Flying from KL to Krabi was an easy exercise. As soon as we arrived we dumped our gear at our villa and went into town on a tuktuk, with the craziest driver ever. We found the town full of busy streets, where it appears, Brits in particular, have come to have a break from being a responsible adult. 🙄 Not the greatest first impression! We had pizza for dinner, went to the supermarket for some breakfast supplies then rung up the crazy tuktuk driver to come back and get us.

 

The following day BK went to a co-working space and I decided the kids needed some structure so we made up an hour by hour plan. School. Pool. Lunch. Catch the shuttle into town for a look at the beach (but not get off!). Rest in bed. More pool time. Screen time. Showers and tidy up. Dinner. We did this routine for several days.

 

I was happy to stay in the neighborhood where I felt safe. We found plenty of food options around so didn’t need to go back into town.

 

The shuttle driver at first thought I was a bit crazy taking these two kids to the beach but not letting them get off! But eventually he understood that I wanted to stay with him because I felt safe. He took us for a tiki tour on the way home, it was great to see some ‘localness’ and by day 2 he said “Same same??” when he saw me. Ha! “Yup!” I replied.

 

On Saturday the weather forecast said the skies were NOT going to do their tropical thing (where it buckets down for an hour so in the afternoon), so we thought we’d go see the islands. Mr Shuttle driver told me ‘4 Island’ was the one to do, so we did. Amazing tour!

We were picked up from our villa, transferred to a long tail boat (I worried it would be too noisy but it wasn’t) on which we had a driver and a guide. First we went to Tub Island and saw fish swimming round our legs! Amazing! So glad I took my go pro and goggles for kids! Next they took us to a cove on Chicken Island, just out from the shore. We all got off in our life jackets and looked at the fish and coral. Master 8 had a wonderful time and now has a new hobby, snorkeling! Next they took us to Poda Island and we had a buffet lunch on the beach. Yum! It reminded me a lot of the Mount, lots of similarities but obviously so different! Finally our last stop was Prang Cave Beach, it was a beautiful beach and the temperature was perfect for swimming in, just like bath water. I didn’t go into the cave but BK did. Then it was back to base and transferred to our villa. It was an amazing day, and all for the bargain price of NZ$64 for all of us (plus an island ranger fee of NZ$35).

 

So we didn’t do much but this week but it was mostly about rest and people. Our villa had a pool on its doorstep and our kids are already confident in the pool but are even more so now. Miss 6 made a lovely little friend, her family is from Sweden and we plan to go visit them when we are in Northern Europe.

 

The shuttle driver, (I so wish I’d caught his name), was lovely, very relatable and had great English. I had many great conversations both on and off the shuttle with him. BK met some lovely people at the co-working space too. I’ve read on other blogs that people change the experience and that is so true.

 

The last day in Krabi we all came down sick, a mixture of fevers, head colds and sore tummies so it was an early night and then a calm morning transferring to the airport. We remain in Thailand this week but at another location.

 

Budget update :

Krabi $102 under
Total budget – $178 under

 

Till next time 🙂