Koh Lipe the paradise : I, On the way
The beginning of the big journey has begun in 2006, started with this paradise “Lipe Island”.
I got two weeks holiday in late Decemeber through New year 2007. My plan was staying at Phangan Island alone for one week then Lipe Island with one of my best friend another week. I don’t know much about Koh Lipe but my friend told me that if you are there, you will forget Phangan. Oh really? Must try!
It’s the fourth time of the year to Phangan island and I thought it wanted to say bye to me. The 4 meters tidal wave didn’t allow me to swim or even walk on the beach. The staff put the barrier along the beach to stop the sea comes to the resort. It’s as windy as it would like to blow everybody on the beach away.
I was like a dead rat that stucked in a hammock for 7 days :S
I tried to change my ticket to go back sooner but a ferry can’t sail during that time so the pier was closed. I thought I was stuck there more than 7 days but a luck was still mine. On the day 7th, the Ferry started sailing again.
I came back to Bangkok for one day to prepare my stuff for Lipe Island on the next morning. If you think Phangan Island is far from Bangkok, Lipe Island is like another country.
Lipe Island is in Stool Province. (Southern Thailand) Located on Andaman Coast. Not easy to go. I think to go there from Malaysia is more short than Bangkok.
Going there by plane is comfortable than bus?
A. Stuck in the airport for 2 hours before departure time with another one hour on plane, with little space, and only see the cloud
or
B. 14 hours on VIP Bus from night till noon with a beautiful view along the way.
For me, I take B.
But during new year, bus tickets were sold out!!! So we had to take Choice A. Plane. There’s no direct flight to Stool so we had to catch the plane Bangkok-Had Yai then took a van with the destination Had Yai-Stool. When arrived Stool, we took another cab to Pakpara Pier. At Pakpara Pier took a spped boat to Lipe Island (stayed on the boat about 2-3 hours) .
My boat took 3 hours because the boat was broken. The driver stopped at Tarutao National Park. We waited for one hour. Normally during the way to Lipe Island, the boat driver would stop at a few islands such as Kai Island for tourists to take pictures, etc. But we were late, so everyone was tired – they, us, wanted to go directly to Lipe Island – no stops.
Finally, we were there.
Lipe Island.
Clear sky and blue sea made my heart beat again.
It’s not just an Island, it’s paradise!!
