We had no real plans for today. So, we went out for a leisurely breakfast and explored the portion of Krabi adjacent to the Krabi River.

A Krabi street near the river.

Traffic Police vehicle in front of their station.

The kitchen for one of the small restaurants.

Rock formations and mangrove swamps acres the Krabi River.

Boat anchored in Krabi River.

Longtail boats tied up on the Krabi River.

After a few hours of checking out the town, it was time to move over to our second night’s accommodation; the Sweet Home Guesthouse (http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g297927-d4323122-Reviews-Sweet_Home_Guesthouse-Krabi_Town_Krabi_Province.html). We shouldered our packs, picked up our bags, and armed with Google Maps on Eron’s iPad; we headed out to find the Sweet Home. After about a 30 minute “death-march” in the sun, we had to admit it… iPad map or not, we wuz lost. After that, we decided it was tuk-tuk-time. The first couple of drivers couldn’t make heads or tails of the map either but they finally called over another driver who happened to be familiar with the hotel. “Tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk”; about a kilometre later, we were there.

Sweet Home Guesthouse

After our morning of exploring, we opted for siesta-time this afternoon. As the sun went away and the temperature moderated, we emerged from our cocoon of coolness. We strolled around and found a place for dinner. The restaurant is a part of Hometel (http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g297927-d3139346-Reviews-Hometel-Krabi_Town_Krabi_Province.html); it was only about two blocks from the Sweet Home. As we were relaxing after dinner, we looked down the road to find that we were sitting only a block away from the Orange Tree. Remember our “Beau Gest hike” from this afternoon? All that sweating and cursing and the two hotels were actually less than four blocks apart. We had to just laugh at ourselves, order another Chang (beer), and light up our cigars.