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An Evening in Krabi

Posted on November 30, 2015November 6, 2016

It was a beautiful sunny day that we spent island hopping in Krabi. I should have been tired. But I was looking forward to an evening in Krabi. I wanted to go out and walk alone. The trouble with me and walking is that I have no sense of direction! So, I had to keep things simple. I would walk in direction of the sunset. The plan was click a few pictures and then come back to the room. The dinner pickup to Ao Nang was at 8.00 pm.

Mercifully it was a straight road I was walking on. I got out of the Krabi Front Bay Resort, took  a right and kept walking straight. I saw a few patches of sand and open space but they looked like work places. I guess I could have gone in and clicked my sunset but I decided to walk on.

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The View from the Local Restaurants near the Krabi Front Bay Resort

At the end of the road there were a row of local restaurants. They looked  bit overwhelming because I speak no Thai (other than hello, thank you and good night) but more because I eat no sea food. But the view from the place was fabulous. I hopped in and decided to try my luck. I walked to the last shop and put my bag on a chair.

The attempt to communicate with the proprietor didn’t yield much. He gestured to wait and walked out of sight. He got out with a young girl in tow. Now we could talk in English. I asked for coffee and french fries, not because I am a fan but because it was vegetarian. The girl told me they were out of french fries! I asked if they had mushroom or eggs? She offered to make a mushroom omelette for me!

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An Evening to Remember!

I will be honest, I stopped there only because it offered me a good vantage point for clicking pictures. I asked if they had a pint of beer but they had big bottles only. A big bottle by myself is a bit too much, so I settled for coffee only.

My coffee and omelette arrived. The proprietor was quite concerned that I did not take any rice with my meal! After clicking a zillion pictures, I started craving tea. I had a fabulous day beach hopping, and now I was watching a fabulous sunset.

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An Evening in Krabi

I asked the proprietor if they had tea. He gave me the blank look. I said ‘chai’ and ‘cha’ thinking something would click. Tea was not written in the menu so I could not point it out. I still tried my luck because mushroom omelette was also not written in the menu!

After struggling for sometime I told him, “Aah give me coffee.” And magically he said, “Oh you want tea!” I wonder what made him understand that I wanted tea when I finally asked for coffee!

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The Evening Hues!

He served me a pot of Jasmine tea. I enjoyed leisurely all the three cups it contained! By now it was trying to get dark. I got up to pay. He gave me the bill. I pointed out they forgot to add the price of the tea! To which he replied, “Oh no it is free!” You see, it was a blessed day indeed!

PS. My trip to Thailand was in Collaboration with Byond Travel.

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30 thoughts on “An Evening in Krabi”

  1. Alok Singhal says:
    December 1, 2015 at 12:46 am

    Stunning evening…Sunsets always amaze me!

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      December 1, 2015 at 6:21 pm

      Thank you Alok.

      Reply
  2. Purba Chakraborty says:
    December 1, 2015 at 1:22 am

    A great post. Stunning, mesmerizing pictures 🙂

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      December 1, 2015 at 6:22 pm

      Thank you Purba.

      Reply
  3. Maniparna Sengupta Majumder says:
    December 1, 2015 at 4:31 am

    A great experience it must be! Stunningly beautiful pictures…. 🙂

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      December 1, 2015 at 6:22 pm

      It was indeed fun! 😀

      Reply
  4. Arun says:
    December 1, 2015 at 6:08 am

    Beautiful sky pics. Different colors.

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      December 1, 2015 at 6:23 pm

      Thank you Arun,

      Reply
  5. Yogi saraswat says:
    December 1, 2015 at 10:25 am

    बहुत ही सुन्दर फोटोग्राफी ! यात्रा वृतांत एकदम पढ़ने लायक है ! थाईलैंड तो आपका दूसरा घर हो गया है ! 6 ट्रिप तो यही कहती हैं !!

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      December 1, 2015 at 6:24 pm

      धन्यवाद योगी 😀

      Reply
  6. Sri Kri says:
    December 1, 2015 at 11:02 am

    Stunning Shots.:)

    Cheers,
    Sriram & Krithiga

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      December 1, 2015 at 6:24 pm

      Thank you so much 😀

      Reply
  7. rupam { xhobdo } says:
    December 1, 2015 at 11:16 am

    Awesome photos

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      December 1, 2015 at 6:25 pm

      Thank you Rupam.

      Reply
  8. Arun says:
    December 1, 2015 at 1:54 pm

    Amazing shots.. Though the last one is my favorite.. !

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      December 1, 2015 at 6:25 pm

      Thank you Arun.

      Reply
  9. Ami says:
    December 1, 2015 at 3:15 pm

    A lovely evening indeed! I like the way he understood you wanted tea when you said Coffee! 🙂 Love the pics

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      December 1, 2015 at 6:27 pm

      Thank you Ami, it was a beautiful evening!

      Reply
  10. Ravish Mani says:
    December 1, 2015 at 3:54 pm

    Loved the shades of sky. Great clicks as usual, Mridula 🙂

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      December 1, 2015 at 6:28 pm

      Thank you Ravish.

      Reply
  11. Jessica (ourgloballove) says:
    December 1, 2015 at 5:22 pm

    What an experience! Isn’t it funny how life has a way of working out.

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      December 1, 2015 at 6:29 pm

      True Jessica 😀 Here I am quitting my job after a Ph.D. 😀

      Reply
  12. Sadhvi mythili says:
    December 1, 2015 at 9:46 pm

    Simply stunning pics

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      December 1, 2015 at 10:21 pm

      Thank you.

      Reply
  13. Mahesh Semwal says:
    December 3, 2015 at 10:33 am

    Loved sunset pics !

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      December 3, 2015 at 1:03 pm

      Thank you Mahesh.

      Reply
  14. Pamela Mukherjee says:
    December 3, 2015 at 12:06 pm

    Very nice post dear, Enjoyed the captures too 🙂

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      December 3, 2015 at 1:05 pm

      Thank you so much.

      Reply
  15. Esha says:
    December 3, 2015 at 8:12 pm

    Stunning pictures! Enjoyed going through your wonderful post!

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      December 4, 2015 at 12:29 am

      Thank you Esha.

      Reply

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I am Mridula Dwivedi and I started this blog in 2005. It has been an amazing ride. I have visited 32 countries till date! I have worked with many tourism boards and prominent travel companies. My blog was featured on the BBC and the Guardian.

I did my Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur. I worked full time in academics till 2015! I quit my job as a professor, thinking I will take a break for one year, which turned into five.

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