Krabi is a province on southern Thailand’s west coast is characterized by craggy, limestone karsts, dense mangrove forests, and more than a hundred offshore islands. Some of its most popular beach destinations include the Phi Phi Islands, which jut from the sea like giant rain-forested boulders, and Railay Beach, accessible only by boat and a prominent rock-climbing spot. (area: 4,709 km² – population: 456,811  in 2014)

Krabi International Airport (KBV) is the jumping off point for anyone heading to most of the islands in the Andaman Sea. Most incoming flights are from Bangkok (BKK)(DMK), Kuala Lumpur (KUL) or Singapore (SIN), but this area is so popular that many charters re coming from Hong Kong (HGK) and Stockholm (ARN).

Krabi Town (pop. 52,867 in 2010) is the capital of Krabi Province and Krabi District. Krabi is a key transportation hub for the tourism industry on the Krabi river, ~750 km south of Bangkok. You don’t have to scratch too deep to see that there’s also a very real provincial scene going on beneath the tourist industry.