Thaiiiiii, narrative, 2eme part ... So I quickly visited Bangkok in 3 days. I'm glad I could spend some time despite everything I had heard before coming. Some friends had warned that the city was not worth the trouble to spend time ... or so he had to spend two weeks to really get used to the pace and feel good. For my part, I do not think these three days have been lost, although yes, southerly Thailand really worthwhile to spend as much time.
We decide to take the plane to Phuket. The
from Bangkok was delayed, arriving in Phuket this is at night, raining, and we're supposed to spend the night in a bungalow that we booked in Nai Harn Beach, south of Phuket Island. .. but it is now impossible to contact the owner of the bungalow.
We take the taxi queue which has allure of Fomule1 on the road dipped, we cling ... and end up asking him to slow down. We are coming close to our bungalow but the taxi does not take the road leading to it because it seems too dangerous by this time.
We therefore submit the resort is a little before ... it feels the arrangement between the hotel and the driver has full nose ...!
Girls do not find this place has their taste, for my part, there is a real atmosphere a bit cold for me enough for the night.
The next day we discover that Nai Harn Beach is located just opposite the hotel. A beautiful white sand beach, the sun knocks, we set the bags and we spend the afternoon here to eat fresh pineapple, sipping coconut milk, nap and swim ... nice first day in the south.
The next night we 'll finally our famous bungalow. Which was finally has a twenty minute walk. The site, fully integrated into the scenery, worth the detour, the bungalows are very basic ... and the huge spider I found in deploying the net above my bed I will cool down for the rest of the trip! No surprise ... people who know me. (But in my defense it was really huge!). On the picture you can see, in fact, the site has positive side not to distort the landscape ... the negative side is obviously the spider.
The next day we decide to take the boat and run straight to my top destination: Ko Phi Phi.
The island was completely devastated during the tsunami December 26, 2004. To see the result on Ko Phi Phi after the passage of the wave, and compare with my photos, go here
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Today the island is back to normal and blithely continues its tourist development. Given the world that there was in October, I can not imagine the crowds and the hubbub of high season.
On this island I love: The nature, beaches and forest, kayaking trip along the beaches and see the island from another angle, Monkeys beach with monkeys, of course (and its photo shoot for a brand of Asian Biquini with dummies) and the food deliciously exquisite.
We spend so few beautiful days in Ko Phi Phi with a wonderful time, a little rain in the evening to cool the plants and a large cockroach, what do I say: A huge cockroach in my bungalow in prime ... strangely I am less sensitive the cockroach as spiders. But see crawling in my bathroom is still "experience" certain.
Later, we take the boat back to Phuket, from there, a bus takes us to Phang Nga, known for its bay and the beach of James Bond ...
We therefore arrive early evening and we need to find a hotel. While we are in the research he started to rain, it becomes urgent to find or shelter.
Unfortunately the only hotel we find is a block of white cement in futuristic planted along the mangroves. The site does not delight us. A "pilot" long tail boat comes to meet us and offers us stay in his bungalow resort on the island. His
island, which island?
Here we go, all aboard his boat, sailing in the middle of the mangrove in the direction of an island ... ...!
We arrived at night on a piece of rock stuck in the middle of nowhere, which is hung a village built on stilts.
The hotel turns out pretty nice though hygiene is not included in the policy of the establishment!
We're actually in Ko Panyee, a village of sea gypsies living off fishing and tourism ... since day this little village is crowded with tourists ... we'll happily do it.
After a breakfast towards the island Thai Kao Ping or certain scenes from the man with the Golden Gun (74, Roger Moore) was shot. The photo of the good tourist is a must!
After a quick tour of the mangroves, we return to the mainland and resume the bus back to Phuket. This will be the last night in Thailand for me. The story soon ... finally as soon as possible!