Blogs from Ko Phi Phi Don, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 12

We originally had wanted to go to Phuket down on the south of the country. However, the posh posh twat eating delivery McDonalds at my hostel in Bangkok said it was just going to be like your standard European holiday clubbing destination. So we just thought, lets head for one of Thailand's laid back hippie islands, Koh Phi Phi. I'd never heard of it before but apparently it was supposed a real backpacker experience. After 22 hours of bus, including 5 different journey legs and about 8 hours of sleep, some air conditioned some not, lots of annoying each other, two hour stops in the middle of nowhere eating pot noodles and crisps, marvelling at three legged dogs and scorpians we arrived in Phi Phi. I didn't get a first visual impression of the island as ... read more

So we arrived in Phi Phi and started the familiar search for accommodation, only this time it seem the whole island was booked up and there was no room at the inn! We eventually found the one hotel with availability for that night so we had to take it, on first impression it was ok but once again time told a different story. The sheets had these very suspicious stains on them and we were worried that it was blood from bed bug bites eeekkkk we had so far managed to avoid bed bugs. So we got out the silk sleeping bags and got very little sleep. We had to get up really early to go back to the two places that said "come back tomorrow" to see if they had any availability, but there was ... read more

Hi from Koh Phi Phi!!! The weather is not brill here today, hence the sitting in an internet cafe writing a blog! We had one last night in Koh Samui on Wednesday and splashed out on a 3 course meal at a lovely restaurant. It cost us nearly 30pounds (which is expensive for Thailand as we're used to spending about 4pound to feed us both!) We looked for a ladyboy cabaret show but the only one in Lamai beach was closed down. As we walked through the bars, Anton received a lot of attention from the Thai women - they didn't seem to care that he was with me!! Another early start to go to Phuket, so we were up at 6am :-( and after a ferry ride, followed by a bus and then a taxi ... read more

Sodeli so, jetzt binich doch tatsächlich scho wieder dihei! Die Liebe geht unergründliche Wege - nid wohr?? :-)) Nachdem ich auf dieser Halong-Bucht-Tour war kann ich also nur eines sagen: Die Natur ist wunderschön, aber die Vietnamesen kümmern sich einen Dreck - um den Dreck. Alles wird ins Wasser geworfen.... Und es ist so schade, dass man diese Inseln nicht selbständig erkunden kann. Man muss so eine doofe Touri-Tour buchen. Da ich natürlich die günstigste Variante genommen habe, wurde ich jeden Tag in eine andere Gruppe gesteckt, musste immer eine Stunde länger warten als die anderen und erwischte auch den ältesten Bus für den Transport. Aaaaber, ich hatte ein Einzelzimmer mit Klimaanlage auf dem Boot und auch in CatBa, was so eigentlich nicht gedacht war! :-))) Wie schon erwähnt, musste ich Vietnam dann unbedingt verlassen, da ... read more

We arrived on Koh Phi Phi Don and not much has changed since I was last here in 2006 other then the fact that the beach is cleaner, and a few more resorts have been built. We set out right away to find a hotel/guesthouse. We knew we’d be spending a little more than normal as Phi Phi is overly touristy. We ended up finding a fan room for 500 baht a night. After dropping our bags off we put on our swim suits and set out to explore. We walked around the main town, headed to the other side of the island (which we were told they dump sewage into the water and to not swim), and then hiked to Long Beach. We swam in the water till we saw a huge rain cloud coming ... read more