Krabi - Day 2

Day 2 of our holiday found us dragging our pitiful butts out of bed at the crack of dawn. We had to wake up early to pack and have breakfast before going off for our Phi Phi Islands tour.

Breakfast was rather mehhh.. A simple affair. I was still very stoned.

Our pickup truck was waiting for us whilst we were finishing up our breakfast. And brought us to pick up more passengers from other hotels before dropping us at a small shack in front of a fairly big jetty. It was pretty crowded at this shack with at least 50 people waiting inside. Turns out that business was so good for that tour company they were sending out 3 speed boats for the phi phi island tour!

us on the truck.

signing up!

First view of the jetty.

Me so excited..

<3

The boat ride was expected to take 1hr 30mins to reach our first destination and initially I was so excited. Took loads of pictures of nothingness and stuck my head out of the boat the way dogs stick their head out of a car window.

Strong wind!!

prettyyy

nothing-ness..

random not-so-random island

This random island that we stopped by actually contains many many swallow bird nests that the locals maintain and sell..

So cool they actually use Solar panels!

Next up, Emerald bay. 

The water was so clear and calm and it was such a pretty bay area enclosed by the mountains.

My fav pic of the whole trip

wish we went snorkelling here.

Maya bay

le bf.. =P

thai soil under our feet. (:

happy us..

posing with some random sign ahahah.

We went snorkeling after Maya Bay, so not many pics..

fishes fighting for bread (:

post-snorkeling shagggg faces.

And then it's lunch!!

om nom nom

random stalls..

us on the famous PhiPhi Island beach.. looks pretty ordinary tho

there was round 2 of snorkeling but we were pretty tired so we didn't go in..

sighs.. such clear waters

eric..

me. posing. ehhheheh..

us on yet another random beach haha.

It was such a beautiful day and I saw such beautiful sights... 

But it was a long day and i was really glad to be heading back around 4pm..

Finally on the pickup back to the hotel!

After washing up, we headed back to town for dinner and the much anticipated foot massage. Eric loves his massages and we missed the opportunity to go the night before..

Our dinner..

my super yummy cashew chicken..

his pad thai..

tomyum soup!!

The massage was really weird.. It was foot massage mixed with foot reflexology. 

Damn funny i tell you.. and my masseuse really sucked...

Poor thing was so tired..

that's the last photo of the day! Ahhhh I still have 2 more days to blog about. Halfway there! (:

Krabi - Day 1

How to begin writing this entry about Krabi..? So many things to talk about.. So many awesome experiences..

Let me start first by saying I didn't know where the hell krabi was before I even went there. My ex colleague went there before and told me it was really nice.. So when Eric asked me if I wanted to go Krabi, I was like okie anything! :p

Unfortunately for us, the only budget airline that flew to Krabi was Tiger. What was supposed to be $65 one way before plus plus became $200 round trip. Ughhh what a way to cheat us!!!

Here we are waiting excitedly at the airport.. (:

long queue hai...

Us in Krabi Airport!

I was a little wary upon touching down. So much untamed land.. Ill-constructed roads and loads and loads of vegetation. For a fleeting moment I wondered why I left civilisation for this. =/

30 minutes later we were ushered into the quaint resort entrance. I was a little surprised at the aircon-less reception area. Whilst Eric settled our arrangements with the resort, I walked around to see what other facilities they had and looked for the beach. Apparently, the reception area and the pool (which looked really dirty), were all they had in facilities. There was no beach in sight, and only one restaurant! Not to mention we were so far inland I couldn't even smell the sea at all. But that's about all that was bad and things started looking up from there. (:

the Pool. (:

Foosball Table!!!

Our first meal was at the hotel restaurant. I had the yummiest tomyum goong spammed with prawns and mushrooms :D

for the main course I had pineapple rice Eric had pad Thai. I'm not really a fan of tau geh so I didn't really like the pad Thai but the pineapple rice was nice (:

His pad Thai w more yummy prawns. (:

We were then ushered to our room after lunch, and boy was it bigggggg. Eric told me we would have a villa, but I was so used to cramped hotel/hostel rooms I didn't expect this! I had more space than I knew what to do with..

:D

The bathroom was pretty awesome too :P

Love nest :D

We crashed upon seeing the bed and set a 3.30pm alarm to catch the 4pm shuttle to town. We got up at 3.50 and rushed like mad to catch the shuttle. Genius that we were.. We forgot the maps and the insect repellent. Consequences of forgetting the map was small but the repellant was major. I think I had 4 mega hugeass bites that day O.O

us on the shuttle to town..

damn dangerous can..?

Their 'town' was quite a bustling tourist place and completely unexpected after that long drive from the airport. I dragged Eric into everyyyy shop and bargained like mad over everything and anything heehee. They had all those cheap tourist tshirts and tanks, beach cloth, sunglasses, anything beach-related and best of all waterproof bags!!! :D I've been thinking about buying them ever since my trip to Tioman but they were so expensive there and in Redang as well.

whee see the cliff in the background. :D

We didn't really do much that afternoon.. Just alot of shopping and eating heehee.

They have the best coconut shake everrrr! They have loads of those tiny bits of coconut that u can chew on. I loved it!! And it was only 25bht! Like how awesome is that? :D

random act cool picture :P

The Ao Nang sunset. (:

us..

We ate dinner at this restaurant called Eden's garden. The 2nd floor of the restaurant was open air and it has a nice romantic ambience. Eric saw all the seafood on display and he just couldn't resist..

VIP wor..

cute sign in the restaurant! (:

eric.. (:

THE OM NOM NOM FOOD YA

damn happy :D

I did alotttt of shopping.. Ending this post off with my loots for the day :D

I'M BACK!

I'm so so saddddd to be back.

I really enjoyed Krabi..

Beautiful beaches all day.. Snorkeling.. We got to drink coconuts while kayaking.. Thai massages.. And a local even gave both of us a motorbike ride back to our hotel. Excitinggg :D

just gonna upload one picture for now.. too tired and i need to go work tomorrow! :(

Weekend Getaway

Wheeee in 12 hours time I will be on my way to an awesome holiday destination...

Do you know where this is??

It's the aerial view so maybe not so familiar..

Show you another more recognisable landmark...

nehhhh? still don't know?

Actually I myself didn't even know how it would look like lol.

I'M GOING KRABEEEEEEE WOOHOOO~~

'kay I know it isn't spelt that way. It's Krabi. :D

I need to pack my stuff quick quick and go and sleep. I'm not feeling well today and I don't wanna fall sick before going on my trip.. =(

The worst part of packing is deciding what to wear! 

I can spend hours thinking on the outfits that I'm going to wear and pack the remaining items in 20minutes..

SOOOO EGGCITED :D 

Facial Masks!

Okayy this is damn random but I've decided to give 'beauty' posts a try. hehh.. I was inspired by Xiaxue's latest Advertorials on Lovemore facial masks, as well as Cozycot's email some time back asking people to sign up to be a beauty reviewer. Not saying that I will be very detailed and do tons of reseach into this post. It's just a small post on the masks that I currently have and my opinion on them.

Let me start off first by stating that I'm superrrr budget about alot of things that I buy. I cannot seem to justify spending more than a dollar per mask.

I mean, you put them on for what.. 20mins tops? and then throw them away?? I seriously don't understand how Neutrogena can sell one box of 5 masks for $30+!

Hence masks featured here are $1 or less each heehee. :D


Watson's Bird Nest Mask

This was one of the first masks I bought to try out. I bought it at one of those member-only mega sales ~$6. Now it's supposedly on sale with two boxes going for $19.90, but that's still $1.66 per mask. hehh.

Each mask contains 30ml of essence which is super ALOT! And it felt good having it on for the duration of 20minutes. It was drenching your face in all kinds of goodness lol.

The mask was a little hard to put on though as it had bubbles popping up here and there.. And it smelled kinda funny. =/

Worst part was after removing the mask, you know how you're supposed to massage the essence into your skin and not wash it off?? Well, the residual essence was quite sticky and mad it very uncomfortable to sleep with.. =(


Vanebo Beauty Friends

I bought this from a Bigdeal.com. Supposedly, retail price is $26.40 for 12, but the current promotion was selling 12 for $10! I thought, why not just buy to try it out..? Since it was such a good 'offer'.

Whilst I was quite please to receive such a wide variety of facial masks, I was really disappointed with the quality.

I guess just because Korea is famous for their facial products, doesn't mean that everything from Korea would be good. =/ Each packet contained 25g of essence (which translates to 25ml i guess), but it seemed dry. It was really difficult to put on and it kept folding back up along the creases..

I really regretted buying this from bigdeal. :( Now how am I supposed to finish up the remaining 11 packets ughhhh...


Beauty Buffet CO Q10 & Yoghurt


I was buying some random stuff from Watsons today when I saw that amazing "BUY 1 GET 1 FREE" sign. I was already at the cashier and the stand with the facial masks was quite far away.. But it was too good to pass up and I made the cashier wait for me to grab these 2 boxes from that faraway corner.

It was originally selling for $7.90 per box, but buy one get one free, and not only that, Wastons is having 7% off storewide for the month of March! I effectively paid $7.35 for 10 pieces, you can do the math.

Throughout the journey home, I wondered whether I would eventually regretting this impulse buy. I mean it's not like I needed it. I had 11 pieces of that stupid Korean brand still waiting to be finished at home. Not to mention another box from HK which I had yet to use.

I loved this mask. The cloth of the mask was so soft and easy to apply. 23ml of essence was more than enough which I could still pour on after putting on the mask. And the best part is after removing the mask, the remaining essence isn't sticky or smelly! My face feels so soft and smooth! I will definitely sleep like a baby later.

I'm so happy with these 2 impulse buys I'm soooo tempted to go back and buy all the different types from that brand. :D