Blogs from Krabi, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia

I had a pretty sleepless night due to the local cockerels, dogs, cicadas and geckos tag teaming all night all around me, one would stop and then some other sort of argument would strike up. I had to be ready for 7.30 so no chance of breakfast and I did not feel my best. I’d paid Yai 250bt for the boat to the mainland and a can transfer to Trang bus station where I had to find my next van. I hadn’t researched this much/at all so wasn’t feeling too confident but googled a bit on the first van and it looked doable, as Yai had said. He drove me along the pier to the halfway point where there were 2 shonky looking contraptions and he told me which guy wold be the van driver, he ... read more

So today was quite simple, get from Ao Nang to Krabi town, a distance of only 17 km. How to do it? The options are several. Taxi door to door - 500B Shared van door to door - cannot! Shared van to airport then another back into town - 300B Local bus (songthaew) - 50B As I had all day and what‘s the worst that could happen, I chose the local bus. The bus stop for Krabi is down the road just before the beach, clearly marked. It goes along the seafront to the Nopparat end so you need to be on the Railay side of the road. They start at 06.30am, no clue as to frequency, and a variety of different vehicles ply the route. As I got to the stop with my bags one ... read more

Dag allemaal, het is eventjes geleden, maar bij deze komt er een efforreke om weer bij te zijn! Dag 25: Khao Sok: Cheow Lan Lake Vandaag rijden we richting Cheow Lan Lake. Een meer dat als natuurgebied is verklaard (net zoals veel hier in Khao Sok). Bij het aankomen zien we een gigantisch meer met prachtige limestonegesteentes in. Onze enthousiaste gids kocht tickets, moest deze laten nakijken in een kotje ernaast, daarnaast in een ander kotje weer iets doen met de tickets en dan aan de pier nog eens laten nakijken. Hier kom je niet zomaar binnen :) We hadden een persoonlijke longtailboat, dus dat was wel fijn. Helaas was de kans op het zien van de prachtige neushoornvogel nihil, aangezien je hiervoor veel vroeger moet komen. Ach ja, het beloofde toch een mooie trip te ... read more

This was a totally unplanned, impromptu travel that brought me sheer joy! I was both thrilled that I had a good deal and a little worried that my OCD will kick in and I will plan the whole trip out even before getting to the destination. However, all is well that ends well and true to that saying, I did minimal research and made the usual mistakes. So here's my guide to doing life away from life, especially if you are travelling alone (applicable even with family) 1. Getting the best deal - Air Asia OK so I am not promoting AA nor am I being paid to speak highly of them in any way, but my experience was awesome. After deciding on my destination, I went on to Air Asia's website and chose the Flight+Hotel ... read more

ok, this time we were determined to at least start the trip out alittle slower... And with that thought in mind, we booked an overnight layover in Doha, to break up the 24 hour trip to Bangkok. Staying at the King's gate hotel, they upgraded our downtown room to an amazing executive suite on the top floor. It had floor to ceiling windows along a third of the room with a stunning view of the city! We were only there 24 hours, but enjoyed just walking around the souk section. Then it was on to Bangkok. We arrived at 4am, and surprisingly there were not 350 people ahead of us to get thru customs. This was definitely the easiest transition from airport to taxi to hotel. The downside to this, we arrived at our hotel at ... read more