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Media & Bloggers Fam Trip at Krabi
5-6 August 2023

For this Fam Trip organized by Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) to take Media & Bloggers to experience meaningful wellness trip at Krabi.

Saturday 5 August 2023

All participants met at Suwannabhumi airport in the early morning and flew with Thai Vietjet Air to Krabi.

After flying around one hour, we reached to Krabi international airport; the airport is very new and large, the VIP vans were waiting us in front of the airport and took us to “Ginn Dim Sum Café” for our breakfast. Here is the café and has Dim Sum and some Thai desserts to serve customers. We got warm welcome from the staff and had very delicious breakfast. The menu that I would like to recommend is “Fish Congee” this dish is good for health and served along with crispy noodles, and their drinks are also good such as hot coffee, hot tea and other drinks are on the menu that you can choose.

After breakfast, we went to the pier to get on local boats to visit a local community that is considered as the oasis of Krabi at “Klang Island”, a small charming island where is the local Muslim people living with peaceful life and friendly welcome tourists, they do fishing and some local products for living like Batik Fabric, Tie Dye Clothe, Stingless Bee farm and restaurant.

We did some workshops here and see the demonstration of their products like Stingless Bee products that has lots of benefits for health, they showed us the honey from Stingless Bee that can be used for cooking and medicine, and using as ingredient in cosmetics like soap. They also make Batik fabrics and Tie Dye clothes by using local plants to make natural colors for selling.

The next activity was Batik painting, we enjoyed to create our own ideas to put colors on the pattern. Everyone did it very well and so proud like we were the artists. They taught us how to paint and some technique that would make your work more beautiful.

After workshops, we had lunch at a famous local restaurant “ Baan Ma-Ying”, located in the same area that we made our Batik workshop. Here is the floating restaurant that offers fresh seafoods, our lunch was full of many delicious dishes. I recommend this place if you like fresh seafoods in authentic southern taste. The people here are very friendly and welcome. You can ask many questions about their foods, and they are happy to answer you with smiley face and big laughter.

Then, we got back by boat to the pier to get on our vans and headed to “Amataya Wellness” a holistic medical therapy, to experience wellness treatments, the treatments they offer are Onsen, Salt Hot Spring and Massages. The treatments here are combined with Thai traditional medicine and western medicine to boost your health. Before doing the treatments, we had to do health consultation, measure blood pressure and seeing doctor for health assessment. 

They provide locker rooms that are locked and opened by smart wrist band, changing rooms and towels, shower rooms and rest rooms with full amenities. I experienced their Salt Hot Spring and Relaxed Thai Massage, the treatments were so good and made me feel very refresh and relax. They told us that their treatments were good for patients who want to rehabilitate Stroke, Musculoskeletal system, Psoriasis, Coronary Heart Disease, Immunes System Disorders and other health problems.

After treatments we headed to our hotel to check in, my hotel is Amari Vogue Krabi. The hotel is very beautiful in Thai style decoration and faced to the front beach ahead, the room is very nice in warm color tone; very impression with welcome wording decorated with flowers and leaves “WELCOME TAT FAM TRIP” on the bed and welcome personal letter. 

We had relaxation in our room for a while and then prepared to our dinner on the beach at “Dusit Thani Krabi Beach Resort” in the theme of “Tropical Paradise” the place was set on the beach with beautiful decoration of flowers, before dinner, there was a special performance of “Manohra Dance” the southern dance of Thailand, they performed very beautifully with local music that made everyone joyful.

The opening ceremony was the speech from Mr. Komkrit Duangngern, Deputy Executive director, Tourism Products Department at TAT, highlighted the significance of the initiative, stating, “The COVID-19 crisis has prompted people worldwide to prioritize their health, leading to a surge in demand for health tourism. To remain competitive, TAT is committed to enhancing Thai health tourism services and developing innovative selling points to attract wellness tourists from around the globe." 

The dinner was wonderful with the special healthy menu that was created by Chef along with special show “Fire Show” that was fantastic and exciting. After our special dinner we returned to hotels for rest.

Our first day of the trip ended with good health and good night.

Sunday 6 August 2023

Our new day welcomed with small rain in the morning, after breakfast at the hotel we had more time to relax and explore the hotel, the hotel is nested with greenery of trees and the buildings stand as the step so we can see the front beach and the mountains standing out there as the painting picture, this is really good view for relaxation.

The activity of this day started with Kayaking at Ao Thalane, this place is one of the most beautiful routes in the world. We started changing our clothes and listened to the instructor who taught us how to use paddle with kayak and how to do for safety. The route where we paddled was around 4 Km. that passed through the mangrove forest hidden in the limestone mountains. This activity was really fun with soft adventure that could release us from busy life and let us explore the beauty of nature in the sea.

Then, we went to “Khaothong Terrace” to have lunch, the lunch came up in the right time after losing our energy from Kayaking, we enjoyed our lunch very much and the foods are so delicious.

After lunch, we went back to our hotel to relax and ready to get Spa treatment at “Chao Nang Spa”, our treatment was Hot Compress Signature Massage, this treatment was so good that made me feel asleep and help to release my fatigue of the day.

We had more time to relax after hotel check out, then we visited “Andalay Beach Bar and Café” located on Klong Muang beach, this place is so fantastic with beautiful beach view. We sat there and ordered some drinks, the beach in front of us is so wide with deep blue color, it is very good for walking and sailing. The stunning view of the evening with a sea breeze and live music made us would rather sit here until sunset.

The big surprise was that when we opened the door of the van to get on, we saw our photos and our own Batik paintings along with a snack box putting on our seats. This was unexpectation and made us feel so impressed.

After chill out and relax with this beautiful place, we headed to Krabi International Airport to return to Bangkok with Bangkok Airways.
 

Our last day of the trip ended with happiness and refreshment from the sea.

Story by  Belle B.

Photos by  Belle and TAT