First leg of the trip -- Krabi

Our hotel in Ao Nang was great and very well located – 300 metres from the beach. There were tons and tons of little shops on the way to the water, and by the end of the week we had acquired new hats, bathing suits, and beach toys.

The beach was quite nice and not too busy.


Liv and Bella on the beach


Walking to the water


Liv

The pool was wonderful and the kids loved it, so we spent a lot of time there. The restaurant made delicious fruit shakes that we enjoyed while lounging poolside. Happy hour was at four o’clock everyday and during that time fruit shakes were two-for-one. One day Jody and I ordered two banana shakes and two lemon shakes, and the waitress misunderstood how many we wanted and brought us eight shakes in total. We managed to drink them all anyway.


At the pool


On the alligator


Isabella on the alligator

It seems like there are five types of businesses in Ao Nang: hotels, little shops selling knock-off designer clothes, tour-booking places, restaurants, and custom tailors. Are there really so many tourists looking to have suits custom made? There must have been six or seven of these places just along our little strip. One day they even tried to sell one to William. “How old he?” the guy asked as we were walking by. “Him? Three months,” I replied. “Three months? Oh, he very strong,” he answered, reaching for his tape measure, already mentally designing a miniature “Armani.”

We tried out a few different restaurants and had good food at all of them. We had a favourite place where the waitresses’ children ran around underfoot and entertained ours, and they let us use their stroller for William. They also brought us our steamed rice in cute little shapes:




Dave and Jody at dinner (from Olivia’s point of view)