Hong Island by Longtail Boat

We visited Krabi during low season aka the rainy season. Feels worry at first when I knew that May is actually the low season, afraid that we unable to go for island hopping. Anyway, we were lucky enough. Rain falls but well, only during the night and at the end of our island hopping trip.

The famous Island Hopping tour packages in Krabi are 4 Islands, Phi Phi and Hong Island. I went to Phi Phi before during my Phuket trip, and the tour package seller claimed that 4 Islands will be crowded. So, we took the Hong Island Package by Long Tail Boat after the “manja-manja” bargain session. She quoted us 800THB/pax, and ends up we paid 550THB/pax. Conclusion, you got the best price during the low season.

The tour guide picked us up at hotel lobby at 830am, then our island hoping journey begins at around 930am.

Those islands cluster makes me feel like I am in Halong Bay.

First station, Daeng Island

Daeng island is a small island in the middle of Andaman Sea. We were given 30minutes to snorkel here. Saw corals, but not nice one. For me, I had no special feeling towards this place.

Second station, Lading Island

Lading Island, which is actually an island where the swallow nests are collected. I like the emerald green sea which match well with the green leaves,limestone, and blue sky, everything is so peaceful here. We took our super simple lunch(rice with broccoli,fried chicken and fruits) and swam a little bit here.

Third station, Hong’s Lagoon

We didn’t stop here. The boat just sail into this small lagoon and tour guide brief us with some information, and we left here after a 5 minutes tour.

Last station, Hong Island Bay

Finally, we reached the last destination of our island hopping tour. What I love about Krabi and Hong Island tour is that everything is so green, emerald green sea, can’t resist the color tone. <3 <3 <3

What makes us upset was that, we were given 2 hours to swim and relax around this beautiful beach, but ends up we spent half an hour hiding under the shelter due to heavy rain.

That’s all for my Hong Island Tour post. I hope this beautiful island will become one of your destinations when you are visiting Krabi.

Next post will be the last blog post for my Krabi trip, the Jungle Day Tour. Anyway, perhaps I will write one for the Krabi Night Market, which I think is worth to introduce. However I will only spend time writing them out after my Khao Yai retreat, and will try to finish those before my Taiwan trip, ok? Deal? Deal!

Best View Hotel SS2, PJ

Hi all. This will be a simple and short hotel review.

Went to KL few months ago, and I booked a No Window Standard Room with complimentary breakfast(RM85.28 inclusive of tax) at this budget hotel in SS2 through Agoda. I would say, the room rate is cheap with the facilities provided.

Lets talk about the location. There is a cafe next to this hotel, and it is at the centre of SS2, so 3 meals wouldn’t be a problem. Fyi, Best View Hotel SS2 is a 4-storey building and there is no lift in the building.

There was cigarette smell in the room during my stay, the bed is comfortable. 2 bottles of mineral water was provided, aircond and wifi signal were strong enough, and water heater functioning well. I will rate it 4/5 for a budget hotel, but due to the cigarette smell I giving it 3/5, I hate cigarettes!
It was my first time sleeping alone outside, kind of adventurous, which I took it as an opportunity to train myself become a solo traveller.

So, now pictures time:A queen size double bed for Go!Mitty.
The towel is beige in color not stained/dirty.Toilet is clean.

As mentioned before, the room rate I paid is inclusive of breakfast. Self service type of simple breakfast(nasi lemak/ fried meehun, bread, eggs, coffee and tea) is provided at 2nd floor.

As conclusion, I no mind to overnight at this hotel again, due to its friendly room rate. I just hoping that I won’t get a room with cigarette smell during my next visit.

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