I loved coming back to this place and experience it in a different way this time, still having the great bar/clubs, Slinkys and 4Play (previously known as Woody’s). The night would start with fire acts at 8pm followed by limbo and the skipping rope. The island is full of young tourists with bandages on their legs and arms and you can’t help but wonder whether it’s from scooter accidents in Koh Tao, drunkenly ‘playing with fire’ or balancing on top of the long wooden poles outside slinkys and 4Play. Not all travellers follow the craze and some do still think when they’re drunk, however, I noticed this time round the skipping rope was not as popular and the limbo at 4Play did not involve fire so perhaps they’re trying to lower the number of casualties? On this island it’s a party every night and the Friday before Sean and Kyle left it was Max’s birthday. We began our night at Banana bar, a chilled roof top bar, and played beer pong with buckets, moving on to the beach bars where the music continues until 2:30-3am. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SNORKELLING HALF DAY TOUR:

 

    Even though food and accommodation are relatively more expensive here day trips are quite reasonable. We paid 400baht for a 2-7pm tour on a long tail boat which started us off at Monkey Island. Even though we are used to macaques back at home it doesn't stop us getting excited about the native monkeys here which climb down the steep rock sides to steal drinks and food from tourists when they see the boats birth at shore. The stop here is fairly quick but you get enough time to take photos and just watch them 'monkeying' around. Our tour didn't have a guide so Yasmin (having also done this trip before like myself) acted as a guide, telling the rest of the group about Viking Cave and the fact that there are still about 7 locals that reside in this cave who climb insanely tall bamboo scaffoldings to collect birds eggs. Snorkelling at Leh Pileh Bay was not that different to Koh Tao and we saw similar fish here. The highlight of the trip was Maya Bay, regardless of it being so touristic it is still a divine place with crystal clear water and a white sandy beach, with a row of long tail boats birthed at shore (I always find long tail boats with their bright coloured ribbons so pretty). It was picture perfect.