Krabi Thai Village

... clan of females, playing the game hard and with determination. The only thing you have to do is earning the Thai Baht for your kids back in your home village, back in the poor north of Bhumipol`s Kingdom. You`ve come to the beach resorts, Nana Plaza ...

Not quite what we were expecting but nice all the same. Krabi town itself is a very local thai village with a street ( small road) dedicated to the backpacker. It is a very quiet place with a really nice food market at night near the river and one in the ...

... tuktuk pilot: hooting at anything that looked as though it might venture into his path and swerving around slower vehicles. The Krabi Thai Village Resort hotel is huge but clearly only ¼ full at best. The main season doesn't start until next month. It ...

... det gaar tydeligvis kun to busser daglig, og begge er om morgenen, saa vi maatte bite i det sure eple og sjekke inn paa Thai Hotel i Krabi Town. Her er det utrolig shabby, for aa si det mildt. Og det gjoer det ikke akkurat bedre at det regner! Humoret ...

... Wat and Halong Bay. We also went up to the viewpoint on the island where you can capture both bays and the narrow village in between. Although this involved a large number of steps in at least 30 degree heat (we're evidently losing our running fitness) ...

... of Man with the Golden Gun fame), visited the temple of the lounging Buddha, fed the monkeys and had lunch in a floating village restaurant.. Awesome fun and the perfect way to get a tan! Mum and Marie-Louise, having stocked up on pointless presents, ...

... and langur (or leaf) monkeys, sun bear, and over 100 species of birds thrived in a low density tourist development where the little village kids no longer shot at them with sling shots.  The birds and animals are all still there and prove to me that ...

... the largest, most developed of the islands you find the most diverse places and economies. We visited another Burmese Baptist village where pigs lie nonchalantly shaded under sticks and stone huts. Roosters and children run freely greeting you with ...

... their junk spilling out on the pavement, less room to stroll but more vistas for my eyes to feast on. Krabi has definitely changed from a small laid-back fisherman`s village when I was here last in 1994 to a still laid-back but quite a bit busier small ...

... ) and the compulsory Thai beach towel for the next week. In evening we go a little inland to stay tonight at a Muslim village. Krabi is one of the small number of provinces in Thailand that is majority Muslim - Thailand is by long majority a Buddist ...

... ; Nae was fizzing and we both couldn't wait to get our claws into that rock!  We managed to find a beachside mini-tent village to park ourselves for a few nights, and chilled out for the rest of the day watching rock climbers test their strength and ...

... arrived and start developed floating village in Koh Pan Nyee. Now, there are about 1500 Moslem live in the village. Surprisingly, their public school has foot ball yard as good as expensive private's school in Jakarta. Their public toilet ...

... of Thai food.  It is so popular because it's good and very cheap. While in Krabi we did a bit of kayaking at the Bor Thor Village.  The sights were absolutely fantastic seeing all the huge limestone karst formations which give the whole area ...

... rubbish just lying in the streets, not damage debris, but household rubbish and beer bottles etc. Needless to say, we left the village the following morning to find our original destination on the island. The Hotel sent a boat to collect us and with the ...

... 11 nites on the beautiful Islands of Southern Thailand.  Our accommodation in in Ao-Nang, a small beach side village about 70kms from Krabi.  Our bungalow is basic but we can't complain about the location as it's amongst the jungle (complete ...

... we left because we liked it here so much.  This time around we hung out with many locals.  Sebah took us to his village on the mangrove island across the river.  We drank beers on his boat but had to leave them at the dock since there is ...

... story. Mainly it is done and I temporarily have money (until I use that to pay off all my debts). We also checked out a nearby village for future Australian volunteers to stay at. We had a little bit of time in Krabi to relax and we went over to Railey ...

... .thaiBritishtravel.com) Direction l'aéroport de Chiang Mai. Vol vers Bangkok avec la compagnie 1twoGOflight. Et de Bangkok a Krabi avec l'agence Thai-Arways. Je recommande les deux. Voyage sans encombre, très bon accueil du personnel volant, ...

... then... It is lovely bay though, no doubt about that! Lunch we had at the famous Phi Phi. It is, I think, charming village with small alleys dotted with boutiques. And like everywhere elso too, crowded. I suppose you cannot avoid that unless you go ...

... the next morning carving our way through some pretty dense jungle. The last 2 hrs of day 1 was spent wading up a waterfall to the Thai village we were due to spend the night. Already soaked we showered off in an ice cold stream and settled in for dinner ...

Currently writing from the hotel bar - most cordial. Today we hired a longtail boat and local Thai skipper, Hame. The plan was to visit 5 beaches. First stop Poda Island. We got off with our rucksacks. Monkeys were raiding other groups' belongings so the ...