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chainsawman wrote: »Yeah... I,m going back there on September 4th for six weeks.. My 15th trip... Played a lot of pool, League and tournament...
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chainsawman wrote: »Hello my friend....Kamjana.... I thought you be arriving at 19.30pm not 18.00 as you said, maybe you go on earlier flight... Enjoy the trip report back to me on the other forum... lol
Yeah landing at 18:00,no worries you will hear from me
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Well im back a month so i said i would throw up the end to this to tie off the thread
Well lads,
I booked my flights with Etihad Airways. Cost €650 each for both myself and my missus. They leave from Terminal 2 in Dublin Airport Fly to Abu Dhabi on an Airbus A330 and you change plane to a Boeing 777-300 to fly to Bangkok. Etihad are a great airline, all the drink and food you want, serious in-flight entertainment system also.
I stayed in Bangkok the first night and took the first flight with Air Asia from Bangkok to Phucket. I didn’t stay in Phucket and from everyone I met on holidays there it sounds like I was right not to.
I got a taxi from Phucket Airport to the Rassada Pier. There the boats take you to Phi Phi Island. The taxi cost 500bhat all in and the boat trip cost 600bhat each. Don’t pay anymore than this.
The boat to Phi Phi is a big ferry not a little boat so don’t worry about dying on the way there ha ha.
Phi Phi island is nothing short of amazing. It’s like paradise. No roads, no cars nothing... You’re going to want to spend allot of time here. Phi Phi is 2 islands Phi Phi Don where you will stay and Phi Phi Lei where the beach movie was shot. The bay there is Maya Bay. I stayed in Phi Phi Popular resort for the 5 days I spent in Phi Phi. It was cheap enough, nothing amazing although it was right on the beach. The breakfast there was terrible so I wouldn’t bother with that. There was a lovely place next door called Mama Beach Resort and I also saw that the Andaman Beach Resort looked good. I was happy with Phi Phi Popular as it was rustic enough but the beach was brilliant.
Phi Phi Don is basically 2 massive mountains and a stretch of sand in the middle. It is flanked on both sides by 2 huge beaches. To me, the view Loh Dolum Bay has the better view because it’s not as spoiled by boats, however the Ton Sai bay beach is better for swimming etc. The beach at Loh Dolum is not great because it’s so shallow for what must be 500m. Not to mention it gets messy there at night over Slinkys nightclub.
My advice is to stay on the Ton Sai side and then walk around to Loh Dolum if you want. It’s literally and this isn’t a joke a 5min walk. The stretch in the middle of Phi Phi is very thin.
You can do anything here in this island, I really suggest you get a Kayak and go around. Snorkelling is a must and try get in Diving if you can. You don’t need a Padi cert.
A day trip to Phi Phi Lei is also something that has to be done; the place is one of life’s treasures. The views are out of this world. Snorkelling here is also something you must do. It’s literally like jumping into a giant aquarium. The fish are friendly and don’t bite so don’t worry.
I was so impressed my Maya Bay (it’s smaller than you think though, but no less beautiful). The island is uninhabited save for 4-5 guys who are park rangers. They clean the beach; look after the animals and all that craic. You can do a camping trip there and I highly recommend it http://www.mayabaycamping.com/ its brilliant craic.
You sleep on the beach and they provide everything, and let’s be honest wouldn’t you like to check off the “I shagged my missus on “the beach”” on the bucket list. Its 50 quid which is steep in Thailand terms but its fully insured, you get food and entertainment. I would suggest bringing your own booze as its quite steep and the Free Buckets they give you are quite tame compared to the ones back in Phi Phi Don.
The real beauty of the Camping trip is there are no other people there save for the few that have gone with you. We were literally the only ones on the beach at one point for a few hours. If you go around the time of a full moon, around 2-3am the moonlight turns everything silver. I proposed to my OH at that time there. When the sun comes up around 5am you can take the most amazing pictures as there are no people or boats to spoil them.
The food on Phi Phi is nothing short of amazing. I set myself a goal of trying to eat something new every day. The fish there is unreal. I never got sick from eating the food anywhere in Thailand however it is spicy. You have to try the Massaman and Green Curries. There is an unreal place called Papaya. At first looks the place looks like a kip, it’s like a garage with chairs in it. But the food is unreal. The Lonely Planet guide even recommends it. The real telling thing is the Thais eat there.
When your there you also have to go up to the view point, it’s no joke probably the hardest thing you’ll have to do on the island, there’s hundreds of very steep steps, but the view at the top is worth it.
I then went to spent 1 night in Railay. The ferry took 1 hour to get there from Phi Phi and cost 400bhat each. You get into a smaller longtail boat and go inshore. There is no pier here so you might need to get out and wade through the water with your bag.
That’s another thing actually, if you think your going to be bringing a wheelie bag on this trip think again, get a rucksack and make it no larger than a 50litre one. You do allot of movement in this place and I have seen people dying with the bags they bring. Myself and Eibh bags only weighed 8kg each. There was stuff I still didn’t use. Laundry only costs 50bhat a Kg and that’s washed, dried and ironed.
Railay is a beautiful place, id stay only a max of 2 days though as its small and you might get bored after that. The one day was perfect for us. We stayed in the Railay Village Resort and Spa. It was beautiful.
Next day we went to Krabi Airport. We booked a taxi boat and a Taxi to Krabi Airport at the reception, it cost 500bhat and it was private. Unreal view leaving Railay. Whole Journey took 40 mins. We then flew with Bangkok Airways to Koh Samui.
At Koh Samui, we stayed in the Ark bar in Chaweng, it was really nice, if you look on trip advisor they go on about noise and all that but we stayed in a Junior Suite and honestly there was no noise coming up from the beach below us. From looking at other accommodation it really was the best choice for cost and comfort.
Chaweng is mad, and in general Koh Samui has more money in it. There are roads etc. It reminded me more of a holiday in a Greek island like Zakynthos. You won’t be able to move down the street without some guy asking you to buy a suit. I researched this before I left and got shirts made by a Tailor called “Timmy’s Tailor” find him as he really is the best there. His shop is about a Km from the Ark Bar at the bottom of Chaweng. The shirts cost me 20 quid and you can get them made anyway you want. Eibh got some made there too. The real telling part is the amount of different nationalities getting stuff made by him. He also is probably the only Tailor that doesn’t stand on the road hassling you to come in.
Apply for an international drivers permit before you go to Samui, that way you can rent a jeep and drive around. There are places at the side of the street that will let you rent out bikes and cars without the permit but you’re not covered under law and these fellas are scam artists, you’ll end up playing for scratches etc that you didn’t put on the car.
I went to the full moon party in Koh Phangan. It costs 600 bhat return to go there on the boat and taxi from/to your hotel. Some places charge 1000 but look around. The full moon party is mad.
When you get there go to the end of the beach and walk up the steps to Kangaroo Bar and order the “Special Happy Shake” it’s riddled with magic Mushrooms. To be honest I’m not into drugs but I tried it, it was crazy and definitely made the night much better. Do it at the start, it takes about 30-40 min to kick in and after that you feel great.
The party itself is crazy, we arrived at 9 and there were people littering the ground passed out all over. There’s everything from Rock music to Hard Core trance belting out. It’s advisable not to go for a swim in the sea as you’ll see during the night it’s a giant Toilet. I saw a place selling laughing gas too...
Buckets are the order of the day here, be warned, I can handle my spirits very well but 2 buckets were enough to make me as pissed as a fart.
Back in Samui, I went on a tour of all the main tourist things, the Monkey show, the Big Buddha, the Monk with the sunglasses in the glass box who is dead for 40 years and hardly shows any signs of decay. Do all those trips they are worth it, especially if you rent a jeep yourself.
I don’t recommend driving a scooter, from what I saw you’d be very lucky not to be killed on one, the Thais don’t know how to drive and I really mean that, add that to all the drunken Aussies on the bikes and it’s a recipe for disaster.
I flew back to Bangkok from Samui with Bangkok Airways and got a taxi from the Airport to Koh San Road. The taxi cost 450bhat. Get a meter taxi as the other ones just rip you off. I stayed in the buddy lodge hotel at the bottom of the road. It’s a perfect location.
The sites I used to book accommodation were www.Sawadee.com and www.agoda.com
Things you will need:
A rucksack
Deet Mosquito repellent (with at least 55% deet)
Sun cream
Imodium (you’ll need this)
Motillium
Plasters
After sun
A waterproof camera (this is a must I can’t stress this enough as you’ll be doing allot of swimming and jumping in and out of boats and the underwater stuff is brilliant.) I bought an Olympus Tough T-820 it was brilliant
Money
Buy your towel over there, they are cheap
Couple of pairs of shorts and some tee-shirts. (Get as much cotton ones as possible the humidity is unreal)
Buy a pair of Fishermans pants there, they are 200bhat, you’ll need them for going to temples.
One thing, I really left my ipad and phones back home over security concerns, however looking back there was no need to be this cautious.
One small tip: Thai people are amazing; they are so nice and reserved. They are shy by nature too, so if for some reason they come up to you out of the blue then expect it to be a scam, no matter how genuine you think they are.
Threw together a little video too
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