so we'd been to krabi and came back last friday.

the weather was nothing like what the forecast predicted. no thunderstorms, no rain! perfect weather almost all the time, sunny skies and blue clouds. it'd be hard to tell it's monsoon season if not for the strong waves and murky water.

so the weather part was good, except that i couldn't enjoy the fine weather at all. i can only say that though the trip was a good getaway, it could have been so much better and i didn't get my money's worth.

and that's only cos i was so ill throughout the trip, cos everything else was so perfect. still can't quite believe the whole ordeal i went through over there.. it feels really surreal to think about it.

i was sick the week before travelling, but was getting better by the weekend before leaving and was still eagerly drinking lotsa water and herbal teas. by monday night just before flying, i had suddenly developed a nasty flu and felt so groggy by the time we reached the airport at 5am. when we reached there, i know that i was on the road to illness and no return.

we slept the first day over there and by night time, i was running high fever, shivering under the sheets, with severe flu and phlegmy cough. as i'm allergic to paracetamol, kai took a bike ride with the hotel staff to pharmacy to get me some painkillers in other types. i took ibuprofen and suffered a nightmare of drug allergy!!!

within one or two hours my eyes developed the "mosquito bites" bumps all over, but before long, the bumps became bigger, and bigger, and redder and redder, until they all combined and grew a life of their own. within an hour i had goggles for eyes and i looked like a monster, living monster!!! i could hardly open my eyes cos they're so painfully swollen and could hardly bear to look at myself in the mirror. i seriously couldn't recognize myself and there goes photo-taking for the next two days. the swelling took 2 days to disappear fully.

can u imagine suffering a scary drug allergy on the first day of your vacation on a foreign land? i was scared shitless. i never had an allergy so bad before and i didn't know what to do. and this is on top of feeling like shit already from the massive fever and associated headache and body pains and terrible non stop flu and cough. i had so much phlegm in me i was drinking phlegm each time i swallow. i was so cold in the air con room. the next morning i had to go find a doctor in krabi town, 40mins car ride away. the doc couldn't give me this and that due to all my allergies, so there was nothing for my pain and he could only give me some herb pills and vitamin c tabs!

over the next few days of the trip i couldn't taste or smell any of the thai food we had. i couldn't eat all the curries i was craving for and went on this trip for. i had to blow my nose non-stop. couldn't be out for too long or i'd feel drowsy and groggy. must rem to take my medication 3 times a day. super sianz.

even now, 4 days after the trip, i'm still having the flu and cough. my phlegm is just neverending. on the plane back i actually blew out a whole bag of phlegm through my nose.

but despite these setbacks i still enjoyed myself. the resort was fantastic... too bad i couldn't enjoy pool access thoroughly but kai did i suppose. the bed was so shiok to be in... i even loved the bathroom. renting a bike was also fun as we could travel out anytime we wanted. the worst i felt is towards kai as i feel like he couldn't enjoy himself fully because of me. but i'm so thankful that he was there for me and didn't desert me there when i was dying!

in fact we loved the resort and the place so much we're thinking of going back there again..

pictures post next up..