I don’t mind paying more if the quality is better but not a single dish I had in eight days around Ao Nang and Railay was memorable. I was aware that Railay would be more expensive because it is only accessible by boat, but if a simple Pad Thai is more expensive than in New York City, something is off. In general, prices for accommodation, food and drinks were considerably higher than in Koh Tao for example – often twice as much. We decided to go for lunch and a drink instead, but the prices at the beachfront restaurants (which I believe all belong to resorts) were so outrageously steep, that this wasn’t much fun either. We didn’t even feel like going into the water because the bay was filled with long tail boats that were blowing their fumes into the air and water, and it was so stony that walking into the water required zigzagging around rocks and pebbles. And again, while it looked pretty nice, it didn’t wow us. So the next day, we hopped straight onto a long tail boat to Railay, excited to finally hit a dream beach. On the other side of the canal, there were several restaurants – we couldn’t even bare the thought of eating in any of them, so close to the horrendous smell. Right next to it, there was even some kind of landfill where garbage was left to rot in the sun. The beach looked nice but smelled of sewage, and walking by a canal that I am sure holds all of Ao Nang’s wastewater caused me nausea every time we passed it. But when me and my girlfriend arrived in Ao Nang, neither one of us was very impressed. I owed Krabi a second chance and this year, I made it part of my Thailand itinerary to return to the Andaman Sea. I had always seen stunning photos of the imposing limestone cliffs around the beaches of Railay and Tonsai and heard good things about Ao Nang. On the contrary: I found Koh Phi Phi smelly and crowded, Phuket seedy and dirty, and our trip to the famous Maya Bay extremely disappointing. Beyond Koh Lanta, Koh Phi Phi and Phuket, I didn’t see much of the area back then – and admittedly, I didn’t love any of the islands I visited. I’d been to Krabi before, but it was shortly after getting scammed in Bangkok, and my mindset was just not right at the time, I was prepared to dislike everything about Thailand, and being ripped off right upon arriving in Krabi didn’t help. So how did I find this tiny paradise? Krabi is the one coastal region in Thailand that everybody is raving about. But you guys belong to my inner circle, so how could I not share thiswith you: And you’ll keep this little secret to yourselves, right? You have to promise me that you will not visit Koh Poda □ What to pack for your trip | GlobetrotterGirls Packing Listĭo you remember when I asked you not to go to Todos Santos, Guatemala? Or Samara in Costa Rica? Valladolid in Mexico? It has been a while since I found a place that I wanted to keep all to myself, but when I stumbled across Koh Poda, it took me only a few steps along the white soft sand to realize I had found another little gem that I didn’t want to share with anyone.
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