Blogs from Ko Lipe, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 6

After more than a week in Langkawi I crossed the broder to Thailand and right now I'm in an amazing Ko Lipe island. I've heard so much about it from fellow travellers, I needed to see it for myself :) I'll spend here a month or so as it's so relaxing and the clarity of the water is just insane :o) Accomodation isn't as expensive as everybody said it would be - but food is more expensive and the portions are tiny :) I'm planning to go on a few snorkling trips, train and swim everyday and just relax :) ... read more

Stellt Euch eine Stunde Achterbahn in der Waschanlage vor, dann wisst Ihr ungefaehr wie unsere Fahrt mit dem Speedboat vom malaysischen Langkawi zur thailaendischen Insel Ko Lipe ablief. Es hatte bereits seit zwei Tagen ununterbrochen geregnet, was um diese Jahreszeit eher ungewoehnlich ist, auch wenn es sich noch um das Ende der Regenzeit handelt. Entsprechend windig und stuermig war es auf der etwa einstuendigen Fahrt. Durch die hohe Geschwindigkeit wurde der Effekt von Regen- und Mehrwasser noch verstaerkt, das vergleichsweise kleine Speedboat sprang mehr als einmal aus dem Wasser und wir wurden von oben bis unten hin pitschnass. Dabei hat es uns und die Andamanenkueste in Suedwestthailand sogar noch relativ glimpflich getroffen. Der mehrtaegige Regenfall hat in Suedthailand und Nordmalaysia zu den schlimmsten Ueberschwemmungen seit Jahrzehnten gefuehrt. Die Stadt Hat Yai, gerade mal ... read more

So, second blog of my travels... On Tuesday morning Lara and I went island hopping to 3 islands on a speedboat, despite the rain and grey clouds over the sea. The 'speedboat' was not quite what I had imagined and appeared to be and felt like it was falling to bits...we were being thrown around like rag dolls and getting absolutely soaked, but it was fun. The first island was Palau Dayang Bunting (Geoforest National Park) famous for the Lake of Pregnant Maiden, where legend has it drinking from the lake improves womens' fertility Unfortunately (or, maybe, fortunately!), we didn't manage to reach the lake on the other side of the island as we spent most of our time there being attacked by monkeys. Unknown to us, we were actually on "Monkey Island" - so a ... read more

Hey everyone! Just wanted to say thanks for the comments! And I'm really sorry about the pictures but its not that easy to upload them as my files are huge and there is no way to convert them and bla bla bla....! But yeah i am having a great time spending one more day on Ko Lipe and then moving to another Island Basically starting all way south and gonna island hop our way up! Sounds fun ey? Anyways its gorgeous here everything is magical except for the mosquitos which just hover around you waiting for the insect repellent to wear off haha! Anyways thats it from me! Love you all! xxxxxxx ... read more

Koh Lipe The first day we left by speed boat to Trang about an hour ride through islands to the mainland. It was beautiful with many different islands and the crystal clear waters. After waiting on the dock in Trang for an hour we got on a bigger boat for a 2 ½ trip to Koh Lipe. This island is another one that we were told about by others. When we arrived the beach was so shallow that we were taken off the big boat by longtail boat to the shore where you had to walk through water with your suitcase to the beach. Again the beach was covered in boats, which are extremely loud in the morning and distract too much from the beauty of the beach leaving a bad taste in your mouth for ... read more