willyjoe

since both a good friend of mine and my little sort-of-boyfriend both just moved to krabi, i has crossed my mind that i might also want to live there some day. just wondering what the infrastructure is like for foreigners there. is it easy to find a place to rent with a phone line (need this for ADSL internet access), hot shower, kitchen and yard? how much would a place like that cost there and where are the good residential areas? is it easy to get around? how much to rent a motorbike monthly in that area? are there supermarkets? good variety of food? a good farang community? also i know it is mostly muslim, what if i brought my dog?

thanks for any answers

Hi

are you asking about krabi town or the province of Krabi ?

I live in Krabi town, which has about 15,000 pop. There are places to rent in town,most of the townhouse variety, some would have phone line. The cost shoud be around 6-10k/month.

There are no tescos or makro(yet) but many smaller grocery stores. Very easy to get around town motercycle taxis and pickup taxis . Motorcycle rentals about 150 a day ,sure a good deal could be had monthly. The varietty of food and restaurants is very good IMHO. small farang community. No problem with dogs there are lots.

Now if you are talking about Ao Nang, Ko Phi Phi or Ko Lanta(all located in Krabi province) which are pretty much completely tourist driven, its a different story.

hope this helps

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There is a 9 hole course ( soon to be 18 ) located 23 km south of krabitown , not great but not so bad, fairly modest pricing 500 approx . I cannot remember the name but it is at the EGAT (electricity) facility.

There is a nice driving range (open 4pm-10pm) located 8 km north of krabitown on hwy 4 close to the turn off for Ao Nang.

Rajapraba golf course in surat thani province is 1.5 hours drive north , very nice scenic course but they have closed part ,not sure when it will open again -another EGAT course

hope this helps