Blogs from Ko Phi Phi Don, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 7

We spent four amazing days in koh phi phi - the craziest and best island by far. After arriving at the pier following another long boat journey we soon realised that this island has no cars and we were going to have to drag our backpacks to the other side of the island. Low and behold the rain came when we were within 5 minutes of our resort. We arrived absolutely soaking wet and proceeded to the swimming pool bar aided with a couple of changs to numb the pain of another treacherous journey. That evening we headed to the beach for a few drinks and seem to have stumbled across a circus of fire dancers. The infamous slinkys bar held the most amazing fire show where extremely talented Thai guys were doing all sorts with ... read more

After a short flight over the water from Penang we were welcomed into Patong Beach with massive flooding. During our packing back in Ireland did we never thought of bringing wellies. Even the guy at the hotel desk mentioned that its weird for it to be still raining in Phuket as the rainy season should be over by now. We took it easy the first night as I was still struggling from a dodgy stomach that I got from Penang. But the second night I honestly don't know where to start. It started out normally with a few drinks, a nice Thai meal (very cheap and only cost €7 in total) and some more drinks. Than we stumbled upon what I can only call the mad street (Bangala Rd). As we walked through we were offered ... read more

The island was crowded. This was obvious from the first step off the boat that we had shared with a guy and his pet gibbon dressed in dungarees! We had a rough idea of where we wanted to stay which was useful as it was push and shove as we came down the jetty. Theres prbably a hundred Guest houses in about 2km squared. Within 2 minutes of arriving Jordan and I decided to get tattoos here so after a quick manicure we found a tattoo place we liked the look of. I had mine done and over in about an hour but Jord sat there for the rest of the night while Surf and I explored the local night life. We watched the amazing fire display at Slinkeys and met a couple of American guys ... read more

Day 95 Wednesday 19th September to Day 107 Monday 1st 2012. Thailand – Beaches, Crystal waters, Resorts, Nightclubs, Ladyboys and Day 100. Days 95 to 107 saw us push through the magic 100 day milestone of our trip. We also got the news that both the Storm and Swans won their respective Grand Finals while travelling through Thailand. Our 13 days in Thailand began by arriving into Bangkok after overlanding across the Cambodian/Thai border. Bangkok is a vibrant city with plenty of traffic, noise, colour, food and entertainment (not necessarily for kids). We only planned to spend a few days in Bangkok and get to the southern beaches as soon as possible. 3 nights gave us time to organise our transport south, check out a few sights and enjoy some Thai food in the capital. We ... read more

Although we were sad to leave Ko Lanta, we were ready to see people and stay up past 10 again so onwards to Ko Phi Phi! We had another very organized pick up by mini bus and transfer by fast boat, which was pretty painless aside from some sea sickness! We had a bit of a dilemma picking somewhere to stay in Ko Phi Phi. This island is well known as a package holiday and party destination. We were debating bypassing the major party area, but given our experience of low season quietness in Ko Lanta, we decided to just embrace the masses! The centre of Ko Phi Phi is pretty easy to walk around, and we got to our hotel with out much fuss, mostly narrow tracks with bicycles and the odd scooter. We were ... read more