Chilling in Thailand
And so the traveling begins…
It wasn’t just enough, coming to Singapore and finding what I was looking for but getting a b-day present trip to Thailand for 10 days traveling through various islands of the South as well. Absolutely amazing, I was left speechless.
After getting a visa for the Kingdom of Thailand, we set off on a 10-day journey through this amazing country.
Started off in Phuket where we landed, slept in some low-cost hotel in Phuket town and headed off for the adventure the following day.
Our trip took us to Koh Phi Phi Don, the island the movie “The Beach” (with Leonardo DiCaprio) was filmed in 1999. and one of the islands which was totally devastated during the 2004 tsunami (but totally repaired now). Koh Phi Phi is a complex of 4 islands and the Don island is the biggest one and the only one which is inhabited, the others are nothing but beautiful beaches, jungles and rocks.
We stayed at a closed resort, which was under construction and totally isolated from the rest of the island on a Long Beach, which is the most beautiful beach of the island and the only way to get there was by a traditional long tail boat.
4 wonderful days were crowned by a day trip to Koh Phi Phi Ley, the isolated island across from the one we stayed at and the one with the famous Maya Beach (The Beach movie was shot on). We snorkeled all day, swam with tiger fish and saw green and gray corals, went to the monkey beach, played with monkeys and eat rice and pineapple all day long. Mmmmm…
After Koh Phi Phi, our journey took us to our next destination, traveling by a boat to Krabi and taking a minibus for 4hours across the country to the Northern part of the province, Surit Thani where we took another ferry and went for 3h to an island called Koh Phangan. To those who don’t know what this island is popular for, I will briefly explain.
It is right across from Koh Samui, an island invaded by the British and the Dutch (which I don’t think is anything bad, just a bit too touristy for my taste) and popular for it’s Full Moon Party.
Ever since the year 1989, this island set the tradition of organizing the Full Moon Parties on a beach called Haad Rin and this month the party was on the 9th of August and we wanted to be there.
10.000 tourists from all over the land come to party for that night and enjoy the various types of music played from the 20 bars on the beach with entertainers dancing and juggling fire all night and people drinking alcohol our of buckets (as is tradition there).
At the end of the party which lasts even after the sun comes up, there are 5.000 people going back to their islands and the rest sleeping on the beach and chilling out by swimming in the sandy beaches with palm trees overlooking the entire beach.
An absolutely glorious experience.
After 4 days in Koh Phangan staying at the Leela Bungalows (which are very hippy and cool, in a reggae mood, full of young tourists all over the world who were there just for the party) we decided to head off to another place.
Our route went back to Krabi (the same way we came) and then taking a long tail boat to another wonderful beach: Rai Ley Beach and it’s famous sunset on the Rai Ley West Beach.
With nothing planned ahead we took this challenge on and went to find a hotel, which we found very cheap and decided to stay there for 2 nights.
The place looked very small and since it was unreachable by car, there were not many tourists.
This is a rock climbers paradise due to its complex rock formations. The caves under these rocks are a real attraction for the tourists and I just had to see it.
But there was another thing that made this place special and that is its jungle and its mysterious paths from one secret, hidden beach to another (Rai Ley West Beach to Ton Sai Beach all the way on the other side).
Attempting to hang by trees trunks, in ankle high mud, rain pouring down through the palm trees, red mud all over our hands and knees, steep slides and many attempts at climbing the hills by holding onto roots of trees and improvising with branches. It was one of the most wonderful experiences of the trip.
I have never been on such a wonderful tracking tour which lasted for almost 1 hour after which we awarded ourselves by leaving all the muddy clothes behind and running under high waves which were splashing on the dark sand beach…
It was a perfect end to an amazing holiday. The next day we headed back to Krabi where our plane was leaving from, meeting smiling, helpful strangers and putting together all the wonderful experiences from our journey.
I am back in Singapore now. Off to Malaysia for the weekend. As you may notice, I am happy!
It wasn’t just enough, coming to Singapore and finding what I was looking for but getting a b-day present trip to Thailand for 10 days traveling through various islands of the South as well. Absolutely amazing, I was left speechless.
After getting a visa for the Kingdom of Thailand, we set off on a 10-day journey through this amazing country.
Started off in Phuket where we landed, slept in some low-cost hotel in Phuket town and headed off for the adventure the following day.
Our trip took us to Koh Phi Phi Don, the island the movie “The Beach” (with Leonardo DiCaprio) was filmed in 1999. and one of the islands which was totally devastated during the 2004 tsunami (but totally repaired now). Koh Phi Phi is a complex of 4 islands and the Don island is the biggest one and the only one which is inhabited, the others are nothing but beautiful beaches, jungles and rocks.
We stayed at a closed resort, which was under construction and totally isolated from the rest of the island on a Long Beach, which is the most beautiful beach of the island and the only way to get there was by a traditional long tail boat.
4 wonderful days were crowned by a day trip to Koh Phi Phi Ley, the isolated island across from the one we stayed at and the one with the famous Maya Beach (The Beach movie was shot on). We snorkeled all day, swam with tiger fish and saw green and gray corals, went to the monkey beach, played with monkeys and eat rice and pineapple all day long. Mmmmm…
After Koh Phi Phi, our journey took us to our next destination, traveling by a boat to Krabi and taking a minibus for 4hours across the country to the Northern part of the province, Surit Thani where we took another ferry and went for 3h to an island called Koh Phangan. To those who don’t know what this island is popular for, I will briefly explain.
It is right across from Koh Samui, an island invaded by the British and the Dutch (which I don’t think is anything bad, just a bit too touristy for my taste) and popular for it’s Full Moon Party.
Ever since the year 1989, this island set the tradition of organizing the Full Moon Parties on a beach called Haad Rin and this month the party was on the 9th of August and we wanted to be there.
10.000 tourists from all over the land come to party for that night and enjoy the various types of music played from the 20 bars on the beach with entertainers dancing and juggling fire all night and people drinking alcohol our of buckets (as is tradition there).
At the end of the party which lasts even after the sun comes up, there are 5.000 people going back to their islands and the rest sleeping on the beach and chilling out by swimming in the sandy beaches with palm trees overlooking the entire beach.
An absolutely glorious experience.
After 4 days in Koh Phangan staying at the Leela Bungalows (which are very hippy and cool, in a reggae mood, full of young tourists all over the world who were there just for the party) we decided to head off to another place.
Our route went back to Krabi (the same way we came) and then taking a long tail boat to another wonderful beach: Rai Ley Beach and it’s famous sunset on the Rai Ley West Beach.
With nothing planned ahead we took this challenge on and went to find a hotel, which we found very cheap and decided to stay there for 2 nights.
The place looked very small and since it was unreachable by car, there were not many tourists.
This is a rock climbers paradise due to its complex rock formations. The caves under these rocks are a real attraction for the tourists and I just had to see it.
But there was another thing that made this place special and that is its jungle and its mysterious paths from one secret, hidden beach to another (Rai Ley West Beach to Ton Sai Beach all the way on the other side).
Attempting to hang by trees trunks, in ankle high mud, rain pouring down through the palm trees, red mud all over our hands and knees, steep slides and many attempts at climbing the hills by holding onto roots of trees and improvising with branches. It was one of the most wonderful experiences of the trip.
I have never been on such a wonderful tracking tour which lasted for almost 1 hour after which we awarded ourselves by leaving all the muddy clothes behind and running under high waves which were splashing on the dark sand beach…
It was a perfect end to an amazing holiday. The next day we headed back to Krabi where our plane was leaving from, meeting smiling, helpful strangers and putting together all the wonderful experiences from our journey.
I am back in Singapore now. Off to Malaysia for the weekend. As you may notice, I am happy!
11 Comments:
Who's we? :-)
This excursion sounds so wonderful. It sounds like something I would enjoy doing. As you probably know from my blog, I love nature, the outdoors, the beach, and hiking.
I have a sister that is going Thailand in September to work along with some churches over there. So maybe some day I will see Thailand.
thailand... what a dream place to be in. i really miss scuba diving off the islands down south. had one of my best holidays in the phi phi islands.
can't wait to hear about your adventures in malaysia!
We is me and her. :P
We are I and she
oh what wonderous adventures u are having!! must be great!
I haven't been to thailand, but my dad has and he brought some great pics and videos, it's an amazing place for sure. Have Fun.
btw, i loved the movie "the beach". :)
Only 1 person knows who I mean under 'we' :)
have a great time in a beautiful place!!!
nice pics
;-))
So the 'We' is indeed dual, not more? :-)
Mnn sounds like adventure from all angles.Great keep going.I also cant wait to go to Thailand with the right companion and ofcourse I need to make money for it before everything else
Thanks for the commentary of your travels! Have fun and hope to read more.
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