The Beach
April 14th, 2008I finally got to see The Beach. It’s called Maya Beach on Ko Phi Phi Leh where they made the movie. And it’s …. crowded. Plenty of boats with noisy motors, people sunbathing, getting drunk, swimming, snorkelling… Honestly, I have seen better beaches.
Fabian and I spent almost three weeks on Thai beaches and we loved it. First we went to Ko Phi Phi and then moved on to Ko Lipe in the Ko Tarutao national park. We spent our days lazying on the beach, snorkelling, and diving. I finally read a couple of good books, got myself a bit of a suntan and I saw sea turtles, sharks, shrimps, pipe fish, and nudie branks in all shapes and colors. I also started taking underwater pictures while diving, though it turned out to be much harder than expected, especially with the constant underwater current.
As a final highlight before coming back to Bangkok, we got caught in the Songkran activities in Krabi yesterday and had much fun getting soaked in water and splashing around with our water pistol. So sad there is no similar festival in Europe :).
See the full flickr photoset here.
April 21st, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Un momento. I can tell you of at least two or three “songkrans” (kind of) in Spain. In Valencia they do it with tomatoes, in La Palma with white flour and last but not least, in a village called La Aldea they do things the other way round, so instead of throwing water at each other, they simply throw people into the local lake… and there comes the moment where a good diving course might come handy
April 29th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Hi Marco, nice to have you here! Thanks for the info. I should probably go visit Spanish Songkran when I go to Europe next time, sounds like great fun :).