Adventures in Krabi

Krabi is the first stop on our tour and we're only here for a couple of days before heading for the Tsunami hit Khao Lak three hours away.

Day 1: Monday 14th May

We arrived at Krabi at about 7:30PM and got straight into the mini-buses and drove to the Krabi Sea View Hotel. The name is rather ironic because from it you cannot view the sea and in fact the sea is about half an hours drive away. However, you can see the river estuary which is very pretty. The thing on everyone's mind was getting food. Therefore, we headed pretty much straight away down to a nearby street market to get food. After the excitement of dinner we went back to the hotel and played cards for a couple of hours before retiring for the night.

Day 2: Tuesday 15th May

The first full day in Krabi. We got up bright and early and headed down into the town to grab some Breakfast - I had a very Thai, Jam and Toast with a cup of Lipton Tea. After Breakfast we went back to the hotel to have the first Lecture of Field Studies which was all about issues facing Southern Thailand including recovering from the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2005 and the violence in the far South. As the second half of the group weren't due to arrive until that evening, the rest of the day was free, so we headed down to the tourist town of Ao Nang where we walked along the beach, examining it very Geographically (even though there weren't any lecturers there). Once the second half of the group arrived it was time for the 'Field Studies Welcome Meal', with free (already paid for) food! The food was very nice and included fish, prawn and chicken. After Dinner we headed back into the town because we had to get breakfast for the next day as it was going to be an early start the next day.

Day 3: Wednesday 16th May

We awoke up early because at 9AM we were going to have a three hour boat tour of the mangroves (which in the end lasted 4hours). The tour was very good because we got to see close up the mangroves and also got to have a look at a cave, shrimp farm and even saw a box fish. The rest of the day was free (because the second half of the group was going in the afternoon). We therefore had time to have a relaxing lunch and explore the town.

Photos of Krabi will be added soon.

Tommorow morning we are leaving to go to Khao Lak.