Arrival in Krabi in late evening after a frightening trip on that damned local bus, 5 hours - 5 ° C (with a lot of flooding caused by condensation of unions), and provincial roads between stops incalculable.
The town has nothing to ask the world, is simply the alternative to Phuket to visit the islands in the middle of the beautiful Andaman Sea, including the strafamosissima and scarred island of Ko Phi Phi, that of the film the beach to be clear, with protagonist that salami DiCaprio (I can tell you !!!).
To be honest I was tempted from going to Phuket but after all I have read and heard from people I met in any country I wanted to save, of course, "disappointed" by the squalor descrittomi, especially after spending the last few weeks in some of the most beautiful places in this country.
with the city's approach was immediately successful, behind my super gh the night market is that unlike other cooking is also influenced by Muslim given the growing presence of Muslims as they descend towards the south.
scrap immediately the most famous island, Ko Phi Phi, the one day tour costs as 1 week stay and that of the boys is painful (not the island itself of course).
Come scarrozzato virtually all day with the boat along with millions of other boats for the most famous (thanks to the damn movie) with all the crowds of tourists resulting therefrom, to make photos? No thanks.
The best thing would be a few days on the island but it is too expensive for me and frankly I do not care.
I opt for the five-day tour in the nearby islands, Ko Hua khwan, Ko Poda, Ko Taloo company and "isolating", an entire day on the typical Thai long tail boat, including lunch (this is important).
Even here there is to turn but in the end and bargain for a reasonable fee I find the agreement.
the morning at 9 from Ao Nang (where all the tourists residing paying twice Krabi), we gleaned a dozen people from various agencies around and trimmed the one who organizes the tour.
Among them, a boy just back from Turin to visit Ko Phi Phi the day before, a tragedy, no time to take a bath, I took and moved constantly between hundreds of people, even the pictures we could not do because of the number of tourists ... for a figure close to the ridiculous I might add, but glad he paid, as almost all others, this tour 200 bhat walking more than me ...! The tour is interesting and I immediately put on the roof of the wooden boat to enjoy the view and soak up the sun, too bad that after a while I reached a dozen people ... goodbye Madraki , damn! !
reach various islands pausing over an hour on each so you have time for swimming (including colored tiger fish killings, but fish massage), do snorkeling among the corals (except that I like a good pulciaro I did not pay the rent on the form ) and relax the sun, the water is amazing how the islands we visit.
Only one island was "inhabited" by a resort, Tham Phra Nang, really beautiful, where is the P rincess Cave, cave, where to stay the spirit of an Indian princess whose ship sank in The other islands are virtually deserted, the only human that we meet are other tourists with boats and fast boats, but fortunately we avoid the crowds, when we go away and come when we go away, good luck ...
The day was really nice thanks to the unusual sympathy and readiness of the crew of the boat and the time saved us, less interesting lunch Scamuffa I would say, but nothing to say about the places they deserve all the praise heard.
remain in Krabi a couple of days without a reason (maybe because of the traffic lights to tell the truth, cavemen ...) but I do not mind the town is quite realistic and relaxing, plus I also fortunate come across in the "mega" weekend market, complete with a stage used for performances by karaoke (which alone merit a month's stay) and the gastronomic festival, a festival thai so to speak, but with interesting stalls handicraft of neighboring areas, excellent evening.
I leave this city of sin with a little singing 'melancholy, but it's time to move closer to Malaysia, are now more than 2 months around Thailand and I want to get back on the road, so I decide to direct me to Hat Yai, exciting city and commercial hub, according to the guide ... Arrival and dump me in the only system available in the city, and it is really such, the arrangement does not deserve description, except that for the "good night" from the world ...
Now I dip in the 'explosive' vitality and around town .. around the streets of cities around the stalls from minor items, clothing, fake, canned foods and scatoffierie Chinese, all of the impressive shopping malls and various pizzza hut and mc donald's .
Around an impressive number of people of all ages, suffering from the syndrome shopping, everything revolves around brands, real or tarot cards, large windows, the disproportionate publicity Western , lights and sounds fired at full volume.
It is not a tourist place, absolutely, with many women around the veil and men clearly Muslims, but all enthralled by appearances, from futility ...
Way and I look around, I realize that is not a place for me, I decide to leave the next destination Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia.
Thailand Hello, happy to have you lived for a while ...
Andrea, Hat Yai.
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