A group of colleagues for work were planning to do a dive and snorkelling trip over one weekend, and the invite was opened to me. Not being a strong swimmer or diver, I was definitely keen to do a bit of snorkelling and also relaxing poolside.
One colleague arranged the hotels, I did the flights, and we headed-off to the airport for the 4-day break. Having rained-heavily since early morning, the taxi didn’t seem to arrive, so I made my way to the MRT to the airport. I knew I was cutting it fine, so I did have that dreaded ‘will I get to the airport on time’ moments. My colleague who lived near Farrer Park finally managed to get a taxi and was en route when I got the call to offer to pick-me up – so i decided to get out at Dhoby Ghaut MRT, and the taxi took a slight detour to pick me up from there. The long and short of it, we made it to the airport, with about 40 minutes spare – but our seats on check-in were the worse – the last row just in front of the rear toilets – grrr. Hey-ho, at least we were on the flight!
We stayed at the Sofitel Krabi Phokeethra Golf and Spa Hotel – it was a nice place – and certainly made us feel very relaxed. The breakfast was delightful and the location very quiet and relaxing. It had quite a nice pool – white sand – and they were able to arrange the tours for us. It was low season – so we didn’t have the quota for the Dive/Snorkelling trip nor the Kayaking trip – so we had to arrange this directly with the place rather than via the hotel – which actually made it slightly cheaper. It is amazing how much for a mark-up or ‘cut’ is given by the hotel.
The food was very tasty – and our stomach’s behaved themselves for the whole trip. This can’t be set for the boat journey during the snorkelling – as it was a bit choppy, and I had a bit of a turn for the worse – which was frustrating to say the least. Luckily, after a couple of sea-sickness pills, my stomach settled down again – grrr!
All in all – a relaxing, busy, entertaining and great fun trip – and it was actually good to get to know the folks in a more relaxed setting.
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