South Thailand - Love Songs til Midnight

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Maya bay, Koh Phi Phi

A wild washerwoman

*Please check out our Bangkok blog previous to this...

South Thailand, the place of beautiful white sand beaches, crystal clear waters, tailor made suits, a little bit of monsoon rain and Love Songs till midnight....actually 24 hours a day!

Route;
Bangkok to Phuket by plane
Phuket to Ao Nang, Krabi by the scariest mini-van driver in history - yeah you pump those brakes!
Ao Nang to Koh Phi Phi in wild monsoon rain by boat, not a fun journey
Koh Phi Phi to Koh Samui by boat - bus - boat

Phuket; 5 nights, 6 days
Ravaged little lobsters. # Note using tanning oil by mistake on winter fresh lily-white skin...ouchy, not a good idea at all. Monsoon rain dampened our already low spirits as we battled a deadly tropical illness...(ok slightly dramatic, but we both caught a fever-pitched flu!)
Saw our first thai sunset on Karon beach - they sure know how to make a good sunset in Thailand....stunning!!!

Ao Nang; 4 nights, 5 days
Huge limestine cliffs towering over white sand beaches, and aqua clear waters...we were actually here, after finally leaving Maui (commercial Phuket)....and arriving in this spectacular paradise. The gateway to everything beautiful and extraordinary...we celebrate our first night with a beer and a sunset...long may this new tradition continue.

Koh Phi Phi; 4 nights, 5 GLORIOUS days
PARADISE!!!!!...after a bit of a shaky start with the worst boatride through wild monsoon rain which soaked us to the bone, the clouds parted and there she was. Ironically on this wild stormy day we hear the strains of Celine Dions 'My Heart will Go On' three times...
Beautiful, beautiful Koh Phi Phi. We stayed in a quiet wee bay where the people were so friendly they became our family. A lot of construction is underway post-tsunami down here, but otherwise you would never know it had happened.

Defining moment; Eating delicious thai cuisine in the candlelit restaurant with giant crabs scuttling under our feet, 'The Beach' movie begins to play, and we realise we are living the reality. We look at each other, grin and knock our Heinekin's together.

Koh Samui; 5 nights, 6 days
Back to Maui...and extreme 'Love Songs til midnight'...our day starts wth fresh fruit and Britney Spears, followed by sun, sun, sun and fun times...
Shopping here was great, we met up with our lovely Lithuanian friends from Ko Phi Phi, 'Gold' and 'Amber' (translated into english as we couldn't pronounce their real names). Fun nights out dancing, and fun days exploring.

Next stop...Chiang Mai, north Thailand

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Photos

Koh Phi Phi Island
Livvy and Em on our day trip to Koh Phi Phi Lay...including the famous Maya Bay where they filmed 'The Beach'...officially the best day we had in South Thailand!!!

Phuket
This photo says it all for Phuket unfortunately...by the pool and feeling sick...poor Livvy Lou

Phuket
Cute little Thai boy playing in the creek at the end of Kata Beach, Phuket.

Phuket
Em with a Sprite and the joyful Ipod on Kata beach, filling in time before we left for Krabi.

Phuket
Happy Birthday DINO in NZ!!...we found an appropriate restuarant to eat at as we couldn't be present for Dino's b'day drinks back home. It was torrential rain this night, we almost got swept away walking down the street.

Ao Nang Beach, Krabi
A perfect sunset on our first night at Ao Nang beach.

Ao Nang Beach, Krabi
The best way to enjoy a sunset, with a beer...Cheers!

Ao Nang Beach, Krabi
The beautiful Livvy...a beer and a sunset.

Ao Nang Beach, Krabi
Em reflecting....mmmmm

Rai Lay Beach, Krabi
Spectacular limestone cliffs...a rock climbers dream. We took a day trip here in a long boat from Ao nang...meeting some hammock-swinging hippies along the way

Koh Phi Phi, Krabi
The face says it all...a nightmare boatride out to Koh Phi Phi Don

Koh Phi Phi, Krabi
'Relax Resort', Pak Nam Bay on Koh Phi Phi Don...we LOVED it here!!...anyone coming to Ko Phi Phi should stay at this place.

Koh Phi Phi, Krabi
The view from our bungalow on Koh Phi Phi.

Koh Phi Phi, Krabi
Koh Phi Phi Lay, we stopped off in this little bay for a snorkel...beautiful!

Koh Phi Phi, Krabi
Our long boat parked up in Maya bay on Koh Phi Phi Lay

Koh Phi Phi, Krabi
Our feet in the powder white sand of Maya Bay

Koh Phi Phi, Krabi
Em enjoying the WARM, crystal clear water of Maya Bay

Koh Phi Phi, Krabi
Back at our resort after our day in the sun, nursing some sunburn and writing postcards home.

Koh Phi Phi, Krabi
Like the real-life princesses that we are, we slept under mosquito nets in our cute wee bungalow

Koh Phi Phi, Krabi
Livvy and the sunset on our last night on Koh Phi Phi Don

Koh Phi Phi, Krabi
Emma and the sunset on our last night on Koh Phi Phi Don

Comments

[janie]

stop enjoying yourselves without me
i think you should spend a few moments thinking of those under the london drizzle and ask yourself is it right to be having all that fun without them

[Jessica Davidson]

OMG!
Hello girls! Oh liv it's so lovely to hear from you! I was worried because you didn't e-mail me lol You guys sound and look like you're having such a wonderful time! I'm so envious!!! You should have taken me with you! Please give EVERYONE my love when you speak to them! I look forward to an e-mail! AND some love hahha I'm kidding.. you don't have to e-mail me. I would like love though. I just gave myself a new [more mature] account. It's [e-mail] lol Love you lots!

[Biddy]

Liv
SO glad your trip is awesome. Man you two look so beautiful in all the photos! I would love to go to Krabi and go rockclimbing! have a good time girls, even though I dont know you Emma! Lots of Love Biddyxxxxxxxxx

[Katie]

Blonde Beauties
You are like bronzed goddesses!

[Joneen]

Love it
Hey Livvy, Love the photos! So funny i think we have a few of the exact photos and poses from when I went to phuket and pi pi last year! SO beautiful, im jealous. Keep sending the pics! Take care Rocket

[Rosie Houghton]

Amazing
You girls look like you are having a fantastic time, what a great way to e-mail to all, will make everyone envious back here, watchout for the sunburn, and any wierdos, thats just your aunty talking there Livvy.( I know you can take care of yourself) Its raining and still cold back here, dont you wish you were here, look forward to more photos... Safe travels, lots of love Rosie, Gav n Oli

[Rosie Houghton]

Livvy
Love the dress....

[John]

Thanks
Enjoyed reading your blog and thanks for the info on the accomodation at Koh Phi Phi, Krabi my sons off to Asia for a holiday in January so will tell him to head there when he hits that part of the world. Cheers

[Cher]

Jealous!
Hi Livvy I'm soooo jealous! Here we are in windy miserable Welly with the only sunburn we'll ever get being from staying on an express sunbed for too long (yes, speaking from experience)....while you girls are havin the real deal island break. Have an awesome time and hope to catch up with you in Europe (I'll be in London by April '07) :):):)

[elliott]

5/5 for photography
(thanks for the email about the song, was beginning to think you might not have got it.) very impressed with the travel photography girls... and the legs ;-)