On To Krabi

Our last full day in Bangkok was part administrative, part exploration of the Thong Lor district (poor advice from a guide book), and part jet-lag recovery. On January 14, we packed up, indulged ourselves in the Marriott/Aloft breakfast, took a cab to Suvarnabhumi, and jetted to our next destination, Krabi, on the southwest Thai coast. Sun and fun and...long-tail boats and karsts.

One of the nicer breakfast spreads we've seen, both Asian and western

On approach to Krabi, aboard Thai Airways, one of the perennially top ten
airlines in the world

I think their perennially high rating must be based on international flights...

Yum...who could resist hot tuna and mayonnaise?! Interestingly (I checked),
there are no US carriers in the top 40, although eight are in the top 100...so much
for American exceptionalism

A forty minute shuttle took us from Krabi airport to our hotel, the Holiday Inn
Express at Ao Nang beach

 

Standard Thai housekeeping welcome

 

Including, day-time, a view of the beach, across the street, through the trees;
already feeling smarter

Next morning stroll along the low-tide beach; the karsts out there in the Andaman
Sea are what interests us about the area

Later in the day, walking up toward the western end of Ao Nang beach

Beyond the promontory is Railay Beach, which we'll visit in a few days

Obligatory sunset pix...