Krabi - The Motorscooter Diaries

There are a few ways to get around krabi. You could go on a tuk tuk from aonang to krabi town for about 300 baht. Or grab a cab for 600 baht. Or rent a car from the airport counter at 1500 baht a day.

Bringing some relevance to the thai baht, 1 sing dollar equates to approximately 23 baht.

Instead of spending 600 baht on a cab one-way to Krabi town, the ever-thrifty Yakki proposed an exciting solution to our transportation worries.

"Let's rent a scooter each."

A scooter, specifically a Yamaha Fino, would cost us a 'whooping' 250 baht for a whole day (inclusive of insurance). Sounds like a great preposition. Except only Yakki had a motorcycle license.

"No worries dudes. It's just like a riding a bicycle. Just remember, 'Do not brake when you're doing a turn'. It's that simple, man."

Alrighty, let's do it!

Wally's Pink Fino

Yakki got a yellow Fino, while the ever-metro Daniels and I chose some pinkies.

Gentleman, start your engines.

Vroom Vroom!

I gently accelerated and the scooter flew. I remembered Yakki's words of wisdom 'Do not brake when you're doing a turn'. A moment of brilliance.

The journey lasted a marathon-ish 10 metres before my pinkie slid under a stationary truck, under a dozen pairs of Thai eyes.

The plump rental lady sprinted towards the crash site, while Yakki and Daniels stood rooted to the ground. Cold sweat rained down their delicious but pale cheeks.

I escaped with a bloody gash to my big toe.

(warning: disturbing image below)

wally's toe in need of a brazilian wax

Our scooter journey ended prematurely.

The damage to the truck and the scooter amounted to 5000 baht, 3000 of which was covered by the insurance.

It could have been worse. My body pinned under the truck. Or Daniels losing control halfway through to Krabi town. I was fortunate. We were fortunate.

"Maybe we should have rented a car." 马后炮s were activated.

Yes, we should have. The rental rate for a car at Mr. Kord's was 800 baht a day, a mere 50 baht more than the 750 baht we had paid for the scooters.

We switched the Finos for a Toyota Corolla 1.6 Gxi, as I reflected on my scooter incompetency/stupidity.

5 locals on a scooter, showing us how it's done

Our road trip to Krabi town continued..

Krabi - Wally and Yakki Arrive

think of krabi and you'll picture the bright sun, the white sand and the clear blue sea. with that sort of expectations, our anticipation soared with our tiger airways plane on that early saturday morning.

shot by yakki at many many feet high

upon touching down at krabi airport, we took a 600 baht taxi drive to aonang cliff beach resort where we would set up base. the 20 odd minutes drive was marked by yakki's moans about the awesomeness of krabi's geography. cliffs and cliffs and cliffs. he intended to shoot them during sunrise and sunset, hoping to capture the warm infant or dying sunlight piercing between the wispy clouds and the majestic cliffs.

a cliff in background, a feature of krabi's skyline

speaking of cliffs, yakki had scaled part of everest a few years back.

"you should try it some day. climbing mountain rocks."

no thanks man. i don't see a point.

"no, seriously. climbing a mountain triumphs having sex."

ok, mountain or sex? give up one. forever.

silence. case closed.

aonang cliff beach resort was nice. the usual resort that looks and feels like a resort. you know how they welcome you with a little mocktail drink and a warm towel when you arrive at the lobby. yeah, that sort of resort.

anyway, we caught up with our good ol' friend daniels who had arrived at ao nang a day earlier. we counted on him to cut short our exploration time by recce-ing the area beforehand.

"there's not much around here. i think we should head to krabi town to have a look."

then, our holiday adventure began..

Dream Numbers

Goal TOTO: Singaporeans' favourite sport

We missed the small one

BUT

Coming tomorrow..

Always wear RED to huat!