Ko Phi Phi Le Aug 25-26
"It's already EPIC and we haven't even done it yet"
-Jake Fowler
That is exactly what it was....epic.
Camping at Maya Bay "The Beach" was even more amazing that anyone could imagine. The preparation for 30 of us to go was all worth the while, with Amir, Andy and Dave as master planners. They handed out flyers to get the group which ended up being 30 of us...people from Canada, Ireland, England, Australia, Mexico, Holland...etc. We gathered and prepared all the food (meat and veggie kebabs, steaks, chicken, sausages, potato, fruit salad and snacks. We loaded all the food and alcohol into one boat and had three others filled with people and set off to this protected cove beach.
The night was absolutely perfect, the moon was three days short of being full, the beach was so peaceful and untouched and everyone was having a great time. Amir performed with his guitar and did a fire show for us all and the rest of the night we had a stereo playing whatever we wanted.
Camping at Maya bay is a once in a lifetime thing, we were lucky enough to have Amir which is someone of a Phi Phi local to have connections and know who to pay off...haha
The night was filled with eating, drinking, swimming and everything was lit by the moon.
The next morning we woke early and left the beach before it got crowded. We headed for phi phi but stopped on the way to go cliff jumping. I wanted to jump so badly but the rocks were so sharp that the guys that manage to climb up all cut their feet, so I swam around the boat. But realized when I was swimming I wasn't alone...little tiny jellyfish with stingers were stinging me all over...I felt like I had a thousand cuts all over my body and I had jumped into salt water...I swam until I couldn't stand the little stings and then got out...
We got back to phi phi which was only a 30 mins boat ride from where we camped and almost everyone went back to bed after the long night. I went to the beach to read, sleep, enjoy the crystal clear waters and get in as much as I could of the most beautiful place I've seen in a while.
I have met some amazing people on this island and I know I will see them again, well at least keep in touch! I'm off to Ko Pha Ngan in the morning so I said my goodbyes and I was off to the biggest beach party in the world!
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007
Ko phi phi
I made it! I took an over night bus from Bangkok on Aug 22 to ko phi phi which is in the province of Krabi...
I arrived about noon on Aug 23 and immediately met up with Andy and his friends (Amir and Dave). All we could think of was heading to the beach and that is exactly what we did. We grabbed a beer at a beach hut and brought them into the water while we enjoyed the beautiful blue water surrounded by rock cliffs and the 36degree weather! It was great seeing a familiar face after spending time on my own in Bangkok. I had a great time shopping, touring some temples and visiting buddha on his birthday. I experienced a ride in my first tuk tuk in bangkok (motorbike taxi) which was so cool and I was able to see more of the city that way.
Now that I'm out of the city and on a beautiful island I'm enjoying life. Yesterday after enjoying the water we packed up a small wooden boat with food and beer and set off for Bamboo island. There was 6 of us altogether (Amir, Dave, Andy, Jake, Jade, Laura and I) that went and we had a great time jumping off the boat in the middle of the ocean, walking the white sandy beaches of bamboo island and fishing with only reels and line on the way home. On the way back we sat and watched the sunset while swimming around the boat. We made it back to ko phi phi island around dark and we were all ready for the night to start. We ended up at a local bar called Hippies where Amir works and he entertained playing his guitar and singing and a fire show which was absolutely amazing. Afterwards we drank $3.00 coctails and $9.00 buckets of vodka redbull and danced the night away on the beach!!! It was a great night and it even ended with an exciting down poor around 2:30am, at that point we sang in the rain until I called it a night and walked home. I enjoyed walking home in the rain and the sound it made as it hit the path...and just thinking to myself I'm in Thailand and have no worries in the world at this moment!!!
I arrived about noon on Aug 23 and immediately met up with Andy and his friends (Amir and Dave). All we could think of was heading to the beach and that is exactly what we did. We grabbed a beer at a beach hut and brought them into the water while we enjoyed the beautiful blue water surrounded by rock cliffs and the 36degree weather! It was great seeing a familiar face after spending time on my own in Bangkok. I had a great time shopping, touring some temples and visiting buddha on his birthday. I experienced a ride in my first tuk tuk in bangkok (motorbike taxi) which was so cool and I was able to see more of the city that way.
Now that I'm out of the city and on a beautiful island I'm enjoying life. Yesterday after enjoying the water we packed up a small wooden boat with food and beer and set off for Bamboo island. There was 6 of us altogether (Amir, Dave, Andy, Jake, Jade, Laura and I) that went and we had a great time jumping off the boat in the middle of the ocean, walking the white sandy beaches of bamboo island and fishing with only reels and line on the way home. On the way back we sat and watched the sunset while swimming around the boat. We made it back to ko phi phi island around dark and we were all ready for the night to start. We ended up at a local bar called Hippies where Amir works and he entertained playing his guitar and singing and a fire show which was absolutely amazing. Afterwards we drank $3.00 coctails and $9.00 buckets of vodka redbull and danced the night away on the beach!!! It was a great night and it even ended with an exciting down poor around 2:30am, at that point we sang in the rain until I called it a night and walked home. I enjoyed walking home in the rain and the sound it made as it hit the path...and just thinking to myself I'm in Thailand and have no worries in the world at this moment!!!
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
The Land of Thai!
I've finally made it to Thailand where I was supposed to have been two months ago but decided to spend time with my love in Australia :)
I have arrived safe and sound after a 15 hour trip from Melb. It was extremely hard saying goobye to Nick and his family, I had one last dinner with them the night before I left and then it was the count down until I left :( It was hard thinking about going to Thailand when I was leaving a life I had become so attached to over the past 7 months! I know it's not the end for me...Australia is a second home! :)
I arrived in Bangkok around 8:30 pm Aug 21 with everything going perfectly. Until I jumped in the cab. He took me to the general area of where my hostel was but couldn't find it and then ended up charging me extra since we drove around longer than he wanted to look for it...he only took $18.00 and I was in the cabin for a good hour and ahalf...haha things are extremely cheap here it's hard not to buy everything you see!
I was expecting this place to be very similar to Egypt but already I see many differences...the country is a lot cleaner, the people don't beg as much and the men don't stare or whistle (as much) YES!!!! hah
I dropped everything at my hostel Sawasdee Bongkok Inn and went shopping along Koh San Rd which is a major tourist and market district. I bought some food from a Vendor and sat on the side of the street eating and watching the people go bye. I bought some souvenirs already which I've been waiting so long to buy, cotton pants ($3.00) and a Thail bag ($3.00)..so glad I waited until I was here to buy them.
Today I'm going to try and book the night train down to the province Krabi and stay on Ko Phi Phi island. I know some people down there that I went to highschool with in Nanaimo (Andy Hatfield) so hopefully we can meet up.
I'll be in touch!! LOVE
I have arrived safe and sound after a 15 hour trip from Melb. It was extremely hard saying goobye to Nick and his family, I had one last dinner with them the night before I left and then it was the count down until I left :( It was hard thinking about going to Thailand when I was leaving a life I had become so attached to over the past 7 months! I know it's not the end for me...Australia is a second home! :)
I arrived in Bangkok around 8:30 pm Aug 21 with everything going perfectly. Until I jumped in the cab. He took me to the general area of where my hostel was but couldn't find it and then ended up charging me extra since we drove around longer than he wanted to look for it...he only took $18.00 and I was in the cabin for a good hour and ahalf...haha things are extremely cheap here it's hard not to buy everything you see!
I was expecting this place to be very similar to Egypt but already I see many differences...the country is a lot cleaner, the people don't beg as much and the men don't stare or whistle (as much) YES!!!! hah
I dropped everything at my hostel Sawasdee Bongkok Inn and went shopping along Koh San Rd which is a major tourist and market district. I bought some food from a Vendor and sat on the side of the street eating and watching the people go bye. I bought some souvenirs already which I've been waiting so long to buy, cotton pants ($3.00) and a Thail bag ($3.00)..so glad I waited until I was here to buy them.
Today I'm going to try and book the night train down to the province Krabi and stay on Ko Phi Phi island. I know some people down there that I went to highschool with in Nanaimo (Andy Hatfield) so hopefully we can meet up.
I'll be in touch!! LOVE
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
New Zealand Trip July 07
Sorry it's been so long since I've given an update, but my life was kinda boring for a while, well not really, but I was studying a lot and focussing more on Uni and work. I am now done my semester at Deakin University and moved out of residence into Nick's (boyfriend :)house. I just got back last night from an amazing trip to New Zealand although the weather was cold the snow made the country that much more beautiful. I travelled with my friend James from work. He is from Ontario and wanted to do some travel before he went back home. I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to go to NZ. We had 8 days, so we decided to rent a car and do as much as the south island as we could! We flew into Christchurch July 3, stayed one night until we were able to pick up our 2007 Kia rental car that only had 34 km on it...we treated ourselves. From Christchurch we drove 3.5 hrs to Lake Tekapo where we stopped and absorbed the beautiful scenery and then headed onto Queenstown. We ended up staying 10mins outside of Queenstown in Arrowtown which was nice and close to Coronet Peak where we snowboarded the next day! Conditions were aparently the best they had all season the day we went, but the visibility was poor.
The next day in Queentown I went bungy jumping from the ledge that is 400m above the town and has a perfect panoramic view from up there. This extra day gave us a chance to explore the tourist part of town, get some souvenirs and have a day off of driving.
July 7 we set off to Milford Sound which is a fiordland 4hrs from Queentown. We took a cruise in the afternoon through the fiord out to the Tasman sea and back. That particular fiord took 5 glaciers to create and over 2 million years. The history behind it was fasanating as well as the different vegetation and wildlife. That night we drove two hours back to a small town called Te Anau and spent the night.
The next day we set off early for the 9 hr drive north to Franz Joseph. This is where most of the glaciers on the island are. The largest is Tasman glacier but we went to visit Franz Joseph glacier. We met some people from California that night in our hostel and went to the glacier the next morning with them. The walk in up to the base of the glacier was about 45mins. We walked through the valley which the glacier formed by hundreds of years of receiding and carving away the mtn.
That afternoon we exchanged emails with our new friends and headed even further north to a little place called Punakaiki. Our hostel was right on the beach and that night I saw the most beautiful, colourful sunset I have ever seen. We sat watching the sun go down, making dinner and just enjoying the view. This was the last night we had until we started our trip back to Christchurch.
The next morning we woke and drove 10mins north to the truman track hiking area, and walked down to a beach which was made of all pebbles, no sand. I took some home with me! Just 5 mins away from that beach we visited the Pancake rocks which are layered rocks formed under the sea thousands of years ago and no one has discovered how they got that way. The pancake rocks are the tourist attraction for Punakaiki.
That afternoon we started our drive back through Aurthur's pass to Christchurch. We explored Christchurch that evening, found a starbucks with a fireplace and read for a few hours until we headed to the aiport around 11:30pm. We didn't think it was worth checking into a hostel so we slept at the aiport...haha there was about 20 other travellers with the same idea. We flew out the next morning at 7am. Nick suprised us at the airport and picked us up....sick day for him:) I guess he missed me that much...cutie!
Now I'm back in Melbourne and mom and dad arrive tomorrow morning and I can't wait :) Nick and I have a whole weekend planned for them in Melb before we fly to Cairns on Monday! I'm sure they will be in touch with everyone! Hope everyone is well
Tons of love from Australia:)
The next day in Queentown I went bungy jumping from the ledge that is 400m above the town and has a perfect panoramic view from up there. This extra day gave us a chance to explore the tourist part of town, get some souvenirs and have a day off of driving.
July 7 we set off to Milford Sound which is a fiordland 4hrs from Queentown. We took a cruise in the afternoon through the fiord out to the Tasman sea and back. That particular fiord took 5 glaciers to create and over 2 million years. The history behind it was fasanating as well as the different vegetation and wildlife. That night we drove two hours back to a small town called Te Anau and spent the night.
The next day we set off early for the 9 hr drive north to Franz Joseph. This is where most of the glaciers on the island are. The largest is Tasman glacier but we went to visit Franz Joseph glacier. We met some people from California that night in our hostel and went to the glacier the next morning with them. The walk in up to the base of the glacier was about 45mins. We walked through the valley which the glacier formed by hundreds of years of receiding and carving away the mtn.
That afternoon we exchanged emails with our new friends and headed even further north to a little place called Punakaiki. Our hostel was right on the beach and that night I saw the most beautiful, colourful sunset I have ever seen. We sat watching the sun go down, making dinner and just enjoying the view. This was the last night we had until we started our trip back to Christchurch.
The next morning we woke and drove 10mins north to the truman track hiking area, and walked down to a beach which was made of all pebbles, no sand. I took some home with me! Just 5 mins away from that beach we visited the Pancake rocks which are layered rocks formed under the sea thousands of years ago and no one has discovered how they got that way. The pancake rocks are the tourist attraction for Punakaiki.
That afternoon we started our drive back through Aurthur's pass to Christchurch. We explored Christchurch that evening, found a starbucks with a fireplace and read for a few hours until we headed to the aiport around 11:30pm. We didn't think it was worth checking into a hostel so we slept at the aiport...haha there was about 20 other travellers with the same idea. We flew out the next morning at 7am. Nick suprised us at the airport and picked us up....sick day for him:) I guess he missed me that much...cutie!
Now I'm back in Melbourne and mom and dad arrive tomorrow morning and I can't wait :) Nick and I have a whole weekend planned for them in Melb before we fly to Cairns on Monday! I'm sure they will be in touch with everyone! Hope everyone is well
Tons of love from Australia:)
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