Day 1 — Bangkok · Old City → Chinatown
Wat Pho · Grand Palace area · Chao Phraya River · Yaowarat Road
Keep the arrival window flexible; combine the Old City with an easy Chinatown evening.
A city-plus-coast route that gives Bangkok enough time to breathe before moving south to Krabi and its limestone coast.
Every day names real places and explains the geographic sequence or transport logic.
Keep the arrival window flexible; combine the Old City with an easy Chinatown evening.
Use the river and BTS to avoid unnecessary road traffic.
Fly Bangkok → Krabi, transfer to Ao Nang and use a longtail boat when sea conditions permit.
Treat boat schedules as weather-dependent and confirm inclusions before paying.
Use this as a slower recovery day after the boat excursion.
Do not schedule a timed excursion before a flight; build a generous airport transfer buffer.