A painfully slow ferry took over two hours to take us the twenty-odd miles to Krabi from Ko Phi Phi Don. But it was cheap, so we can't complain too much!
Our ferry ticket also included a 'free' transfer to Krabi town. There was some confusion at the bus station about who did or didn't have this 'free' transfer though. We ended up in a cramped mini bus with a stressed out driver, who took us to Krabi town at breakneck speed.
Amelia and I stayed at 'A Mansion Hotel', not quite as nice as it sounds, but it ticked the right boxes and served us well, plus it was cheaper than the hostels!
We ate dinner at a recommended night market located near the pier. A friendly lady selling chicken satay caught our attention. The chicken turned out to be stone cold though - not a good start. We did manage to get them heated up properly in the end, but decided to move onto another stall for our 'mains'. We ate our 'mains' (rice dishes) with a fellow Brit - an air stewardess from Manchester.

We hunted high and low for our noodle soup that morning. After over an hour searching we finally stumbled across a Chinese food stall selling some bargain priced delicious noodle soup, good things come to those who wait! There isn't much to see or do in Krabi town itself, so we hired ourselves a moped to explore.
Ao Nang is a very touristy beach resort, about ten miles from Krabi. Our plan was to park up and go to Railay, a beautiful beach surrounded by high limestone cliffs, which makes it a popular rock climbing spot. It's only accessible by boat though, and after finding out the journey time, we realised what with having plans for later in the day, we didn't really have enough time to go and enjoy it. So instead we walked along an old rickety wooden cliff walk, surrounded by Amelia's new fear - monkeys!
The path took us to a private beach called 'Pai Plong'. Being a private beach, they required us to sign in. It was a lot nicer than Ao Nang beach, but definitely not as nice as the beaches on the Phi Phi islands, so we had a quick paddle and made our way back past the 'evil' monkeys.
Svante (from our zip-lining trip in Laos) recommended a place to visit whilst around Krabi, a place called 'Tiger Cave Temple'. He mentioned that there were a few steps up to a great viewpoint to watch sunset.
1,237 steps were the 'few steps' we had to climb! Or it may of been 1,260 depending on which sign you believe. We didn't count, but it felt like at least that! It was pretty tough going, especially in thirty plus degree heat. We reached the top completely drenched in sweat, red faced and gasping for breath! It was worth it, the temple and its Buddha statues were the perfect foreground for some breathtaking views. It was surprisingly quite busy, considering the mammoth climb, with many people seemingly waiting for sunset.
As the sun began to set though, the emptier the place became, many people quite rightly not wanting to tackle the twelve hundred odd steps in the dark. But me and Amelia, knowing that generally a sunset gets better the longer you wait, got ourselves comfortable on some steps looking out towards the horizon. As we waited the place became very tranquil. The sun set behind some mountains, and the whispy clouds reflected oranges, purples and reds, that all seemed to induce a richness of colour around the temple and the golden statues within. After the colours had faded away, Amelia and I carefully made our way down in the dark.
Making it down in one piece (just) we hopped on the moped and rode back to Krabi town.
There was a festival of some kind that night, just down the road, so we popped along on our way back and had a bite to eat from the numerous food stalls. Which included a chicken kebab (for me), papaya salad (for Amelia), egg balls with different seafood or meat, and some plum mangoes for dessert. Whilst eating we had to endure some extremely bad 'singing' being belted out from three girls on the main stage. Needless to say we didn't stay after we had eaten.

The next day we caught a bus to Surat Thani...