Checked out of bland Harmony House at 10:35 and legged it to the main port of Koh Phi Phi nabbing a ticket on the way to catch the 11am ferry to Krabi and “free transfer” to Ao Nang. Intention was to check out Ao Nang and then go onto Railay. Settled down on a ledge at the back of the ferry alfresco and watched beautiful angelfish darting around the coral attached to the jetty....
Picked up by a pick up truck to go to Koh Lanta ferry & 90mins later land at Koh Phi Phi. Doesn’t seem to be much accommodation left so we end up at Harmony House the cheapest the touts could find for us. It doesn’t start off well. One girl is checking out because of noise and smells. Another 2 girls want out as guys have been trying to bash their doors down in the night....
Nice early pickup at 7.15am to get the 8.30am ferry to Ko Phi Phi. The weather was gorgeous and the view of the limestone karsts of Phi Phi appearing in the distance was amazing. Hopped off and hopped onto another ferry to Ko Lanta where a woman was selling ice-creams. Genius idea. Arrived in Ko Lanta and met off the boat by 2 guys from Fevrier resort who bundled us, another couple and our bags into the back of a pickup truck for the 20min journey to Klong Nin....
100 days into our adventure and today wasn’t particularly eventful. In Hat Karon, Phuket and there are “girlie” bars everywhere and lots of middle-aged european men with pretty young Thai ladies on their arm. Or two or three guys sat at a table with one girl. The beach is lovely, although mostly covered in sunloungers, we found a spot to lay a towel and sunbathed for half an hour before we could bear the heat no longer and went for a wander around the streets full of souvenier shops, clothes shops and restaurants....
Another mental journey planned by us. Instead of going overland up to Krabi we decided to fly to Phuket from Kuala Lumpur. So we could get the 30-day visa instead of the 15-day visa. (For some reason there is a difference in Thailand depending on whether you enter overland or via an airport???) Our journey: 7.45am Pink minibus taxi from Telak Nipah to Pangkor Town 8.30am Ferry from Pangkor Town to Lumut...