Krabi - Scooter, Tiger and Railay

When I went to bed in my hostel on the 18th of December in Krabi I was the only folk there. No one in my dorm, no one in the dorm next door. Imagine my surprise when I saw Joshua when I woke up.

Joshua is a Dutch folk I met first in Kuala Lumpur. We randomly saw each other on the beach in Langkawi... and now Krabi. 

After a nice Thai Ice Coffee for breakfast, we rented a scooter to provide us the freedom to move around this amazing region. Ahhh these Limestone formation everywhere!!!

First stop: Tiger Cave Temple. A nice touristy area composed of a Buddhist temple, a stairway (to Heaven???) of 1237 stairs to climb to access a view point, and a cave area which is home to the local monks.

The view from that hill is breathtaking. Absolutely gorgeous and totally worth the effort to climb up.

Top of the Tiger cave temple

We then headed towards Ao Nammao, a village on the sea where we took a boat to Railay... another piece of paradise accessible by sea only. Joshua and I spent the afternoon in that location. Going around Railay beach takes approximately 15 minutes altogether, but there are couple of location that requires a little bit of effort to access not to mention a bit more time: the viewpoint and the lagoon.

To arrive to both location, the hike is pretty spectacular and incredibly difficult because of the incline and the mud (it is raining everyday at some point, making it very muddy). Again, the view from up there is pretty special. The lagoon is another story. after the climb up, there is a 100m climb down which is very very technical... that place is made exceptional by its difficulty to be reach. We I got down to the lagoon, there were 3 persons only... and very few tried to go there that day apparently.

Viewpoint in Railay

The princess lagoon in Railay - picture credit

It was quickly time returned to Ao Nammao with the last boat at 6pm.

Leaving Railay

Of course the ride back to Krabi town (around 20km) was humid - we played catch and seek with a tropical storm but made it safe back to the hostel. To keep the tradition alive, the day ended at the night market for some live music and some food. Unfortunately no egg wrapped pad thai. but some nice spring rolls.

Tomorrow will be another day in the transports.