Krabi Getaway

It's always been my dream to go to Krabi and that is where I've just got back from today.  I fell in love with it the moment I saw it on Amazing Race Asia Season 1 ~ back in 2007.  I know right then and there that I'm gonna go there one day.

Krabi town is located at the shore to the Andaman Sea. It is one of the southern provinces of Thailand.

We booked flight + hotel via airasia.com. The flight is scheduled to leave LCCT at 1.25pm and reach Krabi International Airport at 1.40 pm... Huh, thanks to the one-hour time difference, you saved one hour.  We stayed at Amantra Resort & Spa for the whole trip (5 days 4 nights). Amantra Resort & Spa is located on the south-west coast of the island of Koh Lanta Yai, part of Krabi province.

We were greeted by a friendly staff who immediately took us to our room.

Our room is right infront of the swimming pool.

Can't help but took a photo of the plants infront of the balcony

and the beach

Their restaurant is right by the beach.  

We had dinner at the restaurant in the resort itself on the first and second nights and also for daily lunch. 

 We had seafood tomyam,

 steamed fish with lemon,

 Thai shrimp salad with glass noodles

 and stir-fried shrimps with garlic & pepper.

As it is our initial intention to spend our holiday lazing around the beach or the pool, that is exactly where we've been every morning and evening.

Well, there is also a jacuzzi right next to the pool.

I also walked on the beach in the mornings.

On the second and fourth days, we decided to spend the afternoon at the spa.  It's called Dreamy Spa.

On the second day, I picked the promotion package of 1,000 baht for aromatherapy oil massage (exotic aroma oils are smoothed over acupuncture points of the body to soothe you into deep relaxation), body scrub (removes dead skin cells, rebalances skin texture and softens the skin.  This deeply cleansing treatment will detoxify your skin and is highly recommended prior to any spa treatment) and facial refresher (a pure and simple but very effective refresher consisting of cleansing, exfoliation, compress, toning, facemask and moisturising).  Without the package, aromatherapy oil massage costs 595 baht for 1 hour, body scrub costs 395 baht for 30 minutes while facial refresher costs 395 baht fo 30 minutes.

On our second trip to the spa, I did body mask (a nourishing body mask treatment to soften and refine your skin as well as detoxify and stimulate the body system to generate new skin cells, making your skin smooth, beautiful and perfectly toned. A scalp massage and body splash is included in this treatment) which costs 495 baht for 30 minutes and foot reflexology (a combination of firm hand action and wooden stick focusing on energy and healing points of the feet that affect the entire body) which costs 395 baht for 1 hour.

On the third afternoon, we called for Thai massage in the room.  It is a once-in-a-lifetime experience ~ never again!

On our last evening after we left Dreamy Spa, we had dinner at Laanta Seafood Restaurant.

While waiting for food, I took photo of the island on the opposite side of the restaurant.

We had seafood tomyam on hot pot,

spicy Thai shrimp salad with glass noodles,

stir-fried crab with black pepper, fried kale with oyster sauce ~ can't wait to dig into the tomyam that I forgot to take photos ~

lemon juice

and pineapple juice.

On our last morning on the island, we decided to take latte, hot Thai tea, egg sandwiches with french fries and

Pad Thai with omelette.

Can't believe I have spent 5 days in Krabi and it is now time to fly home. The flight is scheduled to take off from Krabi International Airport at 2.25 pm and reach LCCT at 4.45 pm... well, no thanks to the one-hour difference, the flight back is longer!

Till next week, so happy that one of my long-time dreams has come true :)