On November 2018, my family (there were 10 of us including me) made a year-end family trip to Krabi, the Thai resort island which increasingly popular among Malaysian and travelers from other countries as a holiday destination. We went there for 4 days & 3 nights. Currently, the only carrier that flies between KL and Krabi is the Malaysian Air Asia (AK).


DAY 1

On the day of departure, the 4 of us (myself, my parents and 1 nephew) left our home at 10am to get to KLIA2 with Grab. The fare was RM100 per way (we live near the Batu Caves). We would meet later with my elder sister, her husband and their 4 kids.

Arrived in KLIA2 terminal about 1 hour later.





We met with my elder sister and her family who already arrived earlier and we proceeded to print out the boarding passes from the kiosk machine and dropped our luggage at the self drop-in counter.





Then, we passed the immigration and entered the airside. Our flight would be departing from gate P5 which requires a long walk to get there.



Managed to do a quick spotting while walking to our gate. But spotting in KLIA2 could be extremely boring as most of the planes that we could see are belongs to Air Asia.







Luckily there are so many travelators like these installed in the airside of KLIA2 terminal.



While on our to the gate, we stopped at McDonald's for a quick lunch.



Ater lunch, we continued our walk and finally we reached the Gate P5.



Waiting for aircraft to arrive and to be called for boarding.


Airline: Air Asia
Flight: AK 868
Aircraft: A320-200
Origin: Kuala Lumpur
Destination: Krabi
ETD: 1:30 PM
ETA: 1:55 PM
Seat: 21F

Finally, it was time to board the aircraft and passengers were called based on their respective zone.



The 4 of us were sitting from 21C-F while my sister and her family were sitting few rows behind our seats.



A tight leg room.



The views from window. At this time, the crew were busying counting the total passengers onboard.



Our aircraft started to pushback and the crew demonstrated the safety procedure.





Another fellow Air Asia plane.



The usual suspects in every seat pocket.



We taxied behind an Air Asia plane.



And followed by another Air Asia plane behind us.



We had to wait for quite sometime before we were cleared for takeoff. The KLIA2 terminal was clearly visible as soon as were airborne.



Ascending into higher altitude.



The seatbelt sign was turned off and 10 minutes later the 4 cabin crew pushed 2 trolley carts through the cabin. The 1st cart was filled with pre-booked meals while the 2nd cart was the usual buy-on-board meals.



We had booked the Pak Nasser Nasi Lemak which is 1 of the Air Asia's signature inflight meals.



It was my first time eating the Pak Nasser Nasi Lemak after 8 years and the taste was still tasty just like the 1st time I had it back in year 2010.



After serving the pre-booked and BYOB meals, 2 cabin crew pushed another cart through the cabin, This time, it was for the inflight sales and merchandises. Not long after, the cockpit crew announced that our aircraft started to make its descent and we will land in Krabi shortly. Cabin crew collected any remaining trash and prepared the cabin for landing.



We can clearly see the land at this level.



Krabi!!



And touched down!



Taxied to the terminal.





Parked next to Chinese low-cost carrier, Spring Airlines.



Disembarking process was done via stairs and we took the transfer bus to the terminal.



It was a really long queue at the immigration check as this area was quite smalls and there were a lot of passengers from different airlines who arriving at the same time. To make the situation worse, only a small number of immigration counters were opened at that time. Krabi Airport seriously needs to expand this area and improve its services.



After we cleared with the immigration and collected our luggage, we went out to the arrival area where a driver from Krabi Shuttle company was waiting for us while holding my name (as I did the booking).


The exterior of Krabi International Airport terminal.



Krabi Shuttle Van which can perfectly accommodate the 10 of us.





The Krabi Shuttle took us to our accommodation, Sunda Resort which located around 30 minutes from the airport.





Welcome drink. Done be fooled by its Purple color. It was a Lime Juice actually.



The resort features a jungle-like experience.



Walking towards our rooms.



We booked 3 separate rooms which located next to each other for our family. Each room features a balcony either at the front or at the back.




Interior of the room. It comes with air-cond, satellite TV, Coffee maker, fridge and water heater in bathroom.





Bathroom.





We didnt do many activity on the first day besides went out to Aonang Town for dinner. We went there by taking the resort's free shuttle which runs between the resort and Aonang Town multiple times daily.



Evening in Aonang Town.









We had our dinner in 1 of the many restaurants located along the shopping street there.



Tom Yum Soup.



Oyster Omelette and Stir-Fried Morning Glory.



Sea Bass.



After we got full of heavy Thai foods, we went hunting for some light Thai snacks.



Thai Pancake with no 1 flavor, Banana Nutella. A must have when you are in Thailand!



Another unique Thai dessert, the Rolled Ice-Cream.





The famous Sword Fish Statue located opposite across the street from the stall.



We continued our stroll along the street to survey some interesting tours available in the island. We dropped by in 1 stall which offered the best price where we booked an island-hopping and Elephant trekking tours that we would do on our 2nd and 3rd day respectively. After we booked the tours, we took the same free shuttle to return back to our resort.