same same but different

..while Im writing my blog Im possible in one of the nicest places to work on something or write about something or to read...Im on koh lanta an island close to koh phi phi one of the most famous islands in Thailand. Great here! Luv it. Though its peak season / there are not that much people. compared to koh phi phi there is nobody at all. the whole beach is reserved for the five of
us :) great feeling. (that was there..now Im back again and have just my room to continue with the blog) The sea is also beautiful - for me maybe a bit too rocky :) but never mind.
we arrived on wednesday night to a very suspicious time in phuket - also a very suspicious city with suspicious lookin cab drivers :) thx got we managed to get a hostel although it was very late...was not the best but also not the worst choice ever :) Hotel called On-On-Hotel - choosen from the LonelyPlanet! The district was not refreshing at all. Everything seemed to be dirty and I must assume I was a bit scared about the people at the reception. Normally u hand in your ids when checking in..but not here..he didn't ask for nothing...just for th emoney :)...the room itself..okey not in a bad situation..but "nice, clean" is something different :)
It was just for one night - so we just took it and prayed to god that everything shall be better next days in pp and koh lanta!
we took the cab to the port very early next day...first destination was koh pp from there we were supposed to move on with another ferry to koh lanta! from phuket to kohlanta around 4 hours I think. But on boat I lose all my sense for time. Great to lie there and look to the horizont and the interplay of forces between the boat and the waves..just greaT!
In Koh Lanta we checked in another hotel than we booked online :) We were told that the one we booked is very outside and too far away from the beach - so we just followed a lady tó another place :) We got 2 bungalows for 5 people..and there we go. We just passed our stuff and went down to the beach..impressive to see the beach so empty..such huge...so beautiful...but empty :) was happy about it...don't like crowded beaches! After hanging around in the sun, having lunch and swimming bit...we experienced the THAI MASSAGE! wohuuuuuuu..great thing guys! never felt that good after a massage...just pitty that we decided to take the massage so close to the sunset..cuz when I was lying on the bench and trying to relax...all the fckn mosquitos came out their holes and disturbed me :) not fun! but even tough..great great great!
Then 3 of us (who had the massage) got almost lost..while we were getting our massage it got very dark - and finding back to our hotel was not fun :))) We walked walked...passed the hotel went back :)) It felt like looking for a place in the middle of nowhere which doesn't exists at all. I was looking for a minimarket which I thought was straight next to the entry of the hotel - the girls for other indices :)) ahhaa not fun that second..but afterwards its stupid and funny :)
The dinner introduced thai food to us..andddddddddddddddddd I love it! so delicious! the vegetables..the rice...the mushrooms...the chicken..and all of them not fried..not full of oil...boah...:) for my part I was really over the moon...haha that was the heaven after all this weeks with the fried food over here :)))
After dinner we set off for a huge party at the focus bar. But how to find a bar u've never seen bevor without any signs?...:) we could have take a cab (tuk tuk)..but noway..they looked more suspicious than the evil darkness of the night :)) so we kept on walking...ended up in the garden of a hotel and thx god we met a very kind concierge. He drove us all one by one with is little motorbike to the place we wanted to go. Haha we got to the FORCE BAR but no HUGE party far and wide :)) just a little one with fire show...nice tough! but Im not sure if that was worth to struggle that way through the night :))
The next day we went to the eliphant farm and had a ride on them. Great feeling. But afterwards we saw them bound with chains..Ive no idea if eliphant farms are ethic or not..on the one hand..no way..no ethic! but on the otherside..Im so glad that I had the opportunity to ride one! great experience to be so close to one!..I used to love them always but now I love them even more :)) This fantastique ride was followed by a little introduction into the art of producing rubber! There are a lot of gum trees around..and they produce so stuff for cars (no idea how to call them). for one "matress" u need 3 cups (made from coconuts) of fluid gum! no idea how long it takes to collect all this fluid! the cubs are not very big but it takes quite long...my mum always says "lakes can arise drop by drop" (not sure if u can say that like this..acutally its a very famous turkish saying and means more or less "from less make more" :) ) By the way Koh Lanta is the place where the movie "The beach" was shot.
After we left Koh Lanta and took our ferry to the party island number one KOH Phi Phi (PP). The surroundings looked quite promising. Also in Koh Phi Phi we had troubles to get to our booked hotel :) We found out that the place we were supposed to go - was the worst place ever..so we changed once again our mind..and went to another hotel. We pretended to be just 3 people - and booked for one - but all 5 of us stayed in a hotel..there was plenty space for all us..I don't know why we can't do that officially..but thats the way it goes..just one extrabed in case of more people :) I was scared that we could be catched..but everything was okey :) We managed that also very good! haha at the end..we got a fantastique hotel with a great view and a poooooL...for no money viewed in this light. PP self was fun..great place to shop..to party but not to stay at the beach. We took a boat trip the second day..and it was awesome. Our first stop was "monkey beach" where monkeys are supposed to be - but we saw none of them :) the sand there was unbelieveable...never been to a beach like this before! great water..great sand...great area!...after that we did some snorkeling..was afraid at the beginning..cuz I have always this respect when jumping into unknown waters..but from the second i got in and had a look...wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...I can't describe it. The variety of fishes...the corals...the interaction between fish and corals and all the other little tiny animals in there...wow! just incredible! Im so sad that I experience that so late and not long before...when I went so many times to the sea!
After snorkeling we moved to Maya Bay - also a great place...especially the water..wow...turquoise in its perfect purity! Followed by Bamboo Island. A natural reserve with a great landscape. The silence there was impressing...never saw such a place. this is the place of the question "what would u take with u on a lonely island" :) What followed is just party also in its purity :PPP :)

On sunday we left for Phuket. We checked in our new hostel called "sunwest" next to pink lady a stew :))) Lucky us...was a nice place again! After checkin we set off for dinner and after thatsome guys had a "great" idea...going to the ping pong show. Naive as I am I haven't heard about this show before..no idea what it might be...I supposed it might be a striptease show...but then I got a little introduction...and even tough I was thinking of play of ping pong balls...no its not! it was the most disgusting thing I've ever been to!!! The whole beach area is really "disgusting"...all u can see are women waiting for some tourists to hang out. A lot of stereotypes of "big white men" with money and lot more! Looks like
all people are having fun..but Im quite sure that the majority is forced to work there..cuz they are not provided with other opportunities to make money. But maybe for some of them this is the easiest way to money...although I fear it isnt...hanging out with this kind of disgusting guys is definetely not "easygoing" at all...but no idea at all!.


So that was my trip to Thailand...the second trip out from singpore! Looking forward to Bintan/Indonesia this weekend. Have to check my visa tomorrow.

Take care people ;)
luv