Krabi

[valley boy 0]

My next trip to Thailand is going to be something a little different from my normal trips.I want to take my lady to Krabi.

 

What i'm after is advice on a good hotel(up to 2000 baht) and a good location (beach).

 

Cheers.

Edited March 14, 2007 by valley boy

[fountainhead 1]

  valley boy said:

My next trip to Thailand is going to be something a little different from my normal trips.I want to take my lady to Krabi.

 

What i'm after is advice on a good hotel(up to 2000 baht) and a good location (beach).

 

I have posted this here because the section where it should be posted gets almost zero traffic.

 

Cheers.

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krabi is a province... where in krabi? ao nang, railay, kho lanta, kho phi phi, krabi city, etc...??

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If you're going to stay in Ao Nang (nice town, nice beach), I stayed at the Ao Nang Buri. It's reasonably priced in low season, is right across from the beach and my favorite outdoor night club (The Luna Bar)

[valley boy 0]

  fountainhead said:

krabi is a province... where in krabi? ao nang, railay, kho lanta, kho phi phi, krabi city, etc...??

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This is the very reason why i am asking for advice.I have never been there before and as such don't know anything regarding best places/accomodation.

[picoman 1]

Railay Beach looks good to me...

[fountainhead 1]

  valley boy said:

This is the very reason why i am asking for advice.I have never been there before and as such don't know anything regarding best places/accomodation.

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phi phi, railay, ao nang, kho lanta... they're all beautiful.

 

i can't comment much on ao nang... i just pass through there when i go to railay. i know that it has a language school and bars though.

 

railay is a low-key, small peninsula which you can access only by boat. popular with rock climbers mostly (that's how i found it), but has a few gorgeous resorts that cater to "hi so" thais and westerners, including one of the most expensive in thailand -- http://www.rayavadee.com/main.html the scenery is stunning, the people are nice, the food is great. a bit more expensive and secluded than most touristed beach areas in thailand. west railay has a couple of upscale resorts, east railay is where the backpackers/rock climbers stay (has a nice but limited nightlife... bars open until sunrise but only 2 hookers in '05... but that was up from 0 hookers in '02!).

 

kho phi phi is nice but way, way overtouristed. that does come with the advantage of having lots of restaurants, bars, a cabaret show, tourist packages (snorkeling, scuba, etc... from the island), a wide range of hotels and guest houses, and even movies (similar to kho phangan... all the restaurants entice people in by showing "movie features"). the downside is that it's crowded (especially during lunch time when all the day tours drop people off at the pier) and more expensive than just about any place else in krabi.

 

krabi city... just a transit point in my opinion.

 

kho lanta isn't visited much and is a "get away." a remote island with lots of long white-sand beaches. cheap food and guest houses. if that appeals to you, consider kho tarutao, lipe, rawe and adang at the far south of thailand.

 

railay and kho phi phi have the nice advantage of not having cars (less noise pollution and relaxing to be there). i know that people drive in ao nang because that's always the taxi drop-off point before switching to boats to get to railay.

 

if it were me... i'd go to railay... so far my favorite place in thailand.

 

 

  picoman said:

Railay Beach looks good to me...

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fuckin' a, they have a cooking school on railay now?

 

shit, y'all better see it before the place is completely destroyed (aka developed).

 

and i swear that the italian woman in that cooking photo was the woman who taught my cooking classes in perugia, italy... small world.

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  fountainhead said:

phi phi, railay, ao nang, kho lanta... they're all beautiful.

 

i can't comment much on ao nang... i just pass through there when i go to railay. i know that it has a language school and bars though.

 

railay is a low-key, small peninsula which you can access only by boat. popular with rock climbers mostly (that's how i found it), but has a few gorgeous resorts that cater to "hi so" thais and westerners, including one of the most expensive in thailand -- http://www.rayavadee.com/main.html the scenery is stunning, the people are nice, the food is great. a bit more expensive and secluded than most touristed beach areas in thailand. west railay has a couple of upscale resorts, east railay is where the backpackers/rock climbers stay (has a nice but limited nightlife... bars open until sunrise but only 2 hookers in '05... but that was up from 0 hookers in '02!).

 

kho phi phi is nice but way, way overtouristed. that does come with the advantage of having lots of restaurants, bars, a cabaret show, tourist packages (snorkeling, scuba, etc... from the island), a wide range of hotels and guest houses, and even movies (similar to kho phangan... all the restaurants entice people in by showing "movie features"). the downside is that it's crowded (especially during lunch time when all the day tours drop people off at the pier) and more expensive than just about any place else in krabi.

 

krabi city... just a transit point in my opinion.

 

kho lanta isn't visited much and is a "get away." a remote island with lots of long white-sand beaches. cheap food and guest houses. if that appeals to you, consider kho tarutao, lipe, rawe and adang at the far south of thailand.

 

railay and kho phi phi have the nice advantage of not having cars (less noise pollution and relaxing to be there). i know that people drive in ao nang because that's always the taxi drop-off point before switching to boats to get to railay.

 

if it were me... i'd go to railay... so far my favorite place in thailand.

fuckin' a, they have a cooking school on railay now?

 

shit, y'all better see it before the place is completely destroyed (aka developed).

 

and i swear that the italian woman in that cooking photo was the woman who taught my cooking classes in perugia, italy... small world.

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Thanks for that.Can you recommend any hotels at railay? about 2000baht per night is the most i want to pay.

 

Cheers.

[Carraig 1]

The women in Krabi must have big tits??

[valley boy 0]

  Carraig said:

The women in Krabi must have big tits??

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Lol,nice one.How are you Frank.My next holiday is going to be something quite different from what i usually get up to.I met a little cracker on my last trip and i'm keen to see where it will go with her.

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  valley boy said:

Thanks for that.Can you recommend any hotels at railay? about 2000baht per night is the most i want to pay.

 

Cheers.

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on the east side i've stayed in "Diamond Private." they're nice and have a view (especially from the pool), but you have to walk up a huge-ass set of stairs (up a mountain side) to get to the rooms. no TVs but hot water. can't remember if they had AC. i don't remember exact price, but it's around your zone. don't confuse with their nearby "Diamond Caves," which caters to backpackers.

 

on the west side, i've stayed as "sea and sand" (or maybe "sun and sand"). a little more expensive... i think it was 2500-3000 baht/night. AC/hot water showers/TV. ground-level bungalows.

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  fountainhead said:

on the west side, i've stayed as "sea and sand" (or maybe "sun and sand"). a little more expensive... i think it was 2500-3000 baht/night. AC/hot water showers/TV. ground-level bungalows.

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"sand sea" is listed at 3100 baht/night on at http://latestays.com/ there are pictures and descriptions of services and activities on that website, as well as 3 other hotels on railay (none of which i've stayed at).