http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Thailand , South-West Thailand , Ko Lipe en-us Sun, 26 May 2013 01:00:24 +0000 Sun, 26 May 2013 01:00:24 +0000 Since our last blog we have managed to travel half the country from South to North. We39re now sitting here in our super posh overnight bus to Chiang Mai and type this over due blog. Before we recap our last 10 days or so we just want to mention how incredibly amazing these long haul buses are We took a 9 hour bus from Surat Thani to Bangkok today 500BHT each. They fed us snacksdrinks..p http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-771761.html ltgtltxmlgt ltoOfficeDocumentSettingsgt ltoAllowPNGgt ltoOfficeDocumentSettingsgtltxmlgtltgtThis is quite a long blog so it might be an idea to settle in with a nice cup of tea and a biscuitWe started this trip with a 12 hour wait in between our flight arriving into Suvarnabhumi airport and our next departing from Don Muang airportplenty of time to hea http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-763609.html Where we went Bangkok we spent the most time here seeing monuments walking around kohsan road taking tuk tuks and took one day trip our day trip was to the floating market so hot that day where we were paddled through the market on a long boat bought cheesy plates with our pictures on them had an amazing lunch of chicken BBQ pork egg well Chris had the egg rice cilantro chilies http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-714971.html I39ve uploaded 79 pictures 3 videos...is there really need to write anything about our adventure...well...where should I start First thing first the host of the week the Forra diving Liveaboard. This is a first for Tiffany and Leslie we spent 3 nights and 4 days on our way between Koh Lipe and Koh Phi Phi with main stops in Hin MuangHin Daeng as well as Koh Ha. This is also my 11th livea http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-711238.html We spent only one night onland in Koh Lipe. So on this entry you won39t see any diving pictures...as this is our next entry.We came here in May 2011 and at the time I had only one regret...not to have discovered Koh Lipe earlier. I was also scared that Koh Lipe would be on a fast track to become another ugly Phi Phi development. Rest reassured...nothing much has happened yet....and that39s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-710938.html Nick has put together this video of our time in Koh Lipe Thailand. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-692281.html Next stop The island of Ko Lipe its more or less the most southerly island before the Malaysian border. We left the island of Ko Ngai on Friday and headed to Satun wed been told that it was possible to go to the Tamalang Pier there and get our Thai visa renewed so we figured once that was done we could go off to Ko Lipe but I was sceptical. The boat to Ko Lipe left at 12.30 so in case of http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-690445.html Our time here on the beach has come to an end and so quickly it seems We experienced a HUGE tropical storm a few days ago. Thunder crashed right above our bungalows Very scary Even with ear plugs an eye mask and a boyfriend to cuddle The next day we had planned to hike on Koh Adang but it was still raining in the morning so we had to wait until the following day. The island of Adan http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-690265.html 070212Visa run to MalaysiaWe were nearly at the end of our 15 day visa so we had to head over the border to Malaysia to exit Thailand then reenter to get an extra 15 day stamp on our visa. The country of Burma is closer with their border cross at Ranong but it had hassle written all over it for example you have to catch a long tail boat across the water from Thailand to the Burma border which http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-688552.html Today is our third day on Koh Lipe Thailand. We have now officially become beached whales Not so much in the physical sense... But certainly mentally Actually perhaps a more accurate description would be beached sponges We arrived Tuesday but unfortunately about 5 hours later than we expected. No fault but our own... We I misread our ferry tickets and thought our boat from Langkawi Malaysi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-688159.html Wow we have just realised that this is already our blog number 101 But do not worry we will not stop writing some more as we have planned already interesting trips in the future. But let39s come back to our short trip to MalaysiaThailand.Our next island on our self organised island hopping tour was Koh Lipe. From Koh Bulon we took a speedboat which brought us to the shores of Koh Lipe in http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-687662.html http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-684916.html Det har varit mycket latande nu. Liten terblick Vi valde att leta oss vidare frn sydstranden ni vet dr alla mn antingen var transor eller sg ut som Ardy Strwer till ett stlle dr man fr mer fr pengarna och tog en tuktukbt till stra stranden Sunrise beach. Drmstllet Serendipity var ver budget och Power beach p andra platsen hade fullt s de hjlpte oss till e http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-684770.html Klockan r sju och jag sitter p stranden och ter frukost. Eric sover d han nog brjar bli frkyld. Det var vrsta ovdret igr med ska och strtregn. Men i dag ser det ut att bli underbart Kram http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-684343.html Ett tips r att inte ka till Koh Lipe utan att ha bokat hotell innan. Efter mycket om och men och strul med SEB banken har vi nu hamnat i paradiset. Vi bor p Andaman och frutom lite halvsur och icke engelsksprkig personal s r lget himmelskt. Bifogar bilder s ni fr se. Skriv grna i gstboken s att vi vet att ngon lser annars knns det lite ondigt. Puss http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-684237.html Vi har landat p Koh Lipe.Frst togvi bten frn Ao Nang hann med i sista minuten. Sen kom vi till Koh Lanta efter 2timmar och tog bten till Koh Lipe ven denna hann vi med med noll marginal. Solen sken och bten guppade och vistick sitta bland allt bagage. Lite brk blev det p bten d en engelsk familj tyckte att dom bar vrda mer plats n oss andra. Lite fuck you etc blev http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-684164.html Upon landing in Bangkok it was quickly obvious that we were in a city and world completely different from anything we had previously experienced. The same challenges that accompany traveling were compounded by the inability to speak understand or make any sense of the squiggles that make up the written language. And thus it took us almost three hours from when we deplaned to figure out how to g http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-681074.html Sawadikap meine LiebenAm 3. Januar sind wir also zu unserer kleinen Inselrundreise aufgebrochen. Mit dem Speedboat geht es auf zum ersten Ziel Koh Ngai. Die kleine verschlafene Insel liegt rund eine halbe Stunde Bootsfahrt sdlich von Lanta und ist eine beliebte Destination fr HoneyMooner. Bekannt ist die Insel hierbei vor allem fr die vorwiegend im April stattfindenden UnterwasserHochz http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-678444.html Packing for Thailand is great Shoes dont bother. Jacket nah. Pants one pair max. Socks only if you plan on wearing them with your sandals bad idea Which leaves room for extra bottles of sunscreen aftersun lotion because your gonna burn no matter how much sunscreen you pack bug spray beach towels and a bottle of Sparkling for New Years Eve. 30day visa stamp upon entr http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-676290.html http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Lipe/blog-671296.html