Blogs from Ko Phi Phi Don, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 2

Getting out of Koh Lanta was as easy as pie. A simple minibus to the pier and a one way ticket on the ferry ($300b) for the two hour journey to Koh Phi Phi smack in the middle of the Andaman Sea. With great beauty comes great crowds and this place was an eleven. Some of the most striking beaches I've been privileged to see call this place home, even with the hordes of tourists that were basking upon them. No wonder it was chosen to be home to the set of THE independent traveler's' movie "The Beach". I had now found myself firmly planted in the eye of the tourist storm that is Thailand. Koh Phi Phi is truly a spectacular place. The soft sheltered bays with long stretches of powder white sands can even ... read more

I am currently writing this post aboard the dingiest boat I've ever been on. We are en route to Ko Lanta and we couldn't be happier! That being said, our last day in Phi Phi has been my favourite day of the trip so far! We got a boat trip along with 15 other people around the islands. We saw Monkey Beach, Viking Cave, Maya Bay, Shark Point, Bamboo Island and a little lagoon. We spent the day snorkelling, exploring, sunbathing and seeing wild monkeys up close. A couple of highlights of the day: We were on Monkey Island, and here you get off the boat and can actually touch/feed the monkeys, however you do this at your own risk, they are after all wild! A guy on our boat was semi antagonising the monkeys, trying ... read more

Hit and Run, six countries, one month, two girls! We have a month off school for winter break. A whole month to explore Asia. After looking at a lot of different routes and working out the best one financially, Val and I decided to go to Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, The Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. Unfortunately the Irish had friends from home coming for part of the holiday so couldn't join us so they spent two weeks island hoping in Thailand. Our first stop was Krabi. We were only there a night before getting a boat to Ko Phi Phi where we were staying for five nights. Once we were checked in to our hotel on Phi Phi island we went to the beach. It was the 16th of January and we were in the sea, it ... read more

With our newly formed Thailand family we decided to go a bit more up market and look for some fancy private rooms a bit further out from the main beach on Phi Phi. We decided on Maney's Resort which was about a 7/10 minute walk from the pier. There are no vehicles at all on the island, not one bicycle or moped in sight, just shit loads of human traffic. Thankfully someone from the resort came to meet us with a "wheelbarrow" for our bags. We probably should have done a bit more research as we were in for a nasty surprise when we arrived at the hostel. The wooden bungalows were beautifully situated in the midst of an uphill jungle scenery, staggered about 20m uphill. Of course, our bungalow was the very top one, and ... read more

Hi After two tranquil weeks on the magical island of Koh Lanta I headed on to phi phi islands. Lanta really lived up to all my expectations and I will definitely return. Fantastic quiet beaches, a slow pace of life combined with great little restaurants on the beach, the possibility to watch the sunset pretty much every night well it hardly gets any better then this. What a different feeling I faced when I arrived on Ko phi phi don, a bussing pier with people everywhere especially back packers who comes out here to dive and enjoy the night life. I was only here for two days so I thought I better make the most of it and booked myself on to a seven hour speed boat trip. I got to see all the sights and ... read more