After a really good night’s sleep at the Mercure Krabi Deevana, we woke up and just lounged about for most of the morning. We sat outside our room by the pool, and just soaked up a bit of sun. We checked out of the hotel right before noon, took our luggage, and began to walk toward the next hotel (which was on the other side of the main Ao Nang strip. On our way, we decided to take a tuk-tuk since the bags were becoming quite cumbersome.
Amazing pool-front room at the Mercure Krabi Deevana, Ao Nang
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When we arrived at Aonang Phu Petra, it was well before check-in time, but fortunately, we only had to wait about 15 minutes for the room to be cleaned. They also upgraded us to a poolside room, and gave us free breakfast tickets at the hotel restaurant! Though the pool is quite small, and the resort has some really quirky rules in place (pool closes early, shuttle doesn’t run very late, et cetera), the room is massive and quite modern (especially the bathroom).
Outside the bungalow at Aonang Phu Petra
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The enormous bedrom at Aonang Phu Petra
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The modern, luxurious bathroom at Aonang Phu Petra
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The cliff-side pool and view from Aonang Phu Petra
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We unpacked our things, and headed down Ao Nang to the beach. We also stopped in at Tandoori Nights for lunch. I got chicken hawa with some naan, and she got chicken korma with puri. Both of the meals were nice, although a little expensive.
After walking around the beach for a bit, we went to the bus stop right outside of Nanta Restaurant in order to catch a tuk-tuk to Krabi Town. That’s the only place to catch one that will offer a decent fair (60 baht per person instead off almost 500 baht elsewhere). We went to Krabi Town in order to see the night market.
The affordable tuk-tuk to Krabi Town – outside Nanta Restaurant (very close to Ao Nang beach)
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The Krabi night market (which is right behind Vogue Shopping Centre) was pretty neat. It was filled with vendors selling everything imaginable from food items, to clothes, to trinkets. I ended up getting some spicy basil chicken and rice, which turned out to be a very, very bad idea. Not only was it incredibly spicy (to the point where even I didn’t like it), but it really upset my stomach.
The night market in Krabi Town
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The spicy basil chicken that I bought from a street vendor – wicked hot
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We headed back to the hotel, grabbed some fruit juices, had a couple cocktails, and went to bed.
