Krabi

From Trang I made the ride north to the city of Krabi. I have been to Krabi before but it is close to 20 years ago so didn't remember much.

My first stop in Krabi was at Phra Maha That Chedi but I didn't go in and just took a picture.

Wat Kaew Korawaram (วัดแก้วโกรวาราม) was in the center of town.

I booked my room where I would stay in Krabi where I normally book hotels but this time ended up in a condo with 2 rooms and a kitchen. It was a lot more space than I needed for my 2 nights in Krabi but would be great if I would stay a week or more. The one thing I really enjoyed was the view as shown in the following pictures.

I had visited a few of the sites I planned for Krabi on the day I arrived so did not have a lot left to see but this was my route plan for the day of the Krabi Sites.

My first stop was at Klong Muang Beach (หาดคลองม่วง). It was a nice looking beach and ended up talking with an expat that have been living in Krabi for a few years. It is nice to get some local insight on an area but didn't add much to my agenda.

I had not planned on visiting Tubkaek Beach but saw it was close to my last stop and made the detour to see what it looked like. This beach had a number of high end resorts in front of it so access to the beach was not great. I found a lower end type of place where I could park and access the beach for the price of an ice coffee. The price of the coffee was more than double what I normally pay but it did provide a good view of the beach.

Ao Nang Beach was my final site in Krabi. It is the main tourist beach in this area and is the one place I remember visiting about 20 years ago that I wrote about in the link. The area around the beach has changed a lot with a very vibrant tourist area with all kinds of shops, restaurants and hotels.

I stopped at the north end of the beach and took this picture before riding south along the beach on one side of the road and all the shops and hotels on the other.