UNCOVERING KRABI

true gem of Thailand, the bustling estuarine town of Krabi along Thailand’s southeast coast ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞŶĚůĞƐƐ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƐĐĞŶŝĐ ǀŝĞǁƐ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵƐ ĨƌŽŵ ůƵƐŚ ŐƌĞĞŶ ƚƌŽƉŝĐĂů ĨŽƌĞƐƚ ƚŽ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĮŶĞ ƐĂŶĚ ďĞĂĐŚĞƐ surrounded by secluded coves, hidden ůĂŐŽŽŶƐ͕ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ŵĂŶŐƌŽǀĞ ĨŽƌĞƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ craggy ůŝŵĞƐƚŽŶĞ ŽƵƚĐƌŽƉƐ ůĂƉƉĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ĐƌLJƐƚĂů clear turquoise waters of the Andaman Sea teeming ǁŝƚŚ ŵƵůƟƚƵĚĞƐ ŽĨ ƚƌŽƉŝĐĂů ĮƐŚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůŽƵƌĨƵů ĐŽƌĂů ƌĞĞĨƐ ʹ ƚŽ ƚŽƉ ŝƚ Ăůů Žī <ƌĂďŝ ŝƐ ŬŶŽǁŶ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƐŽŵĞ dŚĂŝůĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ƉŚŽƚŽŐĞŶŝĐ ƐƵŶƐĞƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚůLJ ĐŽŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĞĚ ďLJ ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ĚŝƐƉůĂLJƐ ŽĨ ĐůŽƵĚ ƚŽ cloud lightning, that are best enjoyed from a beach.

ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ŝƚƐ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƚLJ ĂƐ Ă ƚŽƵƌŝƐƚ ĚĞƐƟŶĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƵƉƐĐĂůĞ ĐĂĨĠƐ͕ ďŽƵƟƋƵĞ ŚŽƚĞůƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĂƐ the charming resort of Krabi – which is both the ƉƌŽǀŝŶĐŝĂů ĐĂƉŝƚĂů ĂŶĚ ƉƌŝŶĐŝƉĂů ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚ ŚƵď ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ďŽĂƚ ƚƌŝƉƐ ĨŽƌ ƐŶŽƌŬĞůůŝŶŐ ƚŽƵƌƐ͕ ĚŝǀŝŶŐ ĞdžƉĞĚŝƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƐůĂŶĚ ŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ĞdžĐƵƌƐŝŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ islands and beaches: Ko Phi Phi, Ko Lanta, Ao Nang, Klong Muang and Laem Phra Nang – has managed to ƌĞƚĂŝŶ ŝƚƐ ĂŵďŝĞŶĐĞ ĂƐ Ă ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĮƐŚŝŶŐ ƉŽƌƚ ƐĞƫŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶŬƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ <ƌĂďŝ ZŝǀĞƌ͘

tŚŝůĞ <ƌĂďŝ͛Ɛ ŵĂŝŶ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ǁŽƌƐŚŝƉƉĞƌƐ͕ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƌƐ͕ ƌŽĐŬ ĐůŝŵďĞƌƐ͕ ǁĂƚĞƌƐƉŽƌƚ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƚƐ͕ ĂĚƌĞŶĂůŝŶĞ ũƵŶŬŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ůŽǀĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ŝƚƐ ŝĚLJůůŝĐ