Blogs from Ko Lipe, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 10

Hi hope everyone back home is doing ok. Its taken me ages to upload pictures in this internet cafe so I'll keep the text short on this one and do some longer blogs from Bangkok next week. Ko Lipe is in the Ko Tarutao National Marine Park and is an amazing place! After a 7 hour boat journey from Ko Lanta through stunning scenary to the Maylasian border it was more sun, sea and sand! The accomodation at the Varin was superb, the people are really friendly, barbecues and bars on the beach, lovely little village with shops and no sign of any rain so far! Its Friday morning at the moment and I'm back in Lanta on Long beach, going on a trip to the Emerald Cave 2moro on Ko Mook then its a big ... 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

I just spent a good chunk of time uploading pictures, so I'm just gonna be brief again, and I'll cover more ground when we blog again in the next couple of days. Tarutao was amazing. Deserted... unspoilt... wild... exactly what we had hoped for from that island. And now we're on Lipe, which is kind of what we'd hoped Railay would be. Mellow, sleepy vibe, but still some stuff to do, and places to go hang out in the evenings. I would call it the "Chiang Mai of the South Andaman" if anybody wouldn't think I was a total douche-bag for saying something like that. We spent last week camping on our own little stretch of beach, hiking around amongst monkeys and monitor lizards during the day, and swimming with the phosphorescent algae in the evening. ... read more

Today we arrived in paradise! We made it! We took a flight to Krabi in Southern Thailand which went without a hitch and beat sitting on a bus. On the 14/11 we took a ferry to Koh Phi Phi - a small island with no roads. It was a really nice island but over developed for its size. We managed to get ourselves a nice, if a little dilapidated, chalet with views over looking the crystal blue water and white sands. Due to a problem with our dilapidated chalet we were upgraded to the executive suit free of charge. Woo hoo! We only ended up spending three days on Phi Phi due to it being quite crowded and expensive. During that time we did a sunset boat trip around the various uninhabited islands and visited the ... read more

Autant vous dire tout de suite, qu'il n'y a rien d'extraordinaire à raconter sur notre séjour à Koh Lipe! Nous n'avons que savouré le temps qui s'écoulait tout au long de ce fantastique dix jours passés en bordure de mer. Donc n'ayant ni aventure, ni péripétie à vous écrire, nous avons pensé vous décrire une journée typique de notre routine à Koh Lipe. Il est 9:00 du matin et nous nous réveillons tranquillement au son des "longs tails boats" qui circulent nombreux à cette heure-ci. La chaleur accablante, dans notre petit bungalow au toit de fer, nous confirme une autre belle journée au soleil de plomb. 9:15, à peine sortis de notre lit recouvert d'un filet (indispensable, car il nous évite la rencontre avec plusieurs colocataires indésirables), nous marchons à peine 100 mètres avant de se ... read more