Changwat Krabi

The Phi Phi Islands (Thai: หมู่เกาะพีพี, , Thai: [mùː kɔ̀ʔ pʰīː.pʰīː]) are an island group in Thailand between the large island of Phuket and the Straits of Malacca coast of Thailand. The islands are administratively part of Krabi Province. Ko Phi Phi Don (Thai: เกาะพีพีดอน, ) (ko Thai: เกาะ 'island') is the largest and most populated island of the group, although the beaches of the second largest island, Ko Phi Phi Le (Thai: เกาะพีพีเล, ) are visited by many people as well. The rest of the isla…

Ko Phi Phi Le or Ko Phi Phi Leh (Thai: เกาะพีพีเล, , Thai: [kɔ̀ʔ pʰīː.pʰīː lēː]) is an island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, Andaman Sea. It is in Krabi Province of Thailand and is part of Hat Noppharat Thara–Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park Geography Ko Phi Phi Le, in area, is the second largest island of the archipelago, the largest being Ko Phi Phi Don. The island consists of a ring of steep limestone hills surrounding two shallow bays, Maya Bay and Loh Samah. During low tide, Maya Bay cannot be acc…

Krabi International Airport (Thai: ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติกระบี่ , is an international airport serving Krabi, Thailand. It is about east of the city center. The airport opened in 1999. In 2017, the airport handled over 4.3 million passengers. The terminal is designed for three million passengers, a number that has already been exceeded, and expansion will push its capacity to over 8 million. Airport operations On 10 February 2016 the Krabi Airport terminal was plunged into darkness for over six hou…

The Thai Canal, also known as Kra Canal or Kra Isthmus Canal, refers to proposals for a canal that would connect the Gulf of Thailand with the Andaman Sea across the Kra Isthmus in southern Thailand. Such a canal would significantly reduce travel times through heavily-navigated trade routes. The canal would provide an alternative to transit through the Straits of Malacca and shorten transit for shipments of oil to Japan and China by 1,200 km. China refers to it as part of its 21st century mariti…

Tham Hua Kalok (Thai: ถ้ำหัวกะโหลก, literally Skull Cave, also named Tham Phi Hua To ถ้ำผีหัวโต) is a cave in Ao Luek District near Phang Nga Bay in southern Thailand. The cave contains prehistoric paintings in black and red pigment of humans and strange animals. The cave is in Than Bok Khorani National Park.