Food Porn: Krabi

A couple of days in Thailand is simply not enough to enjoy what the country has to offer when it comes to food. Our first meal in Krabi was at Sheraton's Mangosteen's. 

Notice that the restaurant was almost empty when we got there but it took them almost an hour to serve us our meals. By the time our food arrived, our room was already ready.

They did compensate us by offering a fruit platter for dessert. 

Anyway, here's what we had: 

Our 2nd day, we also had no choice but to eat at the resort because we missed the shuttle leaving before lunch time. 

Save for the cheese sandwich, there was really nothing special at the resort so it was a good thing that we thoroughly enjoyed our dinners by the beach.

We ate at restaurants beside each other, I forgot to take note of the restaurant names but one is very modern looking which you won't miss once you get there.

We also had snacks in between with the crispy pancakes being my favorite. 

On our last day, we decided to just eat at the airport. There's only the Thai Airways cafeteria available. 

Are You Using the Web to Check-In For Your Flight?

You should.

Why?

1. Skip the Queue - When my uncle told me about checking in online last December, I tried it on a Jetstar flight to Singapore and was quite glad that I did. A dedicated web check-in counter is available at the airport which allowed me to skip the queue and save time.

2. Choose Your Seat - On my recent trip to Bangkok via Thai airways, I forgot to do so and I spent almost half an hour waiting. What's worse is that I ended up in the middle seat squeezed between two big guys. I forgot to mention that another benefit of web check-in is that you get to choose your seat.

The night before my trip back to Singapore, I made sure to use the online check-in facility. Good thing I did because I saw that I was once again assigned a middle seat. I was able to change my seat selection and check myself in which just two simple clicks.

3. Pre-Flight Time - I also noticed that instead of two hours prior, you can show up at the airport just an hour before your scheduled flight.



The photo above is the reminder I got stating that I have to be at check-in counter at least 60 minutes prior to the scheduled departure time.

This is what greeted me when I arrived at the airport at 5 in the morning.





The crazy long queues I skipped and was out of there in less than 10 minutes.

I normally fly budget and good thing is that they also offer this service.

1. Air Asia: It's actually better to check-in online because you avoid paying counter check-in fees which are imposed on domestic flights, they also have printing terminals at some airports to allow you to print the boarding pass yourself

Air Asia: http://www.airasia.com/my/en/myflights/mciguides.page

2. Cebu Pacific: If I'm not mistaken, they offered this service for a fee before but have since removed it.

Cebu Pacific: http://www.cebupacificair.com/travel-services/web-check-in.html

3. Jetstar: http://www.jetstar.com/sg/en/planning-and-booking/checking-in/web-check-in

4. Tiger's not offering the service yet but from the site, it should be available soon.

Tiger: http://www.tigerairways.com/sg/en/webcheckin_guide.php

5. PAL's not offering the service.