Blogs from Ko Lipe, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 8

After several months of dreary weather in good old Britain we are on the road again. This time we are catching up with Sharon and Scott on Ko Lipe, Thailand. Reputed to be the nearest thing to a deserted tropical island. The big down side to this island is the time it takes to get here. 16 hours on a plane, (well 2 planes to be exact) 4 hours wait in Bangkok Airport, 2 hours on another plane to the south of Thailand, taxi ride to Hat Yai then a 2 1/2 bus ride to the port of Pak Bara. All this followed by a 4 hour ferry ride. Last but not least transfer in mid-sea onto a longtail boat to drop us onto the beach as there is no jetty on Ko Lipe. Hopefully it ... read more

Took the 7 hour boat trip from Ko Lanta to Ko Lippe which was part of a national marine park and one of the last islands before you enter Malaysian waters. The boat trip was beautiful, some of the islands really did resemble paradise. Ko Lippe was a tiny island which you could walk around in 40 mins. Our accomodation was again one of the worst we'd stayed in. It smelt of damp and severe body odour (not a good combination), and again we had a frog for company in our bathroom. We spent two night here both of them really quiet, we did splash out on food both nights trying to spend our remaining Baht before we left Thailand. We spent the 2 days, walking around the island finding the most luxurous beach in the ... read more

So , it's raining and I decided to reflect on two incidences that took more time to relay. Please, if you don't want to here about toilets, don't read the second part! We had to spend a single night in Bangkok ( weeks ago) for Alex’s follow up appt and followed the Lonely Planet’s advice, which has been good so far. We arrived at our destination , Ayutthaya Hotel, which was really quite sleek looking, with teak furniture out front and flowers and green plants spilling over into the walk ways. Upon entering the lobby, Alex noticed what appeared to be the reception desk, manned by one rather surly looking Thai woman. Now, she was adding up some numbers on a sheet of paper, but was otherwise unoccupied. We approached the counter with our backpacks strapped ... read more

As Alex said, we made it! We're on the island of Ko Lipe in the National Marine Park of Taurutao. Our little bungalow is quite literally 20 feet from the emerald water of the Andaman. Long tail boats troll the osland in search of passengers day and night, though it is possible to walk around it in less than an hour. In short, it's gorgeous! We went snorkeling for hours yesterday in a shallow protected cove and got a slight sunburn, so today we simply sat on the porch of our bamboo bungalow and read. This is the life. Tarutao was very different. We took a packed ferry boat from Pak Bara that makes several stops, and out of maybe 40 people, only 4 got off the ferry. The boat dropped us at the pier at ... read more

Hey, we're alive... for parents and such. Real big blog to follow in next 2 days. Tarutao was amazing. Now we're on Ko Lipe. But this connection is beyond suck. My ridiculous tan and washboard abs are gonna blow everybody away in the next set of pictures. Kisses!... from Bronzon Hardbody PS Dan's Kung Fu Sucks... read more

This blog by Lucas: Koh Lipe was everything I thought Thailand would be - in my pre-conceived notions of an idyllic, untouched beach - but could not quite find on slightly over-developed and over-touristed Ko Lanta, Ko Phi Phi and Railay. All of the beaches on the Andaman side of Thailand are ridiculously beautiful, but Koh Lipe retains that unjaded, no-tour-package, simple island chill that we all desire to escape to (while wasting away in a small grey cubicle...) After a 3 hour speedboat from Ko Lanta, we managed to find a nice bungalow right on the beach for $14 a night. For the record, our porch was exactly 18 strides to the water in high tide, and 122 strides in low tide. We explored the entire length and width of the island in under an ... read more