TRANSPORT KRABI THAILAND

	TRANSPORT KRABI, THAILAND
	Area Code 075 $1=38B June 5, 2006

Koh Phi Phi | Koh Lanta | Railay | Aonang | Surat Thani

Air

To BKK: 2300B, To Chiang Mai: 4,200B, To Suratthani: 475B, To Hat Yai: 780B, To Koh Samui: 1,750, To KL: 3,730, To Singapore: 4,300B (2004 info)

Train

T	Train Station: None. Nearest stations are in Trang or Surat Thani. Can buy combined bus/train/boat tickets from Anderman Webmaster and other travel agencies.

Bus

Tourist buses & minibuses operate between Krabi and many tourist destinations in Thailand and Malaysia. They usually pick up from guest houses or/and travel agencies. There have been some complaints about the condition and comfort of some of the buses so confirm exactly what you are paying for beforehand. !Warning: While taking a night bus to/from BKK(specially VIP bus to/from Khaosan), many travelers had their valuable stolen. If they take your valuable with you to the seats, they may be drugged to sleep. If they keep it to their bags and store under the bus, the valuable may be taken away from the bags. Make sure all your valuables are OK when you get off, before the bus leave.
B	Bus Station: Talaat Kao Chutamat Rd, 5-6km outside of town.Take red songthaw from Utarakit Rd+Maharat Rd Soi 10, 10 min. 13B.
ta	Lignite Tour: Uttarakit Rd, T075-612-847 or 620-020.Super VIP(24 seats) bus company to BKK920B 17:00 from the bus station. With excellent meal. The value is much better than tourist VIP bus. Only problem is the video on bus is in Thai, not English. In BKK T02-4355016

N: Non a/c, A2: A/C 2nd, A1: AC 1st(36 seats), V: VIP(32 seats) SV: Super VIP24 seats)

Public Bus
Destination	class	Price	Time/ Duration (Need to confirm)
Surat Thani	A2	140B	Many 6-16:00, 2hr
Had Yai	Non A/c	96B	13:00, 5hrs
	A2	170B	10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 13:30, 4hr
	A1	218B	9:20-15:20, 22:00, 4hr
Phuket	Non A/c	65B	Many 6:20-9:00, 3hr
	A2	113B	Many, 6:50-14:00, 2.5hr
	A1	146B	Many, 8:00-17:30, 2.5hr
Trang	Non A/c	63B	Many 6:20-16:00, 2.5hrs
	A2	88B	Many 9:30-14:30, 2hrs
	A1	90-113B	Many 8-13:00, 2hrs
Ranong	Non A/c	148B	5, 8:30, 11:00, 5hrs
Ranong	A2	188B	8:30, 10:00, 12, 12:30 5hrs
Phang Nga	Non A/c	57B	take Ranong or Phuket bus 2hrs
	A2	64B
	A1	74B
Satun	A1	175B	11:00, 13:00, 4.5hrs
Songai Kolok	A1	335B	8:40, 10:50, 9hrs
	A1	435B	22:50, 9hrs
Bangkok 817km 12hrs (2007 info)	A2	461-487B	7:30, 16-17:20, 19:30, 21:00
	A1	592-614B	16:00, 16:30, 17:30
	SVIP	920B	17:30

Tourist bus/Mini bus
Destination		Price	Timetable
Surat Thani	A/C	200B	9, 11:00
Hat Yai	minivan	250B	7:00,11:00 , 4hrs
Trang	minivan	250B	7:00, 11:00, 2hrs
Satun	minivan	350B	7:00, 11:00, 6hrs
Koh Samui	ac+ferry	350B	11:00
	ac+night boat	400B	16:00, arr at Samui 06:00
Koh Phangan	ac+exp boat	450B	11:00
	ac+night boat	500B	16:00, arr# 08:00
Koh Tao	ac+night boat	700B	16:00
Lanta	minivan	220B	9:30
	minivan+ferry	280B	11:00
Phuket	Minivan	250B	11:30
Phuket beach	minivan	300B	11:30
Bangkok(Khaosan)	VIP	400B	16:00, 14hrs
Lankawi	a/c bus+boat	700B	7:00,11hrs
Penang	minivan	480B	7:00, 9-10h
Kuala Lumpur	minivan+VIP	800B	7:00, 16hrs
	minivan+VIP	850B	11:00, 16hrs
Singapore	minivan+VIP	1000B	7:00, 23hr
	minivan+VIP	1200B	11:00 23hr

Boat

F1 Chao Fah Pier(Old pier): to Railay Beach: small boats 100B wait until 8 tourists come.
Warning: If you go to Koh Phi Phi, you will be pickup at your GH and will be taken to this pier first. Then you will be transferred to a bigger bus for the Neo Pier. While waiting at the old pier, touts are really pussy to sell their tickets, saying the fares on the island are expensive and their tickets include the transport from the Neo pier to Krabi. This is not true. You do not loose any but you have to pay for the pickup from the port to Krabi.

F2 Neo pier: Boats to Koh Phi Phi leave from here. For the time and fare, see above. 4 km out from town. No public transport to/from Krabi. Have to rely on tuk-tuk. 50B/p Very hard to bargain with them. your ticket bought at a travel agent include a pickup to the pier. But no tickets include a pickup from the pier to Krabi. You have to pay 50B/p.
You will be pickup one hour earlier than the scheduled time.
to Koh Lanta: 200B 10:30, 13:30 1.5hr pickup from your GH
to Ko PhiPhi 280B from the travel agent, 300B from the boat office. dep 8:30, 14:30, 1.5hrs.- Travel agent has good prices. The boats do not leave from this pier. The transport buses leave from here to Neo Pier.

Boat

F1	Chao Fah Pier(Old pier): to Railay Beach: small boats 100B wait until 8 tourists come. Warning: If you go to Koh Phi Phi, you will be pickup at your GH and will be taken to this pier first. Then you will be transferred to a bigger bus for the Neo Pier. While waiting at the old pier, touts are really pussy to sell their tickets, saying the fares on the island are expensive and their tickets include the transport from the Neo pier to Krabi. This is not true. You do not loose any but you have to pay for the pickup from the port to Krabi.
F2	Neo pier: Boats to Koh Phi Phi leave from here. For the time and fare, see above. 4 km out from town. No public transport to/from Krabi. Have to rely on tuk-tuk. 50B/p Very hard to bargain with them. your ticket bought at a travel agent include a pickup to the pier. But no tickets include a pickup from the pier to Krabi. You have to pay 50B/p. You will be pickup one hour earlier than the scheduled time. to Koh Lanta: 200B 10:30, 13:30 1.5hr pickup from your GH to Ko PhiPhi 280B from the travel agent, 300B from the boat office. dep 8:30, 14:30, 1.5hrs.- Travel agent has good prices. The boats do not leave from this pier. The transport buses leave from here to Neo Pier.

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