"Tropical Island Paradise (Phi Phi Island, Maya Bay & Khai Island) - 1000 Baht"
We woke up at 6:30am and had a breakfast which we bought from 7-11 last night. Van picked us up at around 8:00am. Before us, driver already picked up one lady. There had 3 groups of people which including 4 of us... total 8 peoples took this tour. I think we took around 1 hour journey from Karon/Patong to the Asia Marina Harbor where we have a cruise pick all the tourists. We can enjoy the facilities on board. Snacks and soft drinks are served throughout the journey.
1st station, we arrived at Khai Nok Island. I 1st time saw such small island can be as a tourist site. Can see that how small is it? This island is famous for snorkeling. " Snorkel over beautiful coral reef and colorful fishes..." To be frank, there have not much colorful coral there and the area it occupied is not big. Maybe I did not swim more further away from the island. Happy to say that there have quite a lot of fish but not may kind of species. in the island, there have handicraft stall, t-shirt stall, beverage stall and restaurant. We stayed here around 1 hour and went back to the board for the next station.
1st station, we arrived at Khai Nok Island. I 1st time saw such small island can be as a tourist site. Can see that how small is it? This island is famous for snorkeling. " Snorkel over beautiful coral reef and colorful fishes..." To be frank, there have not much colorful coral there and the area it occupied is not big. Maybe I did not swim more further away from the island. Happy to say that there have quite a lot of fish but not may kind of species. in the island, there have handicraft stall, t-shirt stall, beverage stall and restaurant. We stayed here around 1 hour and went back to the board for the next station.
2nd station, Phi Phi Island. At the beginning, I thought we will have a snorkeling in the Phi Phi Island. Do you know what is the purpose we at here? ...Just for lunch! We had a International buffet lunch on Phi Phi Don ( Chao Koh Restaurant). This restaurant have no grand or fancy decoration... just simple and clean. Spaghetti, rice, tomyam soup, fish, vege, chicken, fruit...etc. Taste? Hmm... so so. Spaghetti is nice. After lunch, we explored the surroundings. Well, we only have 1 hour in this island for lunch and exploring. Lunch already took us about 45 minutes... wait and eat. We only left 15 minutes for exploring. I think here is famous for diving because I saw quite a lot of diving center. Hotel, resort, restaurant, pub,cafe, internet cafe, and a lot of stall can be found here. Very crowded... a lot Ang Mo Lang ohh! No much time relax and explore, anyway, will consider to take diving trip and stay at this island...if possible.
I think around 2pm, we arrived at Monkey Beach. This beach only around 3km away from the Phi Phi Island port. Since we taking cruise, we need to take a small boat to this beach. But... no small boat provided here. So our cruise only can park at the sea level where it can stop as close as the beach. How close was that? Ha.. actually quite far. I think 400 meter from our cruise to beach. I thought we will have chance explore this beah...touch the sand, see the monkey and feel the environment there. No no no, we only can swim at this point. Tell you, I'm not good in swimming. Me swim + 400 meter = died. Anyway, I had thought to swim for a while... but I not dare to jump from the cruise. While waiting for me to get ready to jump, I only left 15 minutes to swim because they only gave us 30 minutes to swim. End up, I just stayed on the boat. You know, I just realized that at the end of the boat, there have a staircase which easily for us to go down/come up from the sea (-_-|||...
After that, sightseeing around Bidah Island and Viking Cave. Viking Cave is famous for its its harvesting of swallow nests, a Chinese delicacy. Boooat boooat boooat... only passed by the cave and not really can see clearly how this cave looks like. Don't think that I was so close to this cave if you look at the picture below. Actually, I used zooming of my camera to capture it. That's why I am saying that not clear how it looks like. Bidah Island... Honestly, I did not see that. Boat just keep moving forward, I did not hear tour guide telling us what cave what island we passing off. After that, sightseeing around Pi Leh Cove and Loh Samah Bay. Time for our last stop at Maya Bay, the beach featured in the movie "The Beach". Same as the Monkey Beach, we only can swim around for 40 minutes. This time I did not miss it. I go down from that staircase and swim around... not so far, just swim close to our boat because I scare I will lost...haha. After this, transfer back to Asia Marina Harbor and back to our hotel around 6pm.
Looked back this tour's catalog, the daily itinerary is a bit different from what we had. According to the catalog, we should have a chance to swim in Pi Leh Cove and Loh Samah. I feel this trip quite rush and most of the time is on the boat. Not really enjoy the activities. This tour cost us 1000 baht per pax includes transfer to/from hotel, life jacket, mask& snorkel, lunch, tour guide, full insurance, fruits & soft drinks & snacks.
Travel agency: Fah Suay Nam Sai Travel.
Looked back this tour's catalog, the daily itinerary is a bit different from what we had. According to the catalog, we should have a chance to swim in Pi Leh Cove and Loh Samah. I feel this trip quite rush and most of the time is on the boat. Not really enjoy the activities. This tour cost us 1000 baht per pax includes transfer to/from hotel, life jacket, mask& snorkel, lunch, tour guide, full insurance, fruits & soft drinks & snacks.
Travel agency: Fah Suay Nam Sai Travel.
Viking Cave
Pi Leh Cove
This is the map of this tour
Time is limited. After we took a bath and diner, we went to the travel agent to rent the motors and direct drive to Patong area to experience the nightlife of Patong. We can see the Simon Cabaret is on our left hand side when on the way we going to Patong. Simon Cabaret is hugely popular tourist attraction. The show is performed by the famous "ladyboys" of Simon Cabaret. We did not go to Simon Cabaret and see the show. Why? Because my 'boy friends' said that they are not interested.
Arrived Patong, the environment is not much different between the day and night when we walking along the Patong main street/beach. But... Surprisingly, when we walk to Bangla Street, there is totally different when we came here at day time yesterday. Very happening and crowded! Pubs and disco are along the street. Lightful, music... hullabaloo. You can see that a lot hot girls wear sexy and dance sexy. By the way, they also have different kind of handicraft selling there.
Arrived Patong, the environment is not much different between the day and night when we walking along the Patong main street/beach. But... Surprisingly, when we walk to Bangla Street, there is totally different when we came here at day time yesterday. Very happening and crowded! Pubs and disco are along the street. Lightful, music... hullabaloo. You can see that a lot hot girls wear sexy and dance sexy. By the way, they also have different kind of handicraft selling there.
