Railay: So Far, So Weird

Today we headed to the beaches and decided to get experimental along the way. Our plan for this leg of the trip is "do the thing we want to do at any moment" aka no set plans and we like it that way. 

Ever bought a plane ticket at the airport same-day? Us either. So we tried that and found out flights in Thailand sell out regularly. 

Also, website purchasing closes down a few hours before the flight. So we bought one ticket real-time, and then the connection from a different airline online. Sure thing. 

This made for a wierd three-hour layover at the Bangkok domestic airport (DMK not BKK), but nothing a little airport yoga couldn't fix. 

Also we did some weird food discovery at a place called "BreadTalk" (see picture of Fire Flosss in different post). That was a tiny victory moment for me. #chocobear

Eventually we made it to Krabi. Here's the process from there:

1. Exit the airport, find the shuttle/taxi stand. Taxi was 600 baht, we took the shuttle for 150 each. 

2. Take the shuttle to Railay Pier. It's the second stop. The bus smells strange.

3. At this point we were accosted by an official-sounding woman who we now know to be a travel agent. TBD on whether this was super useful or a huge scam or just kind of annoying. It is Chinese New Year (oops) and we did show up without any plans for where we would stay. So maybe she's a tiny angel or may she ripped us off. Standby for update. 

4. Take the longboat to Railay. You can definitely skip the lady and just buy tickets at the boat. 

5. Spend a few minutes basking in the beauty of the boat ride and be glad you aren't the poor girl behind us in her high-end resort wear who clearly thought her honeymoon would go a bit differently. 

6. Check in to your somewhat upsetting hotel, take a freezing shower, immediately start sweating again, crack open the wine you bought at the grocery store which can only be described as "stingy" and head out to greet the day (and maybe find a different hotel)!

Welcome to Railay, y'all!