This trip to Thailand is, in fact, after 3 years since last time I went back to Thailand. The trip is quite short (only 2 weeks) given that I had to fly all the way from Los Angeles to Bangkok. Basically, my plan for this trip is to meet my family and my friends, go to the Phi Phi Island, and go to Chiangmai and Lampang (to visit my grandma). I was very excited to see how much change has happened to Bangkok and Nakornpathom, the city I grew up.
For the first 3 days after I arrived in Bangkok, I spent most of my time with my family and relatives. A lot of talk and a lot of food :)
The real adventure began when we were going to the Phi Phi Island. We had to fly to Krabi first (took only about an hour form Bangkok) and took a mini van to a small harbor. Then, took a ferry boat to Phi Phi island and finally took a small boat to Phi Phi Island Village which is on the east side of the island.
We stayed on the island for 3 nights and went out for diving for 2days. On the second day we went by ourselves with a small boat. On the third day we went with a big group of people on a big boat (2-level). We also had a local tour guide on the second day.
The small harbor in Krabi
At the top level of the ferry
We got a free upgrade to Hillside Pool Villa, which is the best accommodation that this resort offers, and we got 2 of these for 4 people. Honestly, we felt like one is more than enough for us, but we did not cancel the other room because we think it is inappropriate to cancel the room after getting the free upgrade. The monkey on the side of the pool is me :D
Free all you can eat breakfast every morning
A lot of boats
We decided to go with this low-tech boat for the first day. That is my dad’s leg on the left. Of course he got sunburn really bad on both of his legs.
The resort from a distance
My sister and a huge school of fish
My dad
Guess what happened to my little bother? Sea sick :)
