Trip Summary
- Trip length as well as when did I go? 4 days inwards August 2014
- How much did it cost me? MYR 500
Trip Breakdown
- Day 1 - Kuala Lumpur ‣ Pak Bara ‣ Koh Lipe
Shared machine from Kuala Lumpur to Pak Bara ‣
Speedboat from Pak Bara to Koh Lipe ‣
Sunset at Sunrise Beach ‣
Overnight inwards Harmony Bed & Bakery
- Day 2 - Koh Lipe
Snorkeling tour simply about Koh Lipe ‣
- Day 3 - Koh Lipe
Leisure fourth dimension at Pattaya Beach ‣
- Day 4 - Koh Lipe ‣ Pak Bara ‣ Kuala Lumpur
Itinerary Map (click to encounter POIs as well as routes)
Travel Montage
Getting to Pak Bara
- 5.00 am - Drive from Taiping to Bukit Kayu Hitam
- 7.30 am - Stop yesteryear inwards Changlun to produce my machine insurance - RM xviii or 160 baht
- Advisable to larn your machine insurance done hither equally I saw most no shops who tin lavatory render this service after this point
- 8.45 am - Arrival at Wang Kelian immigration checkpoint
- Immigration clearance. Tipping is most mutual do here, then call back to skid a RM 1 banker's complaint within your passport earlier handing it over (you volition last hinted at repeatedly if you lot don't)
- Cross into a dissimilar timezone (-1 hour)
- 8.30 am - Depart Wang Prachan edge checkpoint to Pak Bara pier. Passed yesteryear 2 towns (Ban Chalung as well as La-Ngu) along the way
Pak Bara to Koh Lipe yesteryear speedboat
- 10.15 am - Arrival at Pak Bara pier
- Bought render ticket for speedboat to Koh Lipe - 1,000 baht (inclusive of 1 nighttime costless parking)
- Car parked at designated parking surface area - 100 baht/day. Parked for three nights (total - 200 baht)
- Lunch at a nearby stall - Mixed rice & cha yen (60 baht)
- 11.00 am - Walk to Pak Bara pier. Paid entrance fee - 20 baht
- Departure was postponed due to bad weather
- 11.30 am - Ride speedboat to Koh Lipe
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| Pak Bara. Upon arriving here, at that spot volition last runners who volition endeavour to aid you lot purchase speedboat tickets. You tin lavatory endeavour as well as create produce the cost amongst them as well as some volition fifty-fifty endeavour as well as sweeten the pot a piffling yesteryear offering you lot costless parking. Works amongst me, brand certain you lot continue the receipt, simply inwards case |
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| Pak Bara pier. Keep inwards hear you lot convey to pay xx baht to larn inwards the pier. Yes, exclusively the pier |
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| Waiting for the deckhands to prep our speedboat to Koh Lipe |
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| It started to pelting heavily, then the divergence was postponed until the pelting subsided |
Arrival at Koh Lipe
- 1.00 pm - Arrival at Koh Lipe. The isle has no pier, rather a floating platform inwards the middle of the bounding main (off the Sunrise beach) where I was dropped off at
- Paid for transfer to shore on a longtail boat (50 baht) as well as marine conservation fees (20 baht)
- 2.00 pm - Walk as well as check-in to Harmony Bed & Bakery - 600 baht per night. Staying for three nights (total cost - 1,800 baht)
- Quick shower as well as rest
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| Arriving inwards Koh Lipe's 'floating jetty'. Hold on, nosotros aren't inwards Koh Lipe yet |
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| Taking the longtail boat to shore |
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| Harmony Bed & Bakery, the house I stayed inwards Koh Lipe. Everything is super pricey inwards Koh Lipe, specially inwards high season, as well as that includes accommodation |
Sunrise Beach
- 4.00 pm - Walk simply about Sunrise Beach. Scenic points along this beach include 2 islets (Koh Kra as well as Koh Usen) as well as a bigger isle inwards the backdrop (Koh Adang)
- 6.00 pm - Sunset viewing at the northern tip of Sunrise Beach. Saw a magnificent sunset, which became the highlight of my trip
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| Sunrise Beach, Koh Lipe. That tiny islet simply off the shore is Koh Kra |
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| Walking along Sunrise Beach. Koh Adang tin lavatory clearly last seen inwards the distance |
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| Further upward N of Sunrise Beach |
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| Watching the sunset from the northern tip of Sunrise Beach |
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| This sunset became the highlight of my trip, as well as was my best move instant of 2014 |
Koh Lipe Walking Street
- 7.30 pm - Walk simply about Koh Lipe Walking Street. Despite it beingness depression season, at that spot are all the same a fair amount of establishments opened during this time
- Paid for a snorkeling day trip the side yesteryear side solar daytime - 600 baht (Had to privately charter a tour equally grouping tours were difficult to come upward yesteryear during depression season. Shared cost amongst 2 other travelers)
- Dinner at a seaside eating theater (Bungroon Halal Food) at Pattaya Beach - Seafood fried rice (80 baht) as well as mango smoothie (50 baht)
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| Koh Lipe Walking Street |
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| Another percentage of Koh Lipe Walking Street. This was where I bought my snorkeling solar daytime trip bundle from |
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| Koh Lipe has some actually fancy restaurants, the bulk of them serve seafood as well as are actually overpriced. Too bad quite a bring out of them are shut during depression season |
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| Just a pub this side of Koh Lipe Walking Street |
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| Bungroon Halal Food at Pattaya Beach. The nutrient wasn't likewise bad, at to the lowest degree at that spot was a alive band to continue the nighttime interesting |
Getting laid for snorkeling trip
- 7.00 am - Wake up
- Short stroll along Sunrise Beach, hoping to encounter a beautiful sunrise, unfortunately it was a rather overcast day
- Breakfast at a stall nearby my hotel - Porridge (45 baht)
- 8.30 am - Walk to rendezvous betoken inwards Koh Lipe Walking Street to hold back for pickup
- 9.00 am - Ride longtail boat to our get-go stop, Koh Hin Ngam
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| Had breakfast at this store inwards front end of the hotel I stayed |
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| Delicious Thai congee. So delicious I had the same matter for breakfast over the side yesteryear side few days |
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| Had some delicious Thai cakes bought from the the store side yesteryear side door, reasonably priced |
Koh Hin Ngam
- 10.00 am - Arrival at Koh Hin Ngam
- This isle is unique, inwards a feel that its shores are filled amongst smooth, polished dark stones. It is said that if you lot stack the stones high plenty as well as brand a wish, proficient fortune volition come upward to you.
- It's believed that a curse volition befall anyone who steals the stones from the island. Truth or patently superstition? I decided to endeavour my luck as well as took a few stones equally souvenirs. Weeks later, I got into an accident. Coincidence? :)
- 11.00 am - Ride longtail boat to Koh Adang
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| On the means to Koh Hin Ngam on longtail boat |
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Spotted this peculiar islet on the means to Koh Hin Ngam
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| Do what everyone does inwards Koh Hin Ngam. Stack your ain cairn. If you lot deal to stack it high plenty as well as brand a wish, proficient fortune volition come upward to you |
Koh Adang
- 11.30 am - Arrival at get-go snorkeling site off Koh Adang
- 12.00 pm - Stopover at Koh Adang for tiffin as well as a fleck of leisure. There weren't many tourists simply about (likely due to depression season), then nosotros had the whole house to ourselves. Lazed simply about nether the shade of lush fir trees dotting the isle as well as swam for a bit. Our longtail boat driver was gracious plenty to give us 2 hours here
- 2.00 pm - Ride longtail boat dorsum to Koh Lipe
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| Back to Koh Lipe |
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| Stopover at Koh Adang for some leisure time |
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| Beautiful stretch of beach inwards Koh Adang. From here, Koh Lipe tin lavatory last seen inwards the far distance |
Koh Kra & Back to Koh Lipe
- 2.30 pm - Stopover at Koh Kra, our 2nd snorkeling site simply off Sunrise Beach
- Plenty of pristine corals as well as abundant marine life here, I actually liked this site to a greater extent than than the get-go snorkeling site (off Koh Adang)
- 3.30 pm - Conclude trip yesteryear riding longtail boat dorsum to Sunrise Beach
- 4.00 pm - Head dorsum to hotel for quick shower as well as relaxation
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| The shallows off Koh Lipe are then crystal clear that you'd intend this was a swimming pool |
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| The snorkeling site off Koh Kra |
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| Took a moving painting of the corals piece snorkeling |
Sunset Beach
- 5.00 pm - Walk to Sunset Beach, a minor beach located on the northwestern side of the Koh Lipe
- 6.00 pm - Arrival at Sunset Beach. The sunset views was a fleck of a letdown this fourth dimension around, specially after factoring inwards how long it took to larn hither from Walking Street. Felt that at that spot are better, to a greater extent than accessible places inwards Koh Lipe to see sunsets (Sunrise Beach for example)
- 7.00 pm - Walk dorsum to Koh Lipe Walking Street
- Dinner - Barbequed chicken (50 baht)
- Walk to Pattaya beach to produce some stargazing but at that spot weren't that many stars inwards the sky
- 11.00 pm - Watched an interesting burn exhibit earlier heading dorsum to the hotel to residuum for the side yesteryear side day
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| Disappointing sunset at Sunset Beach |
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| Watching a fireshow at Pattaya Beach |
Pattaya Beach
- 9.00 am - Wake upward a fleck slow equally the aim of the solar daytime is simply to relax as well as unwind
- Breakfast at the same nearby stall - Porridge (45 baht) & some thai cakes (50 baht)
- 10.00 am - Walk to Pattaya beach. Spent most of my solar daytime hither swimming as well as lazing around
- Kayaking would've been nice, but renting a kayak is rather pricey inwards my persuasion (roughly 600 baht for a day's rent)
- 3.00 pm - Stop yesteryear the tour agent's percentage to reserve my seating for the ix am speedboat dorsum to Pak Bara the side yesteryear side solar daytime (there are 2 fourth dimension slots for divergence - ix am as well as xi am). Remember to reserve your timeslot at to the lowest degree a solar daytime or 2 inwards advance to avoid seating problems afterwards on
- 4.00 pm - Head dorsum to hotel for quick shower as well as a nap
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| Pattaya Beach, Koh Lipe |
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| Another percentage of Pattaya Beach |
Last eve at Koh Lipe Walking Street
- 7.00 pm - Last infinitesimal shopping at Koh Lipe Walking Street for souvenirs
- Dinner - Tom yum goong (250 baht) as well as somtam (80 baht) amongst rice. Pricey!
- Went for Thai massage - 300 baht (for 1 hour). Somewhat regretted telling the lady to larn difficult on me :(
- 10.00 pm - Walked simply about for the terminal fourth dimension earlier heading dorsum to the hotel
Koh Lipe to Pak Bara
- 7.00 am - Wake upward as well as breakfast at a nearby stall - Porridge (45 baht)
- 8.00 am - Pack upward as well as hotel check-out. Pickup at hotel to Sunrise Beach (arranged yesteryear hotel)
- Transfer to floating pier on longtail boat - 50 baht
- 9.00 am - Ride speedboat dorsum to Pak Bara
- 10.30 am - Arrival dorsum inwards Pak Bara pier
- 11.00 am - Drive dorsum to Taiping, Malaysia
How much? | What for? |
THB 1,800 | Accommodation |
THB 1,800 | Accommodation inwards Koh Lipe (3 nights) |
THB 1,740 | Ground Cost |
THB 1,000 | Ferry from Pak Bara to Koh Lipe (return) |
THB 40 | Entrance fees – Pak Bara pier & Koh Lipe |
THB 100 | Transfer from floating pier to Koh Lipe (two way) |
THB 600 | Island hopping & snorkeling tour package |
THB 1,370 | Misc |
THB 710 | Food & drinks |
THB 660 | Miscellaneous |
THB 4910 | Total |
How much did it cost me?
- In local currency: THB 4,910
- Conversion charge per unit of measurement (at the time): MYR 1 = THB 10
- After conversion: MYR 490 (for four days)