The ferry ride to Ko Phi Phi is fairly quick and easy: a long tail takes you directly to the ferry and approximately an hour later, you pull into the pier at Ko Phi Phi. After paying a 20 baht “clean up fee,” we walked through the throngs of people in Tonsai Beach, the main … Continue reading
Railay Beach, though actually part of the mainland, is only accessible by taking a long tail boat from Krabi. It’s a fairly quick and scenic ride, especially with our recent travel travails. We waited at the pier for another seven passengers (the long tails only depart with at least 10 passengers); we didn’t have to … Continue reading
We left Ko Tao on our overland journey to the Andaman Coast, the west coast of Thailand. Our destination was Railay Beach, but we found that it was a stretch to make there in one day. Krabi town is the jumping off point for Railay, so it made sense to spend a night there. Of … Continue reading
We arrived in Ko Tao early, which meant that we had time to walk to Sairee Beach to check out a few accommodations the we had scoped out online. Asking to see a room first is not uncommon, and it’s definitely worth it to make sure that the pictures stack up to reality. We chose … Continue reading
Last day in Bangkok! We were up and packed and out of the hotel by 10:30am, a new record so far. Leaving our bags at the excellent hotel, we hopped on the BRT to Chatuchak weekend market. “Big” doesn’t even begin to describe it. Rows upon rows of stalls sling everything and everything that you … Continue reading
Good news: Heather was feeling better this morning. So glad she’s on the mend. We grabbed a coffee and jumped on the Aloft hotel’s resident tuk tuk for a (free) ride to the train station and the fancy mall for lunch (the salad bar was too much to pass up). From there, we hopped on … Continue reading
After more than 26 hours of travel, I finally arrived in Bangkok. Heather and Brian were sweet enough to meet me at the airport, and I was very glad when they proceeded to haggle with the taxi driver to make sure that we weren’t getting ripped off. Back to the hotel (the very nice Aloft … Continue reading
Katie on the Map 