THE PROS & CONS OF A 1* BEACH HUT

4.15am:
We write this from beneath the mosquito net. Or ‘the net of fear’ if you will. We don’t ever want to mislead in our blog and so we’ll be straight with you, we’re wimps. We are not hardened to cockroaches and the bats whose home we have invaded by entering this hut. It’s the middle of the night and we are anxious. The mosquitos are circling like hungry sharks, we know they’re aware we’re under here, they are a rare breed of super mosquito that show no fear of deet or beatings. The net provided had gaping holes through which we could fit our head and we rightly assumed that a mosquito could do the same. We therefore had to fashion a contraption…

PEACE ON PHI PHI

We stayed in Phuket only one night, sadly unmoved by Patong. We saw too many bright lights, McDonald’s signs and overcrowded beaches of boozed up tourists. We did, however, meet some incredible Thai people. This is something that we’re finding is easy to do as they’re some of the kindest, friendliest people we’ve ever come across. We chatted with some ladyboys who were more than happy to point us in the right direction for food, whilst Bee, a young Thai woman who worked at our hostel, chatted with us for a few hours, helping us to improve our pronunciation of the limited Thai vocabulary we know, and giving an insight on the islands and where’s best to visit.

We’d heard that Koh Phi Phi had become very developed in recent years and that most areas were noisy and crowded. Whilst we were we keen to spend some time in Phi Phi town, we were after somewhere more remote initially. Further round the coast, Rantee beach certainly didn’t disappoint. The secluded beach was a haven, with little more the than scuttling of crabs and soft ocean waves disturbing the silence…

Sunrise on Rantee beach…