Blue Marine Resort Phuket

... , on a new set of towels and a small amount of paint. It has completely retained that feeling of being 'aesthetically seedy'. Phuket is a rugged island, and beautiful beaches here are seriously packed with row upon row of thousands of jet-skiing, ...

... what it saw as undesirable development, and were planning to take back all the land and re-develop the island as a government-managed resort. The locals, especially foreigners who own businesses, kicked up such a fuss that the plans were dropped. So far, ...

... again and anchored in fairly deep water, but we were surrounded by submerged coral heads crawling with an indescribable variety of marine life. This stop had an added adventure, a set of wooden stairs that went from the water up to a rocky ...

... sexo barato, sin ellos no la hubieramos pisado. Y esas cenas pachineras (200 Bahts el kg.!,  cocinadas) en el Blue Marine Restaurant las noches en las que estuvimos alojados en el Baan Pimphaka Bungalows ...

... a 30 min boat trip to Had Rin pier on Ko Pha Ngan and we quickly found a bargain at Coral Bungalows, a large backpacker resort with swimming pool, bar/restaurant, organised parties, movies and a seafront view-all for £3 each. The afternoon was spent with ...

... the Gulf of Thailand, along with Koh Phangan and Koh Samui.  Samui is the largest of the three islands and is mainly a resort destination, Phangan is home to the world famous full moon/black moon parties, and Koh Tao is the Gulf of Thailand's diving ...

... forty minutes later, we found ourselves on the longtail, with eight or ten other guests, as well as some supplies for the resort. We received some reassurances from two of the couples that spent the previous night at the guesthouse. It was indeed all it ...

... Still island hopping southward we spent a pleasant night on Ko Lanta before catching a boat to Koh Lipe in the Tarutao National Marine Park. This is a beautiful island but in danger of heading in Phi Phi's direction. Again we lazed and watched beautiful ...

Sunday March 14 I left for the airport about 10:00 am for the 1:00 pm flight on AirAsia to Phuket, Thailand. A packed plane and a quick 1 ¼ hour flight to Phuket and arrived about 2:00 pm as Thailand is an hour behind Singapore. Immigration and ...

... are swings! Awesome. The best bit about Ko Samui for us, was the day trip we took to the Ao Ngong islands - the marine conservation islands which inspired Alex Garmonds book The Beach.  The book was written about here but the film was shot in Phi ...

... eyes!  It was just the little piece of paradise I was hoping for.  It wasn't dirt cheap, but it wasn't ridiculous resort prices either.  And while I like the idea of a secluded bungalow, their cheap bungalows really are huts - no A/C or ...

... finally arrived at the Barrier Reef and did the glass bottom boat bit to get our first glimpse of the wonderful colourful marine life and coral.  I then decided to take a helicopter flight over the coral islands including the really cute heart shaped ...