Author: hawkeyx

  • Three quick snaps from our first venture outside of the Phi Phi resort area.   Nothing like the big cities, but bikes still played a massive role in the local communities.       A very cool, but massively out or proportion map.  

  • Landing at the resort, the view was stunning. Clear aqua ocean, white sand, palm trees. We were warmly greeted, and as with all the other places we stayed, welcomed with a cool sweet beverage. Being at the flash end of the holiday, we took on an upgrading offer and temporarily made the beach front bungalow…

  • Leaving Krabi, we hopped on a ferry destined for the beautiful Phi Phi Islands. Hot as usual, I struggled sitting on the reflective white deck for 40min’s before we took off, but once we started moving, the cool breeze was great! The ride was somewhere around 2 hours, with cheap Singer’s being sold in the…

  • For one of our days staying in Krabi, we booked a day trip out to some of the smaller islands. Heading out via longboat, we had three main stops – one for snorkling, one for lunch and one for a few hours swimming.     One thing that became apparent in Thailand, starting with this…

  • Up to this point of the holiday I had not seen any ‘in the wild’ monkeys. I did see a number of pet/trick/show monkeys both in Bangkok and Chiang Mai – but I don’t overly like seeing them chained or roped up as they were in these areas. Walking around the township I came across…