Most people just buy a joint bus or train ticket from travel agents, who worry about all the time tables for you. We just go and don't worry about it. It's actually usually about the same price, but our way is a lot more fun and requires no advance planning. Last night we missed the last bus to Krabi from Ranong, so we took a bus that got us most of the way there, and were waiting for another bus that some random guy at a 7-11 said he thought came at 10 pm. we're waiting at a bus stop with 30 thai military guys (which is to say 30 18 year old kids), and this guy starts offering to take us to Krabi in his pickup truck for 900 baht. after a half hour or so, kyle gets him down to 300 baht (9 dollars or so), and we hop in and go. 70 miles later, we're there. I was a little worried the whole time that this guy was gonna rob us, particularly because 300 baht wouldnt pay for gas to krabi and back, but he seemed pretty nice, and he didn't. fantastic stuff. Then we end up in the seediest hotel last night, only paying 250 baht for the 3 of us though, so what the hell. today we managed to get into this fantastic hostel though, free internet, clean, nice bathrooms, cable tv (the first I've seen in thailand) for 270 baht for 3 people. less than 3 dollars per person per night. thailand, baby, thailand.