Koh Lipe

23.04.2014 - 28.04.2014

This island is about 4km² small. We loved the atmosphere and privacy of it. Cute little island!

Sunrise Beach

Our little bamboo hut at Gecko Lipe Resort

 Scooter Taxis

 "Walking Street" - where all the action is

 We were loyal customers of Aroy Mexican and absolutely loved their authentic food. It's a bit pricey for Thai standard,  but sooo delicious!

 Taking a scooter taxi to Sunset Beach!

 ...and having the beach all to ourselves.

 Pattaya Beach by sunset

 Misses "YOOOHOOOO"-Roti, who makes the best Roti pancakes stuffed with banana pieces and topped with Nutella.

 Elephant books & coffee

 Skimming through a couple books, Julie found this.

 MEGA SPOILER.

 ...and cute little kittens. This one's called "Captain Sparrow" due to it only having one eye.

 One and only "movie theater" on Koh Lipe.

On the 28th we left Koh Lipe to go to Krabi, spent one night there and headed to Krabi airport on the 29th to go to Kuala Lumpur.

Koh Tao

On Wednesday night Julie and I took a bus all the way from Bangkok to Chumporn in order to take a catamaran to Koh Tao from there. The bus ride took about 9 hours and the ride on the catamaran less than 2 hours. The picture below shows the pier by Chumporn at dawn.

 Nungyuan island - the best place to go diving

 Once we had arrived Koh Tao, we took a "cab" (a pick up....) to our "hotel" on the other side of the island. The coasts are only 3 kilometers apart.

 Once again, we almost died taking a ride with this taxi, and soon we realized why taxis around here couldn't just be small cars, but needed to be pick-ups. The ride was bumpy and we were off-road a lot driving through the jungle.

 Finally we arrived at our little cabin

 Our cabin from the outside

 The pool right by the beach is just 50 meters from our cabin!