Ananta Burin Resort, Ao Nang

As mentioned in my previous post, I booked the Hotel+Flight package at Expedia. So before I placed the booking, I did a quick research on which hotel to stay during my trip. I filtered my search results to tour package below RM550 and hotels that offer free complimentary breakfast, and Ananta Burin Resort(ABR) is one of them. After reading the good reviews in Trip Advisor and positive reviews in some blog sites, I decided to accommodate at this 3 stars hotel located in Ao Nang.

Location

ABR located at a quiet valley, which is 1 minute walk from main street, and 3 minutes to Nopparatara Beach. There is a grocery shop just right in front of the resort. The check in process was fast, we got our welcome drinks and room key in less than 10minutes. The staffs are very friendly and helpful.
Fyi, every morning, there is a counter at the lobby that offering towel rental at 100THB/towel, you can rent the towel here for island hopping.

Room

We stayed in Superior Room, despite the room is facing the street, however I had good sleep throughout the stay, not affected by the noise from the street at all. There are 2 types of Superior Room in ABR, which is the Thai style and Japanese style. Me and my bro got the Thai style, while my friends got the Japanese style room.

I requested a Twin Room but they gave us a Double Room.
Anyway, the staffs rearranged the room for us in a quick speed.How the room looks like from our beds.

A pair of swan towel.Good new for ladies: Hair dryer!!Coffee tea making facilitiesBalconyLove the bathroom max.
Have both the shower and bath tub.

Services & Facilities

1) ABR have a big swimming pool for the adults(got jacuzzi oh~) and a kids pool.
2) Pool side massage service. (We didn’t have our massage here, price outside is cheaper)
3) American breakfast is in buffet style, the foods are nice. But I loss of appetite on the last day after taking the same kind of foods everyday.
4) 4 of us book a airport transfer from hotel at 600THB/car.
5) They did the room service and supplied us with new towel everyday, which I love it max.
6) Free wifi only available at lobby area, you need to pay for it if you wish to get the in room internet access.


So, as conclusion, Go!Mitty will recommend you to stay at Ananta Burin Resort as it offers good service and facilities at a reasonable cheap price. However, I will not stay at the same resort during my next visit, because I wish to experience stay at boutique hotel.

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Go!Mitty needs help

Good morning everyone!
Go!Mitty 10月将会带着家人和朋友到台湾旅行。6天5夜之旅，所以我们只可以参观台北和台中地区的景点。

以下是Go!Mitty plan的行程，你们觉得ok吗？会太赶吗？还是太空了？
我在Facebook Page有个专门讨论这行程的帖子，欢迎你们去留言哦！
除了给予我行程上的建议，也欢迎你们：
1）介绍一些必吃/必卖的食物
2）如果你们也是在plan着台湾之旅，我们可以一起交流讨论

想要参与讨论的话，请按这里。

感谢各位啦！

4D3N Krabi Tour (Itinerary& Expenses)

Hi all. This is a simple post on my Krabi trip, which I will include the itinerary and the rough expenses throughout the trip.

Go!Mitty visited Krabi in May, and I would say, I love Krabi more than Phuket and Pattaya because the latters are too commercialised. I went to Krabi during the low season aka raining season, but we are lucky that the weather is perfect throughout the journey. I stayed at Ao Nang area which is the most happening place in Krabi, but I still can feel the peace here(maybe is due to low season). One of the best things of visiting Krabi during low season is that everything is cheaper.

EXPENSES

Air ticket+Ananta Burin Resort (Superior Room with Breakfast)=RM534/person
Hong Island Tour Package(with Long Tail Boat) +Jungle Tour=THB1250 /person
1hour Foot massage=THB200
1hour Coconut Oil Massage=THB500
Shuttle bus from Airport to hotel=THB150
Airport Transfer from Hotel to Airport=THB150
Tuk tuk from AoNang to Krabi=THB60/person

Dining, shopping is subjected to individual. Go!Mitty spent a total of about RM1000 for this trip, which I think reasonable. Go!Mitty will definitely revisit Krabi, that time I am going to stay at the boutique hotel and have a 贵妇 trip.

ITINERARY

Day 1Touched down Krabi Airport at 2pm. Took the shuttle bus to hotel. Went to AoNang Walking Street to survey tour package, dinner at Wang Sai Seafood and have a brief walk at Krabi Town Night Market
* Many travellers in Cari Forum claimed that foods in Wang Sai Seafood is cheap and nice to eat, but for me, I don’t think it is cheap because the foods are below my expectation. So I not going to do review on this restaurant.


Day 2Island hopping (Hong Island Tour Package), Dinner at Lae Lay Grill and ends our day with foot Massage.

Day 3Jungle Tour (Visit Tiger Cave Temple, Hotspring, Emerald Pool, Blue Pool), Shopping at Tesco, Dinner at Krabi Town Night Market. Last but not least, massage time!!

Day 4To airport(book airport transfer from hotel)


Will blog more on Ananta Burin resort, Hong Island island hopping package, Lae Lay Grill and Jungle Tour in my upcoming posts, so please stay tuned.

Transportation to and from KLIA2

KLIA2 officially become the new hub for the low cost airlines(AirAsia, Malindo Air, Cebu Air and Tigerair) on 9th May, which means fly off and landing at LCCT had become a history.
As promised I will blog something about KLIA2. Many bloggers share information and pictures on the layout, shopping outlets available in the airport etc. But for me, I will blog on how to go KLIA2 from KL central and Terminal Bas Bersepadu(TBS) Bandar Tasik Selatan.

I hope this will be an useful guide for those who still unclear with the transportations available to KLIA2.
Go!Mitty took 2 different routes, I went to KLIA2 from KL Central by KLIA Express and took bus from KLIA2 to TBS.

Now let me brief you guys on the KLIA Express and KLIA Transit service available.

KLIA Express is a non-stop airport transfer takes you from KLIA & KLIA2 to the city (KL Sentral). Remember, KLIA 2 is the last station so do not drop off at KLIA station. It departs every 15 minutes during peak hours and every 20 minutes during off peak hours. The fare is RM35/way.

KLIA Transit is a fast train service between airports(KLIA & KLIA 2) and all transit stations (KL Central, Bandar Tasik Selatan, Putrajaya&Cyberjaya, and Salak Tinggi stations)

You can check out more of the airport transfer service& schedule at HERE.
For the transfer service fares, check it out at this LINK.

So Mitty will show you the location of the transfer service at KL Central.

KLIA Express arrival hall which is just next to the Maxis Centre.

Head towards Nu Sentral(shopping mall in KL Central) and you will see KLIA Transit entrance and ticket booth is on your left.

Turn right if you want to take KLIA Express and
you will see the ticket booth at the end of walkway.

After a 33 minutes ride(KLIA Express), you will walk into an airport which makes you feels like a shopping mall.

Clear with my explanation? Now we shall proceed to the bus service available from KLIA2.

To take the available public transports(except KLIA airport transfer service) from KLIA2, walk to the Gateway area, Level 1.

Besides taxi service, there are several bus services also available here. These are some of them:

Mitty and her brother bought the Jetbus transfer to TBS at RM8/person.KLIA2 view.
The control tower, main building and Tune Hotel.

Lastly, check out more about KLIA2 at this website.