Krabi Day 3 - Tiger Cave (Wat Tham Sua)

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Continue to the Tiger Cave, Wat Tham Seua (Wat = Temple, Tham = Cave, Seua = Tiger). It is located close to Krabi Town. Tiger Cave is just located next to the place we did elephant ride.

A good plant decoration skill

Boyfriend said :" The tamest elephant he met"

First of all, there wasn't any real tigers living in the temple. It was once a tiger living in the temple. "Tiger cave" was just a small chamber with a tiger statue in it. 

The most attractive part was the temple on the top of mountain, and the lovely scene from the top. We  passed by a Quan Yin temple before hiking up the mountain.

Guan Yin Temple

The statue of buddha 

 There were quite a few cute statue lining up there...

 Another cute 1...

Next, we were discussing whether to take up the challenge to hike up the steep 1237 staircase. Lastly, we decided to go up no matter how tiring was it. As it was a very rare chance to be here and we believed we deserved the hardship. 

Here we start

The steps were getting steeper and steeper. It was really a bloody tiring trip

This was the sweet scene on the way. The beautiful scene motivated us to further the journey. We believed that the scene on the top was much more prettier.

Can you see that

Many tourists visit the place as well. 

It's okay to rest in between... The most important is to keep the spirit up. Keep walking after the rest.

San jie was the lousiest

But we still manage to reach the top at last

Ya!!! We were so happy to see this building. This indicated that we almost reach. 

The view on top

We can actually see the panoroma of krabi town in 180 degree\

Our bloody tired and sweating face

 Side view of the bigbuddha statue

Don't get the meaning of this design

The others buddha statues

Ya!! The main character. The big buddha. 

The buddha facing the Krabi Town and just look like Krabi Town will stay safe under the blessing of Buddha 

We took the chance of some photo shooting

Take 2...

There is 4 face Buddha too 

Another take of side view before going back

The way of going back wasn't easy too..

It was scary as the steps are too steep 

So, we got to walk extra careful.

Yet, the legs start to pain and even start to shake after half of the journey

So, if anyone going there, please remember to bring sport shoes 

to protect the leg and will feel better for sure

Finally, after about 45minutes walk we reached the ground again. It was a satisfying hike and we felt so pleasure to be there

The tiger was raising hand and seem like saying good bye 

The tour guide has been waiting us at the entrance

We still managed to catch some photos of the new building under construction

A typical Thai culture. 

Gold leave tree

The tiger head 

 Here the end of the trip and say good bye...

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Krabi Day 3 - Emerald Pool, Hot spring Waterfall, Elephant Ride

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continue from Krabi phi phi tour

~ Day 3 ~

We bought another Krabi tour package from Nina for 800Baht each. There were a van brought us to town area from Ao Nang Beach, and we requested to drop us in Town area as well. Since we had not much luggage, thus we just brought all of them along to the trip. And it was very convenient as well, as we were sitting the same van throughout the tour.

The Schedule as below :

08:30 am Pick up from your hotel.
- Visit Hot Spring Waterfall, enjoy and relax in the hot water.
- Visit Emerald Pool, swimming and relaxing in the nature bath.
- Enjoy traditional Thai stay lunch at Krabi Fishing Park very beautiful place.
- Visit the Tiger Cave Temple, the most famous temple in Krabi Province. Here there are many beautiful Buddha statues in a most peaceful atmosphere.
- 1 hour Elephant Trekking along the stream though the jungle, sighting the wild nature along the way.
17:00 pm Back to your hotel.

~Hot Spring Waterfall~

We reached quite earlier in the morning, as thus there wasn't crowded. So it was more fun. As, it was just a small pool.

Don't use soap and shampoo in the Hot Spring Waterfall.

We needed to walk for about 10 minutes to reach the destination

We will need to pass by the bamboo plants

This was the small pool of hot spring waterfall

Another shoot of the upper part

Definitely needs to take care of our own beloging

It was quite fun. It is a real natural hotspring waterfall which really made us shocked.

Besides, it is located under trees, so we do not need to worry about the sun. It is clean too.

~Emerald Pool~

Yup, another name of place  that really amaze us. We were thinking how does it named like this. To be honest, we wasn't planned nicely before going. 

It was still fine, as Ao nang is a tourism place. So we can get quite a lot assistance from there.

Here we came..

This is the reason why it so called emerald pool

This hot spring originates from a warm stream in the lowland forest of Khao Nor Juji which is supposedly Thailand's last piece of virgin and fertile forest. The intensity of the pools turquoise colored water varies according to the light and time of the day so visitors determined to see the real emerald color should plan to visit at dawn or early in the morning. The pool, which can be visited all year round, charges and entrance fee of 20 baht. To get there, take Highway No. 4 to Khlong Thom District, then turn left to Route No. 4038 to Lam Hap Sub-district. The Emerald pool is located along the way, with clear signs posted.

More infomation...

 This is how clear it is, really amazed

 1,2,3, jump.. (actually this is not allowed)

We met a group of them from Malaysia

That's the end of Emerald Pool Trip.

Both of the Emerald Pool and Hotspring Waterfall are just a small area. Their unique feature made them so special and attractive. I believed that we don't visit this water features in other places.

~:Lunch ~

Our lunch is included in the package. Thus, we have a simple local food in a hut. They served 4 types of dishes and white rice. I love their rice so much. As we know, the rice in Thailand is fragrant aromatic.

~ Elephant Ride & Jungle Trekking ~

Yea, we were so excited for another new experience -- Elephant ride.

 Some other elephants are bathing in the pool

 Here we are departing to the jungle trekking

 This is the so called "Jungle"

We were following at the back

The worker helped us to take photo

You can see there are a family of them. 

Father, Mother and The Child 

 Some photos along the journey

 And, they brought us together into the pool. The elephant wanted to bath after a long journey

 It was so interesting and quite afraid to sitting up there

 The scenery of this place

 That's the end, and we were sent back to the tall hut again. The elephant was so tall.

 Guess, what. yucks.. the shit

 Yup, we were served with this sweet pineapples.

 Lastly, we bought a bowl of sugar cane to treat the elephant we were so hard work to bringing us to jungle trekking.

Elephant ride is a brand new experience to us. However, for me it is quite cruel to ride on them. This is because, the trainer actually tame them by using a sharp iron to knock on their head. They can do nothing. I believed that, the big elephants dare not to revenge is to protect their baby elephant. This is what I guess, as the trainer normally bring a family of elephants along to jungle trekking.

So this is the first try and last try for sure. 

Continue to tiger cave...

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