Thailand Trip: Day 2 – Chinatown, Krabi

Thailand Trip Index:

• Introduction
• Day 1 – Tigers, Elephants, Erawan
• Day 2 – Chinatown, Krabi
• Day 3 – Phi Phi Island Hopping
• Day 4 – Massage, Hike, Beach
• Day 5 – Cooking Class, Sunset Island Hopping
• Day 6 – Back to Bangkok, Siam Niramit
• Day 7 – Ziplining, Night Bike Tour

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After a much needed slumber we awoke anxious to explore Bangkok.  We only had a few hours since we had a departing flight at 1:50 which would take us to the Thailand coast.

Our first daylight view of Bangkok:

We flagged down a tuk-tuk and asked him to take us to Chinatown.  We spent some time wandering the markets and looking for something safe to eat for breakfast.  We settled on some small fritter-looking things, spring rolls, and fresh fruit.

I could have stayed in Chinatown all day people watching, wandering through the shops, and admiring the creativity but we had limited time so we moved one. We tried to go to the flower market but our driver didn’t understand our request.  So we asked, “Wat Pho?”  He understood that so we went there instead!

At Wat Pho there is the famous reclining Buddha and a massage center.  So we walked the grounds and then got a 30 minute massage.  Relaxing?  Yes.  Painful?  Yes!  They told me it would cleanse my blood and was medicinal in nature.

After that we tried to see Grande Palace but it was closed for a religious ceremony.  So we hopped on a boat taxi and headed back to our hotel to pack and get to the airport.

We grabbed lunch at a restaurant close to the hotel. It was delicious! Totally different than most panang that I’d had but I loved every bite, which I announced after each bite.

We flew to Krabi ($120 for two people, round trip price – wow!). We splurged and had reserved 4 nights at the beachfront resort, Rayavadee. We were met at the airport by the hotel staff, chafeaured in a van with massaging seats to a boat which took us to the resort. We checked in and explored the grounds. It was beautiful!  We had a little two story little hut in the jungle, a 5 minute walk to three beaches – one south, east, and west of us.

We watched a movie that night in the room and went to bed early.