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Have you taken a look at the accommodation page in our Krabi section?

2somtam2000
yes, I have. Still, it is not quite clear which is peaceful :)

2travelrock
we fly in on 23 oct from BAngkok to krabi airport.
can go anywhere around Krabi, but would like to stay for 3 days in a good place, at the coast (i guess all of them are at the cost :). Not too long to get to.

Try Ko Jum. You can take the sharetaxi/songthaew from outside the airport to nuakhlong.Then to LaemKhruat.
See post "Which Island to go to in November?"

There are no Hotels on KoJum; only Bungalows.
For the perfect Birthday: KoJumLodge; very nice but expensive:SeaViewCottage 3000Baht.
Also nice: Woodland Lodge:500-800Baht; Ao Si Bungalows:400-800 Baht; Oon Lee:400-800Baht.
there are about 15 Places to stay on the Island; some very basic; some hard to get to.

The so-called Andaman/GoldenPearl Beach is the longest Beach on the Island where most of the resorts are.
OonLee has only a small stretch of beach in front but about 10min. away by foot there is a fantastic deserted beach.
Find out all about Ko Jum here: kohjumonline.com

I'm a Jum fan - I honestly think the North Beach is closest to Bounty style, but there are are only budget style bungalows there.
Ting Ray and Onlee at the middle beach have gained a lot of good posts on travel forums in the past, and these places have better grade bungalows.
I stayed at Season Bungalows on Golden Pearl, a nice place with a range of bungalow styles.
I'm not absolutely sure, but I think the longtail taxi boats go across to Jum on demand from Luam Kruat.

For my favourite Bounty style beach in the Krabi district in low season check TRAVELFISH for oft praised Phi Phi's Toh Koh Bungalows on the laid back sheltered east coast. I have a fair bit of info and pix on the Newspaper Article page in the link below.

No problems walk-in in late October/early-mid Oct. Note that some ferries don't start running until November - although I think I read somewhere that Lanta-Phi Phi kicks in in mid/late Oct.

It might be possible to find a local to take you there but the rate may be very high. Also it gets dark after 18.00 and going by boat in the dark is not recommended. Stay one night in Krabi; enjoy the nightmarket and take the 13.00 boat. Then there will be enough time left to have a look at several bungalow-places.
The boat leaving laem kruat is actually some kind of large speedboat with a hood; bring earplugs.

There is a small rather touristic nightmarket at the old pier in town and there is a larger one at maharat 10 road; both are easy to reach by foot.

Just go back to Krabi. Zillions of options there.

Thanks to all you guys for help very much! Just got back from Thailand.
Been to Ko Jum, Krabi (ao nang), Phi-Phi, Phuket (patong, karon, kata, nai yang beaches), couple days is Bangkok.
Answering my own question: best for peaceful is Ko Jum (really wonderful), and Nai Yang beach of Phuket (right near the airport, long, deserted. Thai people spend their week-end there).
Best wishes to all.
If have questions - welcome to ask :)

Ko Jum - Andaman beach "Woodland Lodge" bungalow 500 and 800 tb\night
Phi Phi - Ao Po beach "Last Paradise" 500 tb\night (very basic), "Phe-Phe beach resort" at Long beach 8800 tb\3 nights.
Nai Yong - Nai Yong House 600\night

Sorry, the second guy in Ao Poh is Thibalt