Ko Phi Phi Le Ko Phi Phi Don

Travel: nightboat Koh Toa - Surathani, 9 uur + 6 uur bus Surathani -
Phuket, 1200 baht
Hotel: Friendship Beach Resort
Travel: boat phuket to koh phiphi don, 600 baht
Hotel: Pearl Paradise Bungalow Resort
Trip: maya beach (The Beach): 1200 baht taxiboat + 200 baht entrance

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This morning we woke up very early for our trip to the Phi Phi Islands. It was difficult getting the mini bus and the cruise as our booking number didn't match the name, something like 'Asperhergeber,' and nobody could understand English.
Once we had got to the harbour we expected a small boat, not a giant ferry which wouldn't be able to take …

...but at night i sleep with a knife under my pillow, we're staying in a hut in Krabi, there are things trying to get in as soon as the sun goes down, i'm thinking a harry potter esque spider is going to carry us off into the jungle. Our hut is at the edge of the resort, in a jungle! On our first day i left nat hanging out by the pool, walking back …

On our first day we managed to book a sunset boat trip to take us to Phi Phi Ley (where The Beach was filmed) as well as a few other spots on the island. Before heading out on the cruise we had time to see the local beach which was completely overrun with tourists. Koh Phi Phi was not as tranquil as we had imagined it is very built up in the main …

Wow finally got to a beach! However, it has been raining since we got here (to Ao Nang). Yesterday we arrived and I met up with Gemma and Chris (from my previous tour) and we had lunch and a massage together. It was great to see them - man I was lucky with the first group - every single person was sooo lovely! Have had many emails and texts from …

During the stint in Singapore we envisioned some seaside serenity away from the city clutter for our next stop on the map. Ultimately it was decided to head up the west coast of Malaysia and into Thailand toward Krabi. The journey would take us an never ending 25 hours but at least this time the ride was a comfortable one. Not a great deal of …

Note: we are completely spoilt by having our second guest blogger :)

I am not Warren, nor am I Paula. Rather, I am one of a group of friends who had decided to tag along on the Thailand Island stage of Paula and Warren's Epic Tour of Asia (PWETA).



So, Koh Phi Phi? ... More like Go Poo Poo if you ask me!

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... (GBP5.00) per night. The room is small, with decent sea view, and has a fan and a bathroom complete with ice-cold shower. Ko Phi Phi Don suffered hard in the Tsunami that swept along this coast in December 2004. The area we are staying in is on a low ...

... fuer eine Halbtages/Schnorcheltour entschieden haben. Diese begann dann nach unserem Mittagessen. Hierbei wurde die suedliche Insel Ko Phi Phi Le angesteuert, welche zum Nationalpark erklaert wurde und unbewohnt ist. Die Karstfelsenformationen waren sehr ...

... Phi Phi. From here we could see both sides of the island and both beautiful bays and beaches. We could also see Ko Phi Phi Le, where we'd dived the previous day. Beautiful wild flowers, forested mountains and general surroudings. We packed up our things ...

... by monkeys, that was a little less relaxing though as they tend to steal things from tourists!  We also went to Ko Phi Phi Le (an uninhabited island close to where we were staying.) It is where the movie "The Beach" starring Leonardo DiCaprio ...

... than a day! The journey took a little longer than expected as the sea was quite rough but we eventually saw the outline of Ko Phi Phi Don and Ko Phi Phi Le in the distance. As the sea was so rough the boat was unable to enter Maya Bay on Ko Phi Phi Le, ...

... Agnes apres 8H de retard a l aeroport de Bangkok, merci a tous de faire la pub qui se doit a Air China.... Le lendemain, direction Ko phi phi, le paradis! On n avait rien booke , tout etait full et finalement on a trouve le meilleur logement qui puisse ...

... 20 minutes before actualy going anyway. What exactly was the rush about? So you know, Ko Phi Phi is actually 2 islands. Ko Phi Phi Don is where the main town is and Ko Phi Phi Le is the uninhabited paradise nearby. We spent the afternoon wondering around ...

... the road again on a minibus 90 mins from Krabi. Once there we wanted to find out where to catch a boat to the Ko phi phi don island. Known as one of a few entertainment hubs of pure beach partying. Think Ibiza that the Brits have colonised for ...

 Ko Phi Phi Don and Ko Phi Phi Le are two islands famous for their beauty; the former is packed with bronzed tourists and surly Thais while the latter, part of a national park, has no buildings save for a snack bar on a long stretch of powdery white ...

... they filmed the beach. We spent 4 nights there and stayed in the centre of the main port town on Ko Phi Phi Don. The other island Ko Phi Phi Le where they filmed 'The Beach' is uninhabited. We lounged about on the first day and toured around the port ...