Much was said about Railey. Though it is on mainland, it cannot be reached by roads. What it also meant is that Railey has no motorised vehicles in its vicinity. (It sounded somewhat like Venice too.) Railey is shielded from the rest of Krabi by huge limstone hills. Protected away from noise of any popular beach resorts, Railey gives the feeling of a private beach. Hence, we have to take the long-tail boats to get there. Long-tail boats depart from Ao Nang Beach to Rai Leh West. It costs 200 baht (S$8.10) for a return trip - 20 mins per way.
(iii) The last boat leaves Railey at before 6.00pm. We didn't want to undergo the possibility of being bumped out of the last boat nor spend the night at Railey. Hence, we headed back to board the 2nd-last boat at about 5.20pm. That boat was over-filled with 14 people, but all of us returned to Ao Nang safely before night falls. What was interesting was why ferries services stop early. Was it because the beach was exclusive? Or was it because the boaters needed to rest & head home for dinner?
There are 3 amazing things I learnt from this simple boat ride. (i) The boat needs to be filled with 10 people before it will leave. We wanted to head to Rai Leh on the afternoon of our 1st day. But as the day gets darker after 3pm, it becomes an increaing pain to wait for people who want to go to Railey in the late afternoon. Time intervals between each long-tail boat is an uncertainty. Exclusive beach - indeed it was; more so in the low season.
(ii) There is no pier. The boat ride was a simple one; it was interesting because it was our 1st time taking a long-tail boat; it was fasticating to see the tall limstone formations as the boat ferries us across. But to enjoy the boat ride, everyone has to walk out into the sea, immerse themselves in 60cm of sea water before getting onto the boat.
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