A short ride later(if you define 40 mins to be short), we arrived at Bor Thor Village, a chicken-dun-lay-eggs kind of place, consisting of 2 restaurants and... nothing else, except for the boat operators. Was expecting some quaint village with some locals around, but turned to be much less than our expectations. Nevertheless, one nice cup of coffee later, we sun-blocked ourselves (it was a very hot day), took to the kayak, picked up our paddles and off we go. It was a guided tour (with a Jackie Chan look-alike tour guide), and we have some 10 other foreigners with us on this tour.
We realised that we were almost the only people on this tour who had experience kayaking. So initially, while we effortlessly paddle our way back and forth, the other were struggling somewhat. Tried to give some pointers to the other fellow tourists, but not sure if it helped though. Anyway, after stopping at a small fishing house to look at the fishing traps for fishes, crabs etc, we went on to paddle through a cave with stalactites and stalagmites, one of which slightly resembled the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen. It was cool and quiet in the cave, and our echoes sounded through the cave as we speak. Cool.
Next stop, a cave with a scary name: The Cave of the Big Headed Ghost.Its origins came from the time when the cave was first found some fifty years ago, if we were not wrong. There were numerous skulls in the cave (thus some called it the Skull Cave), of which one skull was particularly big. Hence the name. What was more interesting about the cave though, was some ancient paintings on the ceilings, believed to more than 3000 years old. So after exploring the rest of the cave, and taking panoramic view of the surroundings, its off to the Lagoon Cave.
After kayaking through a narrow channel, we came into a lagoon surround by high cliffs, accessible only from the waterway we came in. Frankly speaking, other than the location, nothing much was fascinating about the place, unless you considered stagnant water and mosquitoes as exotic. So it wasn't long before we left the lagoon, but not before doing my part for other tourists by swatting a healthy number of mosquitoes.
We ended the tour back at Bor Thor Village and had a simple lunch of fried rice with chicken. Not very appetizing, but hey, the Coke was free flow :P So while we waited impatiently for the others, we explored the village (not that we took long. It was small rememeber?). And after what felt like a long time, we finally boarded the us back to the hotel.
By the time we reached the hotel, it was almost time to check out (we had requested for late check out on the first day, but had to pay 500 BHT for it), but guess what? We went sun tanning again! My partner complained that she did not have enough of tanning, so it was our last ditch effort at getting darker. After 15 mins or so, we rushed back to the hotel room, packed our stuff quickly, checked out and waited for our taxi to the airport. As we sat in the lobby, tanned and tired, we felt really good as we had enjoyed this trip, though it may be slightly short.
The taxi came quickly though there was slight hiccup as we had initially wanted the driver to send us and my friends to the airport, but he said he had to arrange another taxi for them. Guess our plan to share the cab fares fell through :( Half an hour later, we met at the airport, and proceeded to check in. For our friends out there, please be reminded that you had to pay a 400 BHT airport tax when you check in. Be prepared yeah?
With not much time left, we had our dinner at the cafe upstairs (twice the prices at Ao Nang Beach), ordering Phad Thai and Olive Fried Rice. The rice was good, the noodles was not, so stay away from it. Belly filled, we went to the gate, which was a rather small one and only had one queue. Those taking domestic flight were in the same queue as those of us who were taking Tiger Airways, so it was rather crowded. After shuffling for some 15 mins, we finally went through the customs, and proceded o board the plane. As we took off (a dinner lurching one *dizzy*), we took a last look at Krabi from the windows. It was a great trip, and we certainly hoped we would be back again.
~ The End ~
Presented by Brown Paper Package
Krabi Trip - 2nd March to 5th March 2007
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