After Ko Lanta, we took a ferry to Ko Phi Phi for 3 nights. We’d heard this island was more crowded than Ko Lanta but was even more beautiful — The Beach and a James Bond movie were filmed here, and the landscape is covered in limestone karst peaks iconic to the Thai islands. We found a hotel on a quieter side of the island with spectacular views of the ocean. It was a little isolated but within walking distance to a small village with a few restaurants, massage spots and a beach.
While Kyle took a diving trip, I spent the day at a cooking class in Tonsai town and learned to make the best pad thai I’ve ever had along with tom ka gai soup and green curry.
Kyle says:
Built for Leonardi Di Caprio; made for Kyle and Katy. “The Beach” was filmed on the island to the right of Ko Phi Phi (Ko Phi Phi Leh) and I ended up diving around the “Beach” island. Not too impressive in terms of diving as the waters were a little murky from the full moon tides, but I did see a large turtle as well as normal stuff one might see in coral. Perhaps the most striking place on this island, though, was the eerie beach and resort ruins that were destroyed by a 30ft series of tsunami waves in 2004.
