Did you know is the year 2554 in Thailand? Fact! After a motorbike, pickup, ferry, bus, taxi, train, bus, pickup and 28 hours later, we finally arrived in Ao Nang beach resort on the West coast close to Krabi. We wanted to get to Railey Beach for our last week in Thailand, which is only accessable by longtail boat. Unfortunately, unlike other Thai islands, the boatmen insist on having a minimum of 8 people in the boat before they'll set off and because it was low season we had to wait an age before there was enough passengers to complete our journey. Frustrating (especially as the boatmen were very moody) but we got there eventually and decided to make for quieter Tonsai beach (as recommended by friends!) where we found a basic bungalow in a pretty
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