Krabi with love 03-07/05/2014
So after I
started work at Baden on end April, I decided to be an ass after like 3 days of
work and go for a short getaway together with Jerome, intending to celebrate
his big 21st overseas. And we had a blast!!! We had the worst start
though, having to pay the luggage insurance at Changi Airport after which upon
arrival at Krabi Airport at 4pm, we only got to our host of Rawi Warin Resort
and Spa at 9 freaking pm when our check-in time was any time after 2pm!!! I
fully blame it on my poor planning though, only few hours out of Singapore and
already feeling like I fucked up the boy’s big event. It was bloody disastrous!
After much
communication barrier with the people of Krabi Airport, we paid 1000 baht
(S$40) for a mini-bus and the itinerary was shit thereafter.
Arriving at
4pm, the lady then sent us to this pick-up point for the mini-bus and we waited
at the café from about 4.30pm-5.30pm, which by then the mini-bus should’ve came
but it was late! Then when it came at like 5.50pm, we knew why. Her stupid
mini-bus service was apparently a shuttle service for the locals!
In local
terms, it’ll be like getting sent from Changi to Pasir Ris, after which a
mini-bus comes but you have no idea that your stop is their last stop, because
out of 20 passengers, your location is all the way at Joo Koon so before you
get there, the driver has “Ha suck it foreigners you got punked!” In mind plus
location wise you didn’t really make the best of choice (okay this where I
can’t totally blame it on him but I guess I can blame the airport lady for not
telling us anything), but who would’ve known?!
So moving on
to the mini-bus, we boarded when the sun was at its highest point in the sky
but as the driver moved on to picking up more passengers after which dropping
them off one by one directly at their house front, by the time the moon was out
our mini-bus was still half-full.
And in
addition since our host, Rawi Warin is located on the far North of the island
while our stupid airport was on the extreme South (which I had no fucking idea
of ok I am innocent), from our time at Changi up till our arrival at Rawi
Warin, we managed to travel via all modes of transport! Land, air, sea, you
name it we took it! Air: Our flight from Changi to Krabi; Land: Our stinking
mini-bus from Krabi to all else god-forsaken; Sea: The vehicle ferry that our
mini-bus had to take 3 times! By then Jerome and I were already thinking, “Is
this going to be a tragic Singapore story of ‘Taken’ except that we won’t be
saved by our dads?”
BUT FUCK, we
kept our slowly diminishing flames of hope burning and finally at 9 freaking
plus pm, we made it!!! And things were never better from there on. Rawi Warin
is a beach stay paradise, like a modern Indonesian palace overlooking the
gorgeous ocean. The resort is so big we actually had our own personal buggy and
driver all day everyday everywhere, simply by dialling ‘0’ on our in-room
phone! And bear in mind, the beach there compared to Sentosa is like freaking
Heaven versus a drain, with waters so clearly bluish-green we were debating
whether or not they’d dump large amounts of colouring every day; sands so white
and soft it was like walking on carpet. So ‘nuff said, pictures to prove my
points!
But firz, lemme takea selfiez
Mini in-house infinity pool
My model-rome~
In-room dining keke
King of Krabi on his castle buggy
The most memorable part:
Sunset and seafood by the beach
They gave us a cake,
I gave him my angelic vocals
Thai skugal swaggin sinz '94 nakaaa
Snorkelling pit-stop
Spotted: Qtpie at the local 7-11!
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Special
shoutout to our favourite buggy driver and everyone who went snorkelling with
us, especially the funny nigga woman! Gotta love ‘em niggas and their humour!
