Thailand
Southeast Asian Odyssey '24, part two
Malaysia was wonderful; Thailand beckons. We’ve started off in style, on the tiny island of Koh Lipe. We’re here for a week or so’s beach-bumming, before meeting up with friends for a few days on another tiny island before heading for a national park, thence to Bangkok, then off to Cambodia. At least, that’s the plan as it stands. In the words of the barmy army, ‘ere we go, ‘ere we go, ‘ere we go…
D’ja see what I did there, didja?
Hem…
Anyway, moving on…
Wow but it’s nice here. An island so small that you can walk from our beach to Sunrise Beach –...
And there was us thinking it would be a few palm leaf huts by a sleepy seashore.
Having said which, it’s pretty quiet till the evenings. Presumably all the young folk are off...
Up at the crack…well, 7.30ish…for our postponed snorkeling island tour. We’d chosen the five island option: in our experience the longer ones can start to become a...
We went to the beach. It was lovely. We’ve come back for a shower. In a bit, we’re going back for the sunset. It’s hell, but someone has to do it.
And so we did.
Let’s face it, there’s not much to do on an island the size of a pocket handkerchief, but we had another lovely day on the beach, thank you. Marred only a tad when the guy...
Koh Libong is a lovely, unspoilt island. Truth be told, ‘attractions’ are pretty thin on the ground. This morning we decided to start by visiting one of the top tips: Point...