Another Fine Way

Railay is an incredibly beautiful place tucked away in a small peninsula in Krabi, Thailand. My reaction the first time I saw it was, “Oh my God, I can’t believe this was real.” Everyone else I’ve been there with has said the same thing. The way the limestone cliffs jut into the air seem to defy gravity.

You can’t get to Railay by car; there are no cars on Railay, and it’s small enough to walk everywhere. You’ve got to take a boat, most likely a longtail. If you’re coming from the east, you get to hop onto a pier. I was coming from the west, which meant I had to hop into knee-high water, with everything I own in this world strapped to my back! (This was when I felt my decision to get a bag that not only rolled but could convert into a backpack was truly vindicated.)

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In Ao Nang and Krabi town, Thailand. You really feel a difference in when you hit Southern Thailand. The pace is slower, more relaxed. There’s a large muslim population, so you see headscarves and hear prayer calls and see mosques, along with the requisite Buddhist temples.

Ao Nang’s a classic beach town, with a bit less hustle and bustle than Phuket.

I did a little bit of work, a bit of sightseeing, mainly just settling in. I started to forget which day of the week it was, which is a feeling i hadn’t had in years.

Hi. I’m Chris. I’m doing a thing. This thing already had a name before I did it. they called it being a digital nomad.

I’d like to think I had the idea swirling about in my mind before “digital nomad” entered the zeitgeist. Not in any sense of trying to brag. I think that’s a common sort of experience, not unlike my friend who had the idea of a “automatic cat box cleaner” before he realized such a thing existed.

But “digital nomad” is a thing, and I do find it terribly convenient to trot it out as an explanation whenever anyone asks what on earth it is I’m doing. I also find it to be an incredible gift that so many others are doing something so similar, such that there’s now infrastructure for it; so that I can go to the quiet island of Ko Lanta in rural Thailand, and fully expect blazing-fast wifi and all the other trappings one needs to get work done, courtesy of the folks at Kohub.

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