Trip to Koh Lipe (part 2)

Walking street is the only entertainment in Koh Lipe, most of the people will hang out here at night. It is one straight road fron Pattaya beach to Sunset beach. Since our trip to Koh Lipe is during low peak season, most of the shops is closed and some is open only at night.

Pooh Bar



Walking street

We ended up having lunch at Thai Restaurant....they serve nice Pad Thai...

Later, we went to shop for our snorkelling trip. We end up with Thai Beach  Travellers which looks more professional. Since i wanted to look at interesting fish and coral, we choose Program B. Try to bargain with them since it is low peak season, we pay for THB 620 per person.

Unique post box in Koh Lipe

There are many stray dogs along walking street....

Remember to try their seafood....its very fresh and cheap

Trip to Koh Lipe (Part 1)

Finally, after one whole year of waiting...I am finally going to Koh Lipe !!!

I have always wanted to travel to Maldives due to crystal clear water and colourful corals and fish. However, due to budget constraint, which required RM10,000 for two person =_=....i have planned to go there for Honeymoon.

Last year, during my trip to Langkawi, while surveying for snorkelling trip, the tour guide introduce us to Koh Lipe, which is only one hour by speedboat. Too bad we didnt bring along our passport, if not we would have been there since last year.

From there, i started to plan our trip to Koh Lipe, which i heard is "Maldives" of Thailand....Just a short introduction of Koh Lipe....Koh Lipe is a small island in the Adang-Rawi Archipelago of the Andaman Sea, in the Satun Province of southwest Thailand, close to Malaysian border (Langkawi).

We booked Firefly air ticket to Langkawi which costs RM100 per person. The boat trip to Koh Lipe costs RM128 per way. Boat ticket can be booked online for a cheaper price. Ticket can be booked at Telaga Harbour.

 We arrived at Telaga Harbour around 8.00am. We waited there for almost 1 hour for them to process the imigration documents. Next time should only reach there 9.00am...

The boat trip to Koh Lipe takes around 1 hour and 15 minutes. Once we reach there, we need to wait for Thailand immigration for entry clearance. The hotel van will be waiting for us at Immigration check-in point.

We stayed at Mali Resort, which is located at Pattaya Beach. We booked balinese style beach view room, at the most amazing part is open air bathroom !!!

 

 

 

After settled down, we went to Walking Street for our lunch and to book snorkelling and island hopping trip. The weather is so sunny....end up having sunburn on the first day....


 

 

Crystal Clear water with blue sky