Blogs from Maya Bay, Ko Phi Phi Leh, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia

This was our last morning staying in Koh Phi phi so we wanted to make the most of our accommodation by having a swim the moment we woke up. It's so convenient having the direct entry into the pool! Because we were going to spend the night on a boat (called the maya bay sleep aboard- see later), it took some coordination to pack because we just wanted our little bags. After we checked out, we only had a few hours so we decided to go for a walk to the tsunami village, which we couldn't find and we didn't really know what we would find there anyways. Then we found a nice Thai place for lunch right on the beach (actually right across from) overlooking the beach where the water taxis and ferries go in ... read more

I can't wait to tell you about the events of the last few days! I feel like a pirate, or a character from Lost. We took there Ferry early morning to Koh Phi Phi Don Island and felt like we were pulling into Neverland. The green islands and long tail boats and colorful fish--I was waiting for Rufio to come Bangarang out of the jungle. Always had a crush on Rufio. Naturally we were charged some bogus “tax” to exit the ferry boat. You aren't told about this tax when you board the ferry in Phuket so you have no choice but to pay it. Otherwise, what, you swim back to Phuket?? They charge you to breath in Southeast Asia I swear. “Tweny baht!” for this and “onehunred baht!” for that... it's ridiculous. They even have ... read more

Hiiiiiii! Last Saturday we got ready for the Full Moon party and boarded a speed boat - with our brightly coloured full moon party tops - to take us across to Koh Phangan - although this certainly felt like an undercover mission and it was not so reassuring that most of the boat crew seemed to be drinking bottles of Chang beer! When we arrived, we had some body paint done and wonderered around the busy streets (certainly backpackers central!) in search of alcohol buckets - the red bull was lethal!!. The actual beach was full of people firedancing and chilling to music and there was even a designated sleeping zone! After a night of partying on the beach and meeting a few other backpackers we got the speedboat back to Koi Samui where Issy had ... read more

We both love camping, so naturally one of the things on our must-do list was to spend the night camping on Maya Bay Beach. One company has the exclusive right to take tourists there over night, and we were very much looking forward to enjoying the infamous beach sans crowds. If you didn't know, Maya Bay is where the movie staring Leonardo DeCaprio and Tilda Swinton, "The Beach", was filmed. It is a very popular tour stop, making it extremely crowded during the day. Getting to enjoy the beach with potentially a group of less than 40 was a huge appeal to us, as was being able to wake up on a beach! We managed to drag ourselves away from Railay for this trip. First we had to pay 150thb each for a longtail back to ... read more