makan until tak boleh masuk... burp.... The food kept coming......

Day 2 - 20 Nov -The next morning, we had leisure breakfast at the hotel. By the way, the hotel is Thumrin Thana hotel. (according to locals, it is the best hotel in town). Not 5 star lah. We were all adventurous to try some of their local food and there were quite good. They only charged my kids - THB750 each. Damn cheap !! We checked out right after breakfast and the island resort, Koh Ngai resort had sent in their pick up to fetch us to the pier. From the hotel to the pier took about 45 mins. Once we arrived at the pier, we had to pay marine fees of THB200 each adult, children was free. They normally charged THB100 for children. Maybe got promo for kids...hehehe.. The ferry ride took about approx. 40 mins from the mainland to the Koh Ngai resort. Ah... adventure begins the moment we arrived Koh Ngai resort. The ferry could not reach the beach due to low tide, so we had to transfer to smaller boat. Our luggages was transfered to another boat as well. Almost reaching the beach, we had to jumped into the water and walk to the beach - kaki ayam. Fun begins already... Arrived the hotel with welcome drinks waiting for us. Wah... cold cool fruit cocktail. Checked in and then it was time for lunch. Wah....hungry stomach and luckily food came pretty fast. Presentation of the food was good and taste also good. Will try to put some photos in later.

Day 3 - next blog.