After 2 great days in Phuket we decided to move further down the coast to a beach resort we had driven to the day before that we really liked called Kata, and finally the sun had come out so we got straight on the Internet and booked a 4* beach front hotel with swim up pool bar.
It was so hot that I defiantly got my tanning hours in I had lost the previous two days. The hotel was gorgeous the views like something out of a post card (see above) we had a very relaxing day.
We made the decision to get the ferry and go to Phi Phi island the following day as we were desperate to visit the island that we had heard so much about and experience it first hand. The ticket was very cheap around £5 for a 2 hour ferry ride, which was very pleasant as you sailed past all the amazing scenery.
Everything was going brilliant we approached the island it was stunning I actually felt like i was in the movie The Beach (as this island was were it was filmed) until we reached are accommodation. I was not happy! the room was horrible, dark, pokey nothing compared to the accommodation we had stayed in back in Phuket and that was half the price of this. So we made up a little fuss as you do, got our money back and started to trail the long, narrow, busy streets of the island.............. 2 hours later after enquiring in around 10 different B&B's, hotels even a hostel about prices and viewing rooms, lugging our suitcases and bags round in the hot weather and yes you guessed we were back where we started! well the hotel next door to it. And when i say hotel i mean little beach huts that at first were so cute and authentic but after one night's sleep in it, it wasn't that great simply because it was so easy for the mosquito's to get in and didn't we know it, I had more than 28 bites just on the bottom half of my leg ssuddenly the dark dingy rooms weren't sounding so bad. We stayed another night before we decided to move on as the island was fantastic. The beaches beautiful and pure island life i would recommend visiting here.
Below is the viewpoint that we walked up to at sunset (stunning)
Below is a Thai boxing match we stumbled upon one night out in the bars
Below a fire show we went to on the beach (the nightlife was out of this world)
The island was actually wiped out by the Tsunami a few years ago, which i didn't realise till i started to notice all the evacuation signs while walking around. It was quite an erie feeling knowing what had happened there but amazing to think how far the island had come since.
So we jumped on another ferry and headed to Krabi for 4 days of bliss in a lovely 4* apart hotel we found on the Internet. After quite a hectic few days on Phi Phi Island and the weather finally staying hot and sunny we just wanted to chill by a nice pool with a cocktail, which is exactly what we did.
Krabi was a nice resort not an awful lot going on at night but great beaches and fab hotels to relax in.
Well like all things they must come to an end and we headed to Bangkok to catch are return flight home. I will say I wasn't too impressed with the city I did feel a bit out of my depth if I'm honest, but everyone is different.
Overall a fantastic experience and I cant wait to go back someday.
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