Today, I woke up pretty late due to last night's late entry. Took a walk around town to check out the place and what might be available. Afternoon, I decided to go to Wat Thum Suea, also known as the tiger cave temple, recommended and challenged by Xunmao.
Here is the challenge.
So here we go. Start time: 2:53pm. My Ipod Touch time is SG time.
I was pretty confident at the start. I meant how hard can it be? Hoho. I realised I was very wrong when I barely reached the 300th step and I was panting pretty hard. At 500th step, sweat were already dripping from my head onto the steps. I can feel the Red Bull I drank earlier giving the extra energy to continue. Had to stop a dozen times to catch my breathe while taking the opportunity to take some photos. At 800th step, I had to engage my marathon runner perseverance to keep me going. At 1000th step, I was taking my time to conquer each step. And, finally, at the 1237th step, I reached the top.
Wat Thum Suea 1237 Steps Climbing Personal Best: 24mins.
The climb wasn't the only thing that took my breathe. The panoramic view of southern Thailand, Krabi province took just as many breathes. Pity I don't have a camera that can really capture the view.
The climb down was easier but still sweaty and breathtaking. Back at ground level, I saw many monkeys playing around the temple.
I went to the provision shop beside the temple to get a drink. Big mistake. A monkey sneak attacked me from behind and tried to grab my drink. It failed but they were persistant. A couple of them stalked me and attempted to jump me. Eventually, their persistance paid off and one of them made it off with my empty bottle.
I spent the rest of the day resting at the hostel and went to the night market later at night.
Thanks to Xunmao who recommended me the Thai pancake. I wasn't sure what it was at first so I ended up eating almost everything that looks like pancake. There was also a stall selling fried insects, maggots, grasshoppers etc. Not gonna try those. Ever. There was also a guy promoting his album. The guy in the MTV is actually him. However, he don't seem too popular in Krabi though.
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