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Day 146 – Let the chilling commence

We were thinking about whether to actually continue to blog for the next 11 days, since this Thailand trip is in a way not part of our home to home journey. Then again, it is what we are doing within that year, even if Rocinante had to stay tucked away back in KL.

limestone formations are all around.

limestone formations are all around.

So for the first time in our relationship, we are attempting to have a “normal” holiday. Like, staying in one place and not try something physically crazy or weird. Just a room, a pool and time to go by. For the most part at least 🙂

After a decadently long breakfast, we organised some wheels for our time here. We could not abstain from bikes entirely now, could we? Also, the place is cheap but a bit out of the way, so we need those wheels to get around. Unfortunately, no Honda Wave or any other (semi)-manual bike for me. Well, the 110cc automatic will have to do.

first LunchWe went out for lunch and to pick up some cash – which I should have done yesterday at the airport but have not. We had to go the 20

km to Ao Nang, the next tourist town down the coast towards Krabi. Once again, we were re-assured that there is nothing but ATMs and maybe other / cheap infrastructure that would hold us at these places.

We got back and hopped into the pool for the first time.

Day 145 – To a family visit – 11 day break

I felt quite sick when we got up. Somehow, I had gotten the sniffles and sneezed. Great start. Other than that we did all those things you do before you go on a holiday which is pack the last things, clean up the mess you have made while packing and organize transport to the airport.

The airport is about 70km outside of Kuala Lumpur city. Luckily, an airport express train runs from the central station (“KL Sentral”) to the airport every 20min. So we just had to get to the central station. In the end, we hailed a cab which took us there in almost no time.

Spending two ringgits and 8 minutes in a massage chair

Spending two ringgits and 8 minutes in a massage chair

At the Central Station, Flo wanted to check out a lot of things. We ended up hanging around for an hour to wait until the stores open and then be disappointed because none of the things we need were actually available. I still felt sick so I sat around with a short interlude of sitting in a massage chair. 🙂

Everything at the airport worked out as it should so we still had time to look at overprized Swiss chocolate and have lunch at Burger King’s (Flo’s favourite).

We made it on the plane!

We made it on the plane!

The flight itself was on the short side with 1 1/2 hours in the air. However, as seems to be our luck lately, we had a crying child on the seat behind us which made the time seem rather longer than it was. The Thai border surprised us. We were rejected twice and got quite annoyed before we finally had the “entrance” stamp in our passports.

Flo then found our driver who was holding up a sign reading “Florian” and we hopped into the back of a pick-up for a 40min ride to the resort. As you can probably tell, we were rather tired at this point.

It was a bumpy ride...

It was a bumpy ride…

Arriving at the resort, we were welcomed by Flo’s family, Klaus and Silvia, who had been waiting for our arrival. Nonetheless, we needed a nap so we retreated into our bungalow until dinner.

Dinner was lovely and we got the first taste of Thai food. It’s gonna be awesome. Cashew nuts in your stir-fried vegetables are a must. So yummy!