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.

PS: All the hotel reviews in my blog are not sponsored, I just write out to share my experience. So, if you appreciate my review/s, please click on the adverts available on the top, so that I can have more income to travel and share all these wonderful experience with you. Tq.

Lae Lay Grill, Krabi

Promised to share about this awesome restaurant that offers stunning sunset view of Krabi, romantic dining environment and thumb licking good foods. So, I remember my promise in the FB page and tadaaa, here it is.

There are 2 hilltop restaurants in Krabi, 1 is Lae Lay Grill and another 1 is Hilltop Restaurant. After looking through the reviews, we decided to go for Lae Lay Grill. My friend booked a table through their official website, and they sent a tuk tuk(free shuttle service) to our hotel at the scheduled time. (Nice service~).

Dress up like a kid.Shuttle tuktuk service by Lae Lay GrillStairways to heaven.
Nola, is Lae Lay GrillWe with the stunning view from restaurant.
We weren’t lucky, cloud was thick and we couldn’t see the nice sunset.

Four of us ordered 5 dishes, 2 cocktails(which I forgot to note down the names). The price is above average, but is cheap compared to what we have here, because it is Thailand ma, everything also cheaper-kap. We love the foods and hospitality is so good that you can feel it the moment you step into the restaurant. Go!Mitty love the steamed seabass the most, 酸酸甜甜, 好吃!!

Steamed whole sea bass with organic lemongrass,
fresh lime, crushed chilliSeafood platterTom Yum GongGlass noodle with seafood saladRoasted duck in red curryCocktails

We had a great dinner in Lae Lay Grill. The foods satisfied the taste buds, the esophagus, the stomach etc etc, i means our whole digestive system were enjoying them. Muahaha, talking nonsense again. Oh ya, side effect of eating outdoor is that you will attack by mosquito army. But, Lae Lay Grill do prepare mosquito repellent.

I will return to Krabi and Lae Lay Grill is the place I wouldn’t miss. I will pay a visit to Hilltop Restaurant during my next Krabi trip. When is it? Hmmm, perhaps end of this year??

Last picture:The romantic ambience of restaurant at night

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.

PS: All the hotel reviews in my blog are not sponsored, I just write out to share my experience. So, if you appreciate my review/s, please click on the adverts available on the top, so that I can have more income to travel and share all these wonderful experience with you. Tq.

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