BPP Goes Rafting!

After a not so exciting first day in Krabi, its time to have some real fun! In the form of whitewater rafting!

Woke up early in the morning to have our first breakfast at the hotel. Nothing fantastic but it was still satisfying. And the staff were friendly and served us with smiles on their faces :) So after a filling breakfast (which included cute heart shape sunny side up), we replied some of our customers (that's you!) on the internet before being whisked away in a van to start our short ride to the rafting camp.

And talk about coincidence. We met a a friend and his girlfriend, who were both going for the same trip as us. I had not met him for a very long time and yet here we were, talking about the good old army days (we met in BMT in Jan 1999. Anyone out there from Leopard Company?), which surprisingly did not bother our partners at all (most gals would cringe when they hear their boyfriends talk about army).



And since fate had it that we met miles away from Singapore, naturally we went bumping down the river in the same boat! It was a 5 km Level II to III rafting, which turned out to be relatively easy for us. Not much effort was needed on our part while we chatted and joked our way down the small rapids (in particular, a joke regarding a brown cow and chocolate milk. Go figure...). My friend commented that Singaporean woman were more gungho, as we witnessed the incessant screaming of the other Asian ladies, especially upon having large frogs thrown into their boats. Agree with us? We will love to hear your views.

After the short ride, it was time for lunch at the camp, with tom yum koong, fried chicken and other Thai dishes to fill our hungry stomachs. Guess this was the first time that we had our meals dripping wet. Soon after, we proceeded to our second leg of the tour to a waterfall nearby. And you had to believe us when we said that the water was freeeeeeeeezing cold. If you were there, you would not be able to speak without stuttering when you were standing directly under the waterfall. But once out of the waterfall and lying on the rocks beside the pool, it was heavenly. Cold and hot... felt like a spa treatment :)



Our last stop for the trip was to the Monkey Cave. As the name suggested, there were lots of the primates in the cave, which actually housed numerous statues of Buddhas (Suwannakuha Temple). We sat on the wooden benches while we took in the tranquilty of the sacred place, and watched while other tourists fed the monkeys with bananas and nuts. Not long after, it was time to make our way back to our hotel, and as we arrived at our friend's hotel, we bade each other farewell for now, as we arranged to go back to Singapore together. Sometimes, you could not help but think that the world was rather small, for us to not meet in Singapore, but overseas instead.

It was about 5pm when we reached back at our hotel. So what was next? More sunbathing of course, as we rushed down to Ao Nang beach to catch the last rays of the afternoon sun. It was not much, but it sort of filled our daily quota for sun tan. As the sun set, we simply sat there on the beach and enjoyed it. With waves gently caressing the beach and the longtail boats coming back to rest, the sun gave off a reddish hue as it slowly descended behind the mountain ranges. Simply romantic.

Having feasted on the beautiful sunset, it was time to fill up our stomaches too. And it was to the Blue Mango, a restaurant with nice decor and ambience and NO air con. But we were not too bothered by it as we digged in our dinner of tom yum goong (again...), shrimp cake, phad thai and garlic chicken, before washing them down with pear cider and coke. Abit pricey, but with such a good atmosphere and good food, guess it was all worth it.



Retired to our hotel soon after dinner, and we eagerly awaited our island hopping tour tomorrow!