13-03-2016 Bong & Koh Lipe (The island & Lipe Sunset Forest Resort)

After 1.5 hours of 2-boats trip,

we finally reached Koh Lipe island!

The first impression 

was of course,

the clean see-through water~

We walked through the walking street...

heading to the hotel to check in~

Well,

if your English is good,

can you understand this not-so-good English? 

Lol~

From walking street to

Lipe Sunset Forest,

it took us about 30 minutes walking~

It costed about MYR 400

for a garden room + one extra bed,

and it was inclusive of set breakfast

(not buffet breakfast)

The room was actually rather okay~

Rather spacious...

With aircon & nice bed~

And very nice

"outdoor" experience of taking shower

& using toilet!

The surrounding was nice....

with less than 20 apartments there,

so it was rather quiet and not crowded with tourists~

At night the pathways

were lighted up with some small lights~

So it was kinda cozy~

Another type of room

was slightly more expensive...

and 'modern'

There was also 

free tuk-tuk service

to drive us to everywhere we wanted on the island~

At the entrance of the resort,

there was this 'heart-shaped' tree~

It was about 10 minutes walking,

from the resort 

to the sunset beach~

It was certainly nice for Arne & Andreas

to be away from the cold winter of Norway

and enjoy the warm water~

To be continued...

XOXO

-Bong-

09-03-2016 Bong & Koh Lipe (From boat to boat)

We waited a bit at the pier

and the people working there needed to help us to get into the boat

as the water level was very low that day~

Of course,

there are also rules about the national park

that visitors must follow~

But no stacking up stones?

Why?

Lol~

Finally all was ready...

and we departed from Pakbara Pier!

From fishing boats

to kayak

and sail boat~

there were quite a lot 

to look at 

along the speedboat tour to Koh Lipe~

So good tips is

selecting the seats

near to the back in the speed boat~

After approximately 1 hour,

they took us to this little island...

just to take pictures~

The island itself

has no hotel,

no shops..

nothing~

So it is very very clean~

You can also choose 

not to leave the speed boat

if you don't feel like going down to the water YET~

After that small trip,

(which I still don't understand what it was for)

finally we reached at another pier...

where we could take another boat

to go to Koh Lipe island~

We had to pay 50 baht per person for the 'transit' boat,

and also 200 baht for entering the national park~

The boat took us to the first place 

at Koh Lipe island,

which seems more secluded & private

 

may be that is why

there were some nude tourists there?

To be continued...

XOXO

-Bong-