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Travel Blogs from Phi phi, Thailand
Day on the Long Boat
This is a top pick! ... nbsp; Had lunch on the beach and literally visited 'The Beach'. The beach where the film (with Leo DiCaprio) was filmed. Koh Phi Phi is actually two islands, Phi Phi Don and Phi Phi Lei. Don is where the village is at, Lei is a ...
Temptation Island
This is a top pick! ... 're both spectacular places and with the aftermath of the tsunami, almost like new destinations too. Unlike Railay, parts of Koh Phi Phi were absolutely obliterated by the waves, and hundreds of people died here. There is reconstruction going on all ...
Phuket, Koh Phi Phi & Krabi
This is a top pick! ... there legs and chests and the clinic and pharmacy was always (ALWAYS) packed with people and that night we realised why! We left Koh Phi Phi (cat island) after 4 nights and headed to Krabi. The hotel that we booked was a cheap £10 a night place and ...
Walking the Island
This is a top pick! ... back than the main part of town. More photos. Also, check out Lindsey's handmade Thai jewelry. She uses Thai Buddha pendants and other Asian items to make really cool stuff. Buy a necklace from Thailand! www.loveliesbylindsey.etsy.com ...
Night Dive
This is a top pick! ... everyone was already in the boat and threatened to leave me behind. Here's a portion of a piece I'm working on for Koh Phi Phi: I floated in the inky blackness, swimming in an abyss seemingly infinite in depth and possibilities. I rolled onto my ...
...a three hour tour, a three hour tour.
This is a top pick! So Dew was given a flier about helping to keep Phi Phi clean. There is an environmental group that organizes beach clean-up efforts for different parts of the islands. On the 22nd there was a group heading out to Monkey Beach to help clean up ...
Snorkeling Trip
This is a top pick! ... The reef off of Caulker and the marine park near there have to be some of the best snorkeling sites in the world. But Phi Phi Leh was pretty cool too. The clouds cleared and we had sunshine all afternoon. Our wet suits kept us from ...
Don't hold your breath!
This is a top pick! ... -up and removal of debris is still very much in progress, and hundreds of young volunteers from around the world have flocked to Phi Phi to help. Where bustling alley-ways and large resort hotels once were, there are now open tracts of sand. However, not ...
Camping on Deserted Islands and being a Hippie
This is a top pick! ... the ice in the bucket had melted when I was woken by a police officer and told to go to bed. The third night on Phi Phi was truely one of the best travelling nights I have ever had. Randomly we thought Hippies Bar had arranged a camping adventure ...
So we went to Koh Lanta..................
This is a top pick! So we decided to go to Koh Lanta. The lonely planet didnt rate the place much, so that would hopefully mean that there wouldnt be a great deal of people there. We went with Johanna and Stuart to get the ferry across, and also met Warren, one of the guys ...
This is the way we like it. Island Life!
This is a top pick! Paradise in Thailand! We took an early boat ride to the island of Ko Phi Phi and we got completely soaked from the waves. There were many tourists on the boat mainly from Russia, Germany and Sweden. We then caught a small longboat to the ...
Magical Ko Phi Phi
This is a top pick! ... two islands joined by a massive big sandbank or sand bar, which was completely demolished by the Tsunami in December 2004. Ko Phi Phi underwent a massive rebuild after the tsunami and apparently tourism is at an all time high, which we are very ...
This must be underwater love...................
This is a top pick! ... a hard life.... Before the diving though, me and Sarah made the decision to hire another form of death on wheels a.k.a. the Thailand Moped. It was risky, but with our trusty plastic helmet's (which didnt fit properly and wouldn't have protected a 6 ...
Back in England?
This is a top pick! ... of the place. To quote the Lonely Planet "...if there was to be a contest for one of the planet's most jaw-dropping beauties, Ko Phi Phi would be a frontrunner...Ko Phi Phi is so beautiful it will evoke tears. Shed a few more when you realise you have to ...
Phi Phi Island & Buckets
This is a top pick! ... a nice couple and got reeking drink get with them, on the way home we scoffed a load of pizza and passed out. Phi Phi is good its fun and its a nice island but we had heard so many people say its AMAZING I think we expected a bit ...
Water Babies
This is a top pick! Hello everyone, hope all your Xmas prezzies are bought, wrapped and under the tree and you are getting ready for food, relaxation and the Queens speech! We are on the beautiful island of Koh Lanta on the west coast near Phuket and Krabi at the moment ...
Give me hope Johanna.....
This is a top pick! Well thats it. Johanna has left Koh Lanta. To say we were coming to this place on her reccomendation, and only planning to stay 3 nights, we enjoyed her company so much she kept us here for 2 weeks. As a leaving dinner, we went to Red Snapper, owned ...
Diving Thailand
This is a top pick! ... fish, marine life and coral helped me to relax, assisted by the excellent Martin and Sam. I chose to do my dive course in Phi Phi because I knew that it had been one of the most badly affected areas hit by the Tsunami and I felt that it was important to ...
Last day on Koh Phi Phi
This is a top pick! ... throat infection, but it required a trip to the hospital for some antibiotics. Which was a real experience (no photos, sorry). On Phi Phi you take off your shoes at the entry to every building, it gets to be routine pretty quick and you don't ...
Hello Thailand!
This is a top pick! ... from my hotel at 5am, no day can be that good with a start like that. The crux of the problem was that my destination, Koh Phi Phi Island, is remote. Really remote. No trains go near it. So you have to travel by car/van/bus. ...
The Beautiful Islands
This is a top pick! Similar to the situation with Ti Lor Su Falls, which started the trip, we had seen photos of Koh Phi Phi and Railay and just had to check these destinations out for ourselves. It was the low season, so our hotel was moderately priced. Of ...
Ko Phi Phi - New year in Phi Phi...
This is a top pick! Ko Phi Phi - New Year in Phi Phi Our original plan was to visit Phi Phi for a few days, see in the new year, do a little diving, and then head on out to another island. We ended up staying on Phi Phi for 9 days and only left because we had to ...
Island Hopping for the Holidays
This is a top pick! More planning gone awry. Our hotel reservations on Phi Phi got a little messed up and we were only booked into 1 night instead of 2 and the rooms could only fit 2 people instead of 3. Apparently, 1 night on PP was enough though. The girls had ...
Moving right along... in search of....
This is a top pick! ... and Steve's last night. I spent most of the day in and out of my hammock reading an old 1992 Lonely Planet - Thailand reminiscing about the good ol' days and rehydrating. As our favorite time of day was approaching, we gathered on BnA's ...
They Call Me Goose
This is a top pick! ... Sangsom Bucket. Go figure, we found a chilled out bar on the beach playing reggae music with pretty girls smoking peace pipes in Thailand? Crazy! It was like a flashback to Koh Phanghan (not really) on a micro scale. I made a hard ...
Full Moon Party!
This is a top pick! Full Moon Fetivals are big in Thailand. On Phi Phi its really just a big party. There are firedancers and half priced drinks for the ladies. ...
'The Beach'
This is a top pick! ... parlours - a very Europe-esque touch, a beautiful touch - to what's clearly another world-class island paradise. We liked Phi Phi instantly. The first night was mental. We bumped in to the Jock and the two girls from Huddersfield we'd met ...
We say hello to a Leopard Shark
This is a top pick! We had been planning to do our advanced open water dive course when we reached Thailand. But things have changed a little since I was here a year and a half ago. For one, the dollar has tanked. In January of 2007, it was 38 baht to the ...
Ahoy from the newly qualified Day Skippers!
This is a top pick! ... plays host to backpackers who look like they've been here for way too long. At 11pm the fireshow kicked off - a Phi Phi beach bar phenomenon that involves a few mad youngsters juggling and swinging fire torches in high-speed, rhythmical movements around ...
Boat trip to "The Beach", Maya bay
This is a top pick! ... more pizza on the way home its the "best" pizza in the world when ur drunk !! We had decided we had seen enough of Phi Phi and wanted to head to Ao Nang the next day which my mate Adam had recommended and much to our delight our friend Kurynn had ...