Krabi, Railay beach & Phi Phi island - Thailand

Friday 7th March

We got picked up at the hotel at 8am, and got transferred to Ao Nang, where the boat was waiting for us, a longtail boat that fitted around 20 people. We got a spot in the sun, and we were lucky (or unlucky) to get the spot where all the water sprayed in aswell. It got a bit cold in the end, but we could look forward to some time for relaxation on stunning beaches. First we visited Lading island, then Hong island and the lagoon. Unfortunately the remote and undeveloped beaches from the pictures in the brochure, was several years old, and is now, ruined by too many tourists, and we were some of them. Hmm... All right we just needed to relax, so it was okay, and the trip was only 400 bath, so all good. We got back in the late afternoon, and for the first time in 6 months I got a sunburn. Damn it!
Had some tasteful food at our hostel 'Good Dream', and went to bed early.

Not really a remote and untouched beach

Chinese people can't swim, so this is how the retards look like when they're on a beach

This is how cool I look like...

..and this is my lovely boyfriend

One of Ao Nang beaches 

Hong beach

Saturday 8th March

Today we went rockclimbing on Railay beach, I read about this wonderful place months ago, and I never stopped thinking about it, so we had to go and check it out. Apparently it's the best place for rockclimbing in Asia, and no wonder. This place was really stunning, had a stunning beach and some seriously good rockclimbing routes, for all levels. The beach is surrounded by mountains, located on the mainland, and only accessible by boat. It's the most untouched and undeveloped area we have visited in Thailand, and yet there's still some tourists there, but it's not overcrowded and ruined (yet). Definitely a place that's worth visiting again, we were surprised and amazed over this place.
We had a fun, challenging and exhausting day with rockclimbing, the afternoon we spend on the beach, just resting our old used bodies. We went back to Krabi late afternoon, and had a quiet night at the hostel.

Pretty scenery 

This is NOT only tree meters above the camera guy, this climb was 18 m. and I'm almost on the top here

The monkey here is around 28 meters above sea level

The stunning view from the top

Railay beach is pretty amazing

Railay beach

Krabi & Railay video

Sunday 9th March

We checked out at 11am, had a transfer to the pier of Krabi and from there we took a boat to Koh (= island) Phi Phi, 250 bath. Arriving at Phi Phi without any booked accommodation is quite easy, cause at the pier they have all hotels and guesthouses advertising with info and pictures. Wonderful idea. Phi Phi is a partyplace, and we wanted to stay away from all the noise, so we got a room at RS guesthouse for 700 bath. We went for a walk in the little town, all streets are narrow walking streets with souvenir shops, restaurants and bars. The only thing running on wheels is their luggage transportaion, like a big wheelbarrow, no motorbikes or car noise in the town.
We had dinner at Cosmic, a very popular place with reasonable prices and big portions. Just as we like it. 

In the evening I had a little battle with a spider - watch the video further down.

Pineapple with ham, prawns and rice - Yummi

 Lisbeth vs. the spider

Monday 10th

Today we had been away for 6 months, so it was time for some celebration. We started out with a morning jog, that turned out really annoying, cause it was very warm already at 7am, and we got lost several times in all those small streets. We then had breakfast on the beach and a little resting time, before we went for a hike to the viewpoint. Phi Phi is actually two island, they're attached to each other by a big sandbar, and from the viewpoint we could see both the northern and southern bay, a stunning view, worth the effort to hike up there. We finished the day with a nice dinner, and with each our bucket we joined the young crowd on the beach, watching fireshows, dancing and having more buckets.

The first ones on the beach this morning

View from the top of Koh Phi Phi

Happy travellers

Sipping strawberry daiquiri

This starnger is enjoying a big bucket of mojito

Fireshow

Tueday 11th March

I was worth nothing when we woke up, apparently those buckets had been really strong (and many). We wanted to travel to Koh Lanta, and book a live-aboard trip, so we had to get out of bed and drag ourselves down to the boat on the pier, luckily only 1½ hour boatride to our destination. We booked a bungalow in advance through a guy on the pier of Koh Phi Phi, so we avoided all the hassle when we arrived on Koh Lanta. A fixed tuk-tuk brought us straight to our big and clean bungalow, Palace Hill, near Hat Khlong Nin, actually a neat place compared to what we're use to, but also 200 bath more expensive per night.
We had free access to a swimming pool, located in a resort on the beach, and spend most of the day there.

Our little hut on Palace Hill

We forgot to take a picture of the nice pool and the beach, so this is what you get