My girlfriend and I hung out in Railay Beach about ten years ago. Epic. Beautiful. We stayed on the east side for the more affordable prices, and just walked though to the west side whenever we wanted. Lots of rain during our stay, but a lot of chill fun in the sun too, with incredible beauty surrounding us at all times.
Railay its my favorite place in whole thailand. Amazing ! Positive vibration in the air. A nice and not expensive hotel its the “avatar”. They have a “9” in booking.com
drop the mention of the dreaded 'c---vid' chat (i think we all know the deal by now) as i gather it gets picked up and can lower the chances of being ad friendly.
Thank you Chris for taking your time to create your always entertaining and meaningful videos. You exemplify the respectful and decent way all of us should treat each other. Be patient Chris, you WILL REACH ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS well before you expect it. You’ve got that Kanadian Karma. All the best to you and your family.
I'm Thai and can say that this is a good video reviewing. Your recommendation is much useful for foreigners. We will wait for the normal travel situation comming back then. Thanks
👋🏻👋🏻😊Looks so peaceful and quiet there. Need to get there ASAP to relax our house is a mad house right now with kids and their friends.🤪🤪 Stay safe🙏 and Stay great😎.
The island selection around Krabi is super neat - all the island beaches and beaches in general in THL are first class - something for everyone Thanks CP 🇦🇺👍🙏
I’m sorry to say, Chris, as far as Tonsai is considered you’re perhaps 8-10 years too late. Tonsai was amazing back then, very laidback and not a single resort property developer to be spotted. There were little bamboo cafe’s/restaurants directly on the beach. Plenty of ‘Happy’ dishes to eat and psytrance music to vibe to through the night. I was shocked when I returned to Tonsai a few years ago, it had lost all of its magical charm. Sure, it looks nice and family-friendly but it’s previous hippy vibe has been completely steamrolled over by commercial property development.
I just completed my second stay at the Tinidee. In November I stayed 1 night and 2 nights this month. I found it originally due to this video. It's a nice quiet place. Tonsai Bay Resort has picked up quite a bit since November. Sadly the back side is still fairly abandoned. Be sure to eat at Mama's Chicken.
Man. I was there in 2007 it was so nice back then. Now I don’t know. Planing my next trip for 2024 and thanks for making this video, so I won’t be disappointed when I’m back at tonsai. Loved this 150baht bamboo huts 😅
I stayed on Tonsai for a week in 2007. Slept right where Tinidee resort is now, but the property was owned by a Canadian guy from Vancouver named Titus, and he had just set up tents you could rent nightly for like 50 baht. He had an outdoor movie theatre set up where that big tree hanging over the beach is, we’d all just chill and watch movies at night. Saw a base jumper eat shit off that big cliff, too, but he was okay in the end haha
Thank you for sharing a variety of location in your videos. I hope to visit Thailand when the pandemic is over and you have showed me a variety of places from the busy to calm place to chill.
Hi Chris, thank you so much for another wonderful look into these deserted paradise destinations, our favourite beach from the past was the main beach in Kho Tao. We are hoping to go to Paradise beach in Phuket, dancing and then to Kho Phi Phi for a week so hope you will show us a glimpse of these two places at some stage, after this video though it looks as though Krabi may have to be added to the list of must visit destinations. Keep up these wonderful videos and enjoy these quiet moments in the land of smiles your efforts are spreading the love.
I love every minute of this video! I’ve never been to Krabi - this video totally made me feel like I should go there when things get better!! Thanks for sharing this entertaining and informative video! 🤍✨
Can Confirm, I was stuck on Tonsai Beach until late May 2020. There is a trail through the jungle to Railay and you can walk on low tide from Railay to Krabi. It was a fantastic time!
Well, I spent most of my time rock climbing, lounging on the beach, snorkeling and fishing for squid from kayak. There was a period when we weren’t supposed to be climbing but it wasn’t enforced in Tonsai. We generally stuck to the cliffs back in the jungle to avoid being seen by boats in the bay. Really, it was like the crowds cleared out in March and we had paradise all to ourselves for 3 months.
Great video. Always wanted to fo to go to Koh Sumui with my Thai wife. Just what I want. Hopefully early 2022 will be back in Thailand after getting the vaccine in Australia. Miss wife and kids but what is keeping me going is that its not far away. Miss and love Thailand so much. Joop.Thanks Chis so much for your videos. Means so much for me because it gives me at least something during these hard times.
Hey there. I stayed in Ao Nang last year just before all this went down and spent a day on Railay. Absolutely gorgeous place. Tonsai looks great too. Definitely want to go back soon.
Chrisss!!! You dit it again: put a smile on my face buddy! Thanks for this wonderful review, cooperation with the drone pilot, it looked all sooo professional and most of all... your enthusiasm!! Your great and a true ambassador of Thailand!!
Great if you could visit and show us some of the amazing lesser known islands around Thailand, for example the Trat Islands, Ko Muk, Ko Ngai, Ko Kradan, Ko Rok. I was on Ko Ngai about 15 years ago for a few days it was heaven on earth😎
Great content comparing some options on Tonsai Beach, Chris. Loved the integration of the drone footage. That limestone cliff is massive. Really puts things in perspective. I'll consider Tonsai Beach in the future when Mrs. J and I need to get away. Thanks. Subscribed, liked, and shared via Twitter (@ThaiVlogger). Friends, consider following and retweeting to spread awareness of Thailand-based vloggers like Retired Working for You, TTT, Gift & Joe, Chuck & Paige, Chocolate Man, Jonny, and others.
It seems you love going back to Krabi beaches as often as you can, Chris. The last time I was in Railay, the beaches were so overcrowded, especially Phra Nang Beach. Maybe Tonsai beach would be a better option. Personally, I prefer Klong Muang Beach, with this small beautiful island you can walk too at the west end of the beach. Very different to Railay, but what a scenery!
I dont know now but 2004 Tonsai was super chill out plaza to be. I can see all the beach side hippie bars has gone. Daytime climbers went up to rock top and evening they did a base jump to the beach.
Was Adam your drone guy? Beautiful beach and resort. Thanks for the tour. It's so sad the tourist are still being kept away by restrictions. Hopefully things open up soon. Thanks Chris Parker
I was in Ao Nang last February and went to Tonsai, West Railey and Phra Nang beaches. Tonsai was definitely the quietest of the 3 but there were a few people there
Same here, 2010 first and only time I went there, it really developed... I think I paid like 100 bath a night in the jungle at the time... Lovely bars in Tonsai btw with a variety of chill delicatessen :)
We visited Tonsai last March just before lockdown, and it was really empty then, just before the world stopped. I lay in a hammock at the beach bar there thinking ‘when will I ever get to be in a place like this with so few people again?’ Paradise, real chill vibe. Thanks Chris!
Brilliant inclusion of drone footage! (Though the quad prop buzz noise is quite polluting at the end). Good thing you're making/inventorying this content now while few folks are around.
I spend time at there every year before for climbing and relax peoples there very nice we feel like family then i decided to move stay ao nang and never think to leave there again until now
Thanks Chris another great video. And thanks for telling us about budget accommodation this time. Many of your previous recommendations were way out of my expense range. I am living in Thailand on a small pension from Canada. As you know the Canadian dollar does not stand up well against the Thai baht. When I first came to Thailand it would only cost me about $3 CAD for 100 baht BUT now by the time I pay the exchange rates and the money transfer rates it costs me almost $5 Canadian dollars for 100 baht. So thanks for showing us the lodging in the jungle area. I can fit that kind of place into my budget. :-)
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What's your favorite beach in Thailand?
Kor samet for me
Koh Ma, you were just there!
Koh Poda... with Railay right up there too.
Railay, Lamai Koh Samui, and Ao Nang Beach. Pretty while any beach in Thailand are great 👍
Chaloklum on Koh phangan
My girlfriend and I hung out in Railay Beach about ten years ago. Epic. Beautiful. We stayed on the east side for the more affordable prices, and just walked though to the west side whenever we wanted. Lots of rain during our stay, but a lot of chill fun in the sun too, with incredible beauty surrounding us at all times.
East side is way far more expensive than west😉
@@luceinbattaglia9425 Not accurate .. in my experience. Chris even says how the east side is less expensive in one of his Railay vids. Go watch. :)
Railay its my favorite place in whole thailand. Amazing ! Positive vibration in the air. A nice and not expensive hotel its the “avatar”. They have a “9” in booking.com
Planning a two month stay! This place is now on the list.
2 months, nice! 👍
Hope you enjoyed Thai beach 😊
this is a great idea for a video series. being able to film them empty, and with drone footage, is fantastic too.
drop the mention of the dreaded 'c---vid' chat (i think we all know the deal by now) as i gather it gets picked up and can lower the chances of being ad friendly.
@@DW-lx9wt thanks for the tip D W
Thank you Chris for taking your time to create your always entertaining and meaningful videos. You exemplify the respectful and decent way all of us should treat each other. Be patient Chris, you WILL REACH ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS well before you expect it. You’ve got that Kanadian Karma. All the best to you and your family.
wow Fred, thanks! i hope you are right!
Being stranded on a bay is like being stuck on a Paradise. Great work.
THE MOST WONDERFUL NEWS FOR BEGINNERS LIKE ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR KIND UNDERSTANDING.
4 years ago I stayed in tonsai beach (chill out) and it is the most peaceful place in Thailand, surrounded by pure jungle and amazing people!
What digs did you stay in?
@@risefromyourpain chill out bungalows
I'm Thai and can say that this is a good video reviewing. Your recommendation is much useful for foreigners. We will wait for the normal travel situation comming back then. Thanks
Thank you Chris - you really are WORKING, not just for us but for the entire Thai tourist industry.
👋🏻👋🏻😊Looks so peaceful and quiet there. Need to get there ASAP to relax our house is a mad house right now with kids and their friends.🤪🤪
Stay safe🙏 and Stay great😎.
this beach is the ultimate in isolated relaxation.
Yes please Chris! Keep em coming can’t wait to see Thailand again !
🙌👍
The island selection around Krabi is
super neat - all the island beaches and beaches in general in THL are first class - something for everyone
Thanks CP 🇦🇺👍🙏
you are most welcome Ant!
Fantastic beach idea, thanks for video.
🇹🇭🇬🇧👍
my pleasure iomtilt!
Beach series will be a treat. Thanks
The video quality in these is absolutely stunning. Wonderful job and great idea for a series.
Loved the cheap place in the jungle, reminds me of my old 80 baht a nice bungalow in Samui back in the 90s
I’m sorry to say, Chris, as far as Tonsai is considered you’re perhaps 8-10 years too late. Tonsai was amazing back then, very laidback and not a single resort property developer to be spotted. There were little bamboo cafe’s/restaurants directly on the beach. Plenty of ‘Happy’ dishes to eat and psytrance music to vibe to through the night.
I was shocked when I returned to Tonsai a few years ago, it had lost all of its magical charm. Sure, it looks nice and family-friendly but it’s previous hippy vibe has been completely steamrolled over by commercial property development.
I just completed my second stay at the Tinidee. In November I stayed 1 night and 2 nights this month. I found it originally due to this video. It's a nice quiet place. Tonsai Bay Resort has picked up quite a bit since November. Sadly the back side is still fairly abandoned. Be sure to eat at Mama's Chicken.
Man. I was there in 2007 it was so nice back then. Now I don’t know. Planing my next trip for 2024 and thanks for making this video, so I won’t be disappointed when I’m back at tonsai. Loved this 150baht bamboo huts 😅
The best there is! Keep rockin', Chris!
i will try Aaron!
@@RetiredWorkingForYou You've already provided incredible content and value! Everything beyond now is just gravy. :)
A beauty beach and some nice pads.
Glad to have found your channel while being stuck at home in Montréal! Thanks for your videos! Cheers
Spent a week here Feb 2010. Can confirm - super chill! Thanks for the video and bringing back some great memories.
Our pleasure!
I stayed on Tonsai for a week in 2007. Slept right where Tinidee resort is now, but the property was owned by a Canadian guy from Vancouver named Titus, and he had just set up tents you could rent nightly for like 50 baht. He had an outdoor movie theatre set up where that big tree hanging over the beach is, we’d all just chill and watch movies at night. Saw a base jumper eat shit off that big cliff, too, but he was okay in the end haha
This is great idea Chris!
It will be useful for everyone interested in coming to Thailand Thanks for sharing
The Chill Out bungalows are perfect.
Wow C.E.O very nice place ! For meditation and to cut out the busy live for a week or tow wow !!
Krabi looks beautiful
“Lord of the Flies” lol cracked me up 🤣 epic beach
Thanks Chris for showing us this awesome place agian. Can't wait to see more of these beautiful places, keep them comming Parker!
Thank you for sharing a variety of location in your videos. I hope to visit Thailand when the pandemic is over and you have showed me a variety of places from the busy to calm place to chill.
Love the walk around. Got a great feel for the place and accomodation 👍
Treasure island! Amazing!
Hi Chris, thank you so much for another wonderful look into these deserted paradise destinations, our favourite beach from the past was the main beach in Kho Tao. We are hoping to go to Paradise beach in Phuket, dancing and then to Kho Phi Phi for a week so hope you will show us a glimpse of these two places at some stage, after this video though it looks as though Krabi may have to be added to the list of must visit destinations. Keep up these wonderful videos and enjoy these quiet moments in the land of smiles your efforts are spreading the love.
WOW ! You are making miss Thailand so much with all your vids Chris !
I love every minute of this video! I’ve never been to Krabi - this video totally made me feel like I should go there when things get better!! Thanks for sharing this entertaining and informative video! 🤍✨
This was a BRILLIANT video, thank you so much. You did great work here mate, one of your best I think.
Nice video. I saw this place from a boat a few years ago. They were transferring visitors to the beach. I had NO idea.
Thanks
Great content and thank you for all your videos. More more more!
Really great video taking us through the place and options. Thanks!
I love this video, and would really enjoy seeing many more like this! Great info, entertaining and very thorough! You da man Chris!
oh cool. i'll do more then Jimmy!
Can Confirm, I was stuck on Tonsai Beach until late May 2020. There is a trail through the jungle to Railay and you can walk on low tide from Railay to Krabi.
It was a fantastic time!
Give more details. How did you pass your time? stuck inside or???
0h wow.....amazing!!!! Thanks for the confirmation man! What was it like?
Well, I spent most of my time rock climbing, lounging on the beach, snorkeling and fishing for squid from kayak. There was a period when we weren’t supposed to be climbing but it wasn’t enforced in Tonsai. We generally stuck to the cliffs back in the jungle to avoid being seen by boats in the bay. Really, it was like the crowds cleared out in March and we had paradise all to ourselves for 3 months.
@@UPnySKATE4FuN A special slice of life, difficult period for all but you made the most of it!
How long is the walk on the trail from Tonsai to Railay/?
My favorite was beach on Ko Poda 👌
i've never been there. thanks for the tip!
Always bringing something diffrent to us each and every time amazing work
thanks michael!
Great video. Always wanted to fo to go to Koh Sumui with my Thai wife. Just what I want. Hopefully early 2022 will be back in Thailand after getting the vaccine in Australia. Miss wife and kids but what is keeping me going is that its not far away. Miss and love Thailand so much. Joop.Thanks Chis so much for your videos. Means so much for me because it gives me at least something during these hard times.
Hey there. I stayed in Ao Nang last year just before all this went down and spent a day on Railay. Absolutely gorgeous place. Tonsai looks great too. Definitely want to go back soon.
Chrisss!!! You dit it again: put a smile on my face buddy! Thanks for this wonderful review, cooperation with the drone pilot, it looked all sooo professional and most of all... your enthusiasm!! Your great and a true ambassador of Thailand!!
Good place to peaceful receation.
Yea looks great👍👍
Thank you for taking me to the beach in Thailand miss home so much
Man, nostalgia as I recall my weeks stay at railey, thx a ton
C'est mon endroit préféré ! j'espère un jour y retourner.
I subscribe to your channel because of your sense of humor and your unique vlogging style😀😀😀
Crist,I want you to become a ministry of touristic of Thailand.You actually know the tourist places more than us.
Thanks so much for reviewing our Tinidee Tonsai Resort!
Brilliant Video Chris ... Thank you from the UK.
That's real heaven,it's good for retire people and perople who want real calm.
👍👍
Great if you could visit and show us some of the amazing lesser known islands around Thailand, for example the Trat Islands, Ko Muk, Ko Ngai, Ko Kradan, Ko Rok. I was on Ko Ngai about 15 years ago for a few days it was heaven on earth😎
Tonsai is so beautiful I have kayaked there a few times. Great video thanks Chris.
oh, nice to hear you have been there.....cool!
@@RetiredWorkingForYou no wonder you had your Honeymoon there it’s so quiet and beautiful, I have eaten at that resort before.
Beautiful 💓🥰 I am loving it
You are the lucky one to be in my country right now.I am jealous, that’s very nice place.
HI CHRIS I REALLY LIKE YOUR VIDEOS THEY ARE FUN AND INFORMATIVE!
let's zip dap, lep dapt dupe! closing strong!! keep up the great work!
great vlog chris very nice beach lucky guy drone assistant did a great job to cheers
Great content comparing some options on Tonsai Beach, Chris. Loved the integration of the drone footage. That limestone cliff is massive. Really puts things in perspective. I'll consider Tonsai Beach in the future when Mrs. J and I need to get away. Thanks.
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It seems you love going back to Krabi beaches as often as you can, Chris. The last time I was in Railay, the beaches were so overcrowded, especially Phra Nang Beach. Maybe Tonsai beach would be a better option. Personally, I prefer Klong Muang Beach, with this small beautiful island you can walk too at the west end of the beach. Very different to Railay, but what a scenery!
That drone footage at the end is amazing!
👍👍
Fantastic footage... definitely on the bucket list.
I dont know now but 2004 Tonsai was super chill out plaza to be. I can see all the beach side hippie bars has gone. Daytime climbers went up to rock top and evening they did a base jump to the beach.
Thanks for the video Chris very useful and hopefully will be able to visit there for a night later this year.
Love the beaches in krabi ❤❤🇹🇭🇹🇭👍
🙌👍
really love your videos and your personality ,great job dude
Was Adam your drone guy?
Beautiful beach and resort. Thanks for the tour.
It's so sad the tourist are still being kept away by restrictions.
Hopefully things open up soon.
Thanks Chris Parker
God's gift to be stuck in Tonsai for a rock climber. Lucky guys💪🦁I❤️Tonsai
That was an awesome vlog Chris. Tonsai Beach is now on my list of places to visit on my next trip to Thailand. Cheers from Australia. 🤘🇦🇺🤘
I was in Ao Nang last February and went to Tonsai, West Railey and Phra Nang beaches. Tonsai was definitely the quietest of the 3 but there were a few people there
I like your Canadian accent. Easy to understand for me.
Good vibe and stunning views indeed.
It really is!
@@RetiredWorkingForYou Please take care and have a nice day.
TBH Railay is a massive fav, we have bn lucky to go other places in Thailand, but cannot remember a beach sticking in my head🤷♂️
I watched a lot of your videos. This is probably the best style. Keep it up! 👏
Awesome video, Chris, Just imagine "stranded" at an amazing beach.
Man, I'd love to see some of your wedding pics. You two must have been even more beautiful.
Same here, 2010 first and only time I went there, it really developed... I think I paid like 100 bath a night in the jungle at the time...
Lovely bars in Tonsai btw with a variety of chill delicatessen :)
Awesome video. Always open for options to drop the family off whilst I head to the MotoGP in Buriram 👍
Always enjoy your Videos! Chris
Thank You for Sharing
We visited Tonsai last March just before lockdown, and it was really empty then, just before the world stopped. I lay in a hammock at the beach bar there thinking ‘when will I ever get to be in a place like this with so few people again?’ Paradise, real chill vibe. Thanks Chris!
NIce, I need to visit this place!
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Brilliant inclusion of drone footage! (Though the quad prop buzz noise is quite polluting at the end). Good thing you're making/inventorying this content now while few folks are around.
Thanks Tom. I'll try and keep the drone a bit further away in future vids in this series.
Cool drone footage at the end
Epic!
Great job man! This series is going to become your most popular.
Someday you and I will enjoy a couple Leo's on this beach.
I hope so!
Love the creativity with the cameras.
I spend time at there every year before for climbing and relax peoples there very nice we feel like family then i decided to move stay ao nang and never think to leave there again until now
Please, go to railay beach. Do the 04 islands tour and the hong island tour. Unforgetable !
Oh yeah! Paradise.
Thanks Chris another great video. And thanks for telling us about budget accommodation this time. Many of your previous recommendations were way out of my expense range. I am living in Thailand on a small pension from Canada. As you know the Canadian dollar does not stand up well against the Thai baht. When I first came to Thailand it would only cost me about $3 CAD for 100 baht BUT now by the time I pay the exchange rates and the money transfer rates it costs me almost $5 Canadian dollars for 100 baht.
So thanks for showing us the lodging in the jungle area. I can fit that kind of place into my budget. :-)
Krabi has very nice beaches!
some of the best!
@@RetiredWorkingForYou I agree
Looks like you really enjoy the super hot Thai weather🙏 Sawat dee kap and enjoy!!!
it's too hot these days though!
I stayed at a beach north of Ao Nang - took the longtail to Raileigh beach for a day. Met wonderful swedish girls there.
Thank you for showing us this areas.
You bet
Wow! This is one of the most beautiful place for my vacation. I really like it :)