It was our 1st afternoon at Krabi. We decided to plan ahead for our next 2 days, hence we carried out some shop-to-shop research & purchased our next 2 days of tour packages. With that accomplished, we decided to explore the streets of Ao Nang.
On a hot and humid day, we walked past Haagen Dazs as one of our 1st few shops. It was crowded, thus we decided to have a look. One of the most basic ice-cream dishes costs about 290 baht (S$11.70). Maybe it was cheaper than the retail prices in Singapore. Maybe it was a day in which tourists decided to splurge. But we didn't see it that way.
We walked on & settled at the next ice-cream shop - 3 stalls away from the branded ice-cream shop. Calling it 'Uncle Bear', it sells Gelato at an affordable price. We bought a 2-scoop ice-cream for 130 baht (S$5.25). Definitely, it was cheaper than Haagan Dazs. Definitely it fitted our budgets whilst we took a break away from the scorching sun.
Yet it wasn't crowded. Yet we felt that it was a much better deal. Maybe the value of ice-cream is relative. Our gelato is relatively cheaper than Haagan Dazs, whilst the latter is relatively cheaper than a similar ice-cream experience in Singapore. If relativity is the key, then what determines the result of any comparison is probably how we choose to benchmark it. In my eyes, it was Dream Cones - 1, Haagen Dazs - 0.
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