You can take the bus to Hat Yai (refer to Post on Koh Phangan). From Hat Yai you can take the bus or rent a van to Krabi (refer to Post on Phangan). Krabi is also an ok place to cuti-cuti the main beach area is Ao Nang Beach. You can also take the boat to Railay from Krabi. Railay is small and quite but if you're there go check out Phranang Cave. It is gorgeous (the beach) and in the cave there is a carved penis. No joke. Its some sort of offering or something. It takes about 5 hours from Hat Yai to Krabi Jetty. The boat to Phi Phi is about 2 hours. Google the boat schedule to organise your arrival and departure.
OR you can wait for Air Asia Super Deals and take a flight to Krabi (better than Phuket) than from the airport its a short ride to the Jetty. The flight back from Krabi to KL is in the afternoon. If you take the first boat out from Phi Phi you will be able to catch your flight back. No waiting.
From Krabi you can also go to Koh Lanta. Good diving. Pretty Quite. Hardly any Asians. Lotsa families. Its a 3 hour journey to Koh Lanta from Krabi with 2 ferry rides.
Where to Stay:
Phi Phi is quite expensive in terms of accomodation. You won't get a beach front chalet for a reasonable price compared to Koh Phangan. So if you wanna spend bout 800 baht (RM80) per room than kena carik guesthouse which are not beach front.
If you walk from the Jetty into town, just go straight until you reach a 2 story massage place on your left (opposite a dive shop). Turn left there and you'll see Baan Thai Guesthouse. I never got to stay at Baan Thai Guesthouse cause sentiasa full but some of my friends have life membership there. Its run by Miss Lee. There is like a common area in front to lepak with other travellers. Walk past this Guesthouse, pass 7-11 heading towards Phi Phi Viewpoint you will find a lot of options for accomodation. Just have to go in and ask them whether there are rooms available. I stayed at Anita's. Its decent. Sacha's is ok too and the White Room.
What to do:
You must go to the Viewpoint cause the view is unbelievable. But the treck up is not easy. Very steep lotsa tangga. But its worth it. Spend your time at Loh Dalam Bay. Its sorta the main beach. You can cuci mata. Rent a Lilo (they have the double ones for 2 people). Have a fruit shake or pay 200 baht to use the infinity pool which has a bar and loud music. There's the regular beach activities ie island hoping, snorkelling and diving. There is also Cliff Jumping. They give you boots and gloves climb up and jump down. Starts from 6 metres all the way up to 16 metres (but to do this you have to climb a tree). It is fun but can be very dangerous if you slip and fall the wrong way. When you jump at this height you have to jump in straight. Senget sikit and touching the water is like slamming into concrete and you will be bruised. What else? Massage, Shopping, Makan, Lepak etc... There are flyers and booklets on Phi Phi there for further info on what to do.
Not to miss on the makan front is Tuk's BBQ. Ikan Keli, daging bakar, chicken wing, the works! Its sedap and its halal. The fried rice and tom yam at the resort/restaurant by the beach at Ton Sai Bay is pretty good. Must try the pancakes in Phi Phi. Its like roti canai with topping. The best is nutella and peanut butter. And the best pancake in Phi Phi in my opinion is at the stall on the same row as Baan Thai Guesthouse. Don't miss out on the Orange fruitshake. Go to the pasar for cheap nasi lauk. And for breakfast find Uni's. They make fresh bagels every morning. Check out D's bookshop near 7-11. Decent food and a great place to people watch.
At night go to Rolling Stoned for live music (the band is pretty good) and a game of pool, Reggae bar for muay thai, Carlito's to dance and Hippie Bar (spot a melayu fire show boy who is the mc with an accent) to Chill. There is also this place called Carpe Diem but i prefer it during the day because you can sit on the upper deck and enjoy the view (of the beach). There are also buckets in Phi Phi like Phangan. But Phi Phi is more maju because not only do they have the normal sand castle sized bucket, they also have the BALDI. But do take into account the fact that once the BALDI is filled with your choice of poision and ice you can't really move around. berat.
If you have nothing else to do you can get a bamboo tatoo of the sun. heh heh heh.
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