First stop is the Bamboo Island, which is visible from the front of the resort and a twenty-minute boat ride. Okay, the beach is white and very clear, but I didn’t get to see any bamboo tree.
Second place to visit is the Mosquito Island, nope it isn’t a place swarmed with mosquitoes – it is simply shaped like a giant mosquito. It has nice spots for a bit of snorkeling, though there’s not much beach to speak at all.
After snorkeling at shallow waters of Mosquito Island, we went to La-na Bay and did a bit of swimming on the beach.
Then we were off to Nui Bay, where you could see a lot of fishes swimming in the clear waters.
Finally we entered the Loda Lum Bay, part of the famous Twin Bays (Ton Sai was the other one). It is the narrow isthmus which you would normally see on postcards. This place was the most photographed in Phi Phi Don, but now you could clearly see the great damage the tsunami had caused. It’s still teeming with tourists lounging on the white beach for a tan.
From Loda Lum, we faced some rough waves, which got Herman nervous. As we were turning and riding the tough waves, we saw two guys hardly maneuvering their kayak near the coves. We saw them raised their thumbs up and thought they were saying that the place up ahead was good; but then I noticed it wasn’t a thumbs-up for a good thing at all. They were signaling for a hitch! They’re having troubles and need help. So we asked the boatman to stop and help the poor guys; they tied one end of the kayak to the end of our boat and pulled them along. Those guys even enjoyed the fast ride!
Then we reached Yongasem Bay or the Monkey Bay. Well, as the name suggests, there’s a lot of monkeys milling on its white, sandy beach – wild monkeys at that – that is why people don’t normally go to its shore. This bay is also a good place for snorkeling.
Ton Sai Bay is just a few minutes away from the Monkey Bay and we dropped our hitchhikers there and did a bit of walking on the busy commercial district of this place. We had another look at the tsunami devastation.
From Ton Sai Bay, we then proceeded to Loh-Moh-Dee Bay, a great place for swimming and just relaxing on the beach. It is secluded in a way that it only has a house for information; boats drop-off tourists in there and pick them up later. Herman enjoyed this place because the water is so clear and quite shallow. Josh enjoyed the shallow waters until he saw a monkey somewhere on the beach and freaked out.
Run Tee Bay was next. There’s a small hotel on this beach and a restaurant. It is also a good place for snorkeling and you could see a good amount of fish a nice corals.
Last stop was Lobago Bay where you can find the Pee Pee Village Hotel. After hopping from beaches to the next, you don’t get too much impressed anymore. The sun has already set and we are very much near the beach of our resort.
Day 2 was a lot of fun and tiresome, but we pretty much worked up an appetite for the dinner buffet under the palm trees offered by the resort’s restaurant, Tai Rom Prao. We were pretty much a bit disappointed that we didn’t get to visit Maya Bay, but then no hope was lost, as there’s still another full day ahead.
More pictures added in our photo gallery.
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