Feeling Crabby in Krabi

In actuality Krabi was great. However, after dealing with the crazy and expensive transportation of Thailand, one can feel a bit crabby. A word to the wise, when looking at a map of Thailand, make sure you really estimate how much transportation will cost you. Staying in the more touristy areas, can save you a lot as you can join Minibuses and other mass transit to defray costs. Tuk Tuks, private taxis and even the ferries can be quite expensive. However, as usual we opted to take the road less traveled as we found an Airbnb that looked very unique in the jungle. We figured since it was listed as being in Krabi, then it would all be relatively close. Well, let's just say we were wrong...Again.

We took a Ferry from Phuket to OA Nang beach and spent the day in the beautiful shallow beach right near the pier. From there we decided to venture to our Homestay and after asking several people how to get to this town (which few knew of without us showing them a map) we took a Tuk Tuk for $20 (US) to Krabi town. In Krabi we were put onto an incredibly crowded bus with standing room only. There was no AC and we had to stand wedged in between people for over an hour attempting to avoid causing a domino effect by falling over either due to the erratic swaying of the bus or heat exhaustion. No one spoke English and it was obviously geared towards locals, but it cost us only $5 each (US), but it was incredibly uncomfortable. From there we were told to get off the bus in a town in the middle of no where. Again, no one spoke English, and none of the cafes had WIFI so we could not connect with our homestay we found on Airbnb. We ended up getting help from a local Thai lady running an internet arcade that was packed full of young Thai boys planning World of War Craft and who knows what. It was a comical sight, despite the fact we were sweating, lost and wondering around a town in the middle of nowhere. What did we get ourselves into this time?

OA Nang Beach

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                                                  Beautiful sights we found along the way