Review of Krabi, Thailand - The Food, People & Lotsa Fun!

Here's our Top 3 Favourites in response to Grace Wong's comment on Facebook for all the good stuff in Krabi.  :)

First and foremost, the Food.  You've got to try these:

1.  Banana Pancake

It's something like "Roti Pisang" but not as sweet.  They give you soft, plump nicely ripe bananas rather than the over ripe, sometimes brownish bananas here in KL.  To serve, they drizzle it with some condense milk.  It is available at almost every street.  (No, we didn't fall sick or ill after having street food.)

2.  Dry Tom Yum with Seafood 

The love of Tom Yum is always in the soup.  But not this dish as the nice bouncy and chewy noodles have absorbed the soup giving that burning sensation when you eat it.  What's special here is the seafood.  It is raw, then placed into a pot with the cooked noodles adding some vinegar to kill the germs and after a few stirs over high flame, everything is cooked.  It is then finally garnished with cilantro, bits of serai and tiny slices of cucumber.  We ate this at the Krabi Walking Street located in Town.

3.  Mango Sticky Rice  

I'm not a fan of sticky rice but this was exceptionally good.  First, the colour was really pretty with pink, yellow, white rice and a bright yellow mango.  The rice is light, slightly sticky with a little bit of sweetness in it.  Coupled with the coconut milk and sweet mango, it is truly mouth watering.  Again, this was found at Krabi Walking Street.

Next, the People.  We find that they are extremely crafty, talented and always so humble.  Here are a few pictures that caught our eyes.

Here's a little boy sitting at the back (more like the edge) of a motorcycle whose size is smaller than his school bag.  Unfortunately, he's not wearing a helmet and it does look rather dangerous sitting at the edge.

Beautiful hand bouquet made with Pandan Leaves!

Blue Statue...a man painted his whole body blue, including his specs, puts on a crazy wig and stands still at the market.  There's a money can for donations and 3 paint brushes with different colours beside it.  As you've already guessed.  Once the money is dropped in, you pick up a brush and draw anything you like on him.   Artistic, eh?  :)

Finally, the Fun stuff.

1.  A ride in their natural aired taxi.

This ride will only cost you RM2 per person.  Ride at night for a colourful display of their in-house boombox. 

2.  Go Island hopping

Traveling on a speed boat, it only takes about 10minutes from one island to another.  This is the Chicken Island.

You can see fish from the shore!  The water is crystal clear.

Enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way on your ride to the next island.

3.  Get yours Nails done and a Body Massage

Please click on the photos to enlarge.  All photos are taken by Jonathan Photography at http://www.jonkam.com/