Arrival: Regan, David and I landed in Krabi at close to 9 at night. Our goal was to get over to Railay's Ton Sai beach that evening but, given it was Monsoon season (and boats are really hard to come by), I wasn't that optimistic. Niki would, however, change all of that. Niki being some German random who latched on to us in the baggage hall pleading with us to somehow get her over to Ton Sai also where her boyfriend Noah was waiting for her. It really was Niki's desperation (and, more importantly, flashlight) that eventually got us to exactly where we wanted 'on schedule.' It was a pretty ridiculous trip by taxi (over to Ao Nang where there were no boats due to rough seas/lateness and then back towards an old pier near Krabi).
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