Railay Beach, Thailand
{not a bad view from the breakfast table:)}
I’m not going to lie,
all Kevin and I had the energy for
after leaving Nepal was,
well…nothing.
I literally had sobbed every ounce of
energy from my body after leaving the girls house.
So we decided that doing nothing sounded amazing.
And what
better place is there to do nothing than on the beaches of Thailand?
I honestly
can’t think of one.
I had lived in Thailand about 5 years ago teaching English,
but never got around to visiting Railey Beach…
which, in the opinion of many,
is
the best beach in Thailand.
So this time I was not planning on missing out on it!
Railey
was everything I imagined and more!
MORE!
It was a dream of a paradise, with a
very chill atmosphere.
If you’ve traveled at all to Thailand, you know that
some (many!) beaches have turned into an all night party for crazy youngin’s that
chug beer like nobody’s business.
Railey, thankfully, was NOT that place.
Railey
struck me as a lagoon where time stood still
and people lost themselves in the
beauty, and in their books.
It was quiet and peaceful.
Kevin went for a run one
morning and was the only one on the beach!
To get to Railey is a process.
You need to fly/bus from
Bangkok to Krabi.
From Krabit you take a shuttle to the Ao Nang pier.
While
Railey is not technically an island, you have to catch a long-tail boat from
the Ao Nang pier to get there,
as it’s surrounded by massive cliffs on a
penninsula.
After a 30 minute boat ride, you reach Railey West.
Railey has two
sides, East and West.
The beach on the West side is where you want to lounge
during the day,
however the East side is where the cheaper place to stay are
located.
We stayed at Railey Garden View Resort on the East Side, and got the
cutest bungalow for $20 a night.
It was a steal if you ask me, and I couldn’t
recommend it more:)
The other amazing part of Railey is that you also can take a
short 15 minute walk
and discover a whole new beach called Phra Nang,
which is touted
as the 2nd beach beach in Thailand!
It is absolutely breathtaking
with large cliffs rising out of the water.
Unreal.
it's also magical at night!
One day we did a speed boat snorkel trip which
A) made us feel a little less lazy,
and
B) ended up being one of our only activities favorite activities.
Pics from the boat trip are here.
I couldn’t recommend Railey Beach more!
If you go to
Thailand, make sure to add Railey to your list.
You can thank me advance for
this advice:)
love Katie
ps- stop on by my sweet friend Rachel's blog for a little interview she did with me today:)