Possibly, but with those having arrived already tonight will be a party night. Drove through the beach front road to Pranburi beach, it looks like a ghost town. Few vendors out, my guess is they have gone home to wherever. Head to Krabi on Friday morning, let's see what traffic looks like then and if there will be checkpoints. I know foolish to be driving, yet I have logged over 100,000 km'sin the past few years.