Phi Phi Islands – Gorgeous but Crowded

When I got the chance to book a holiday trip in Krabi in Thailand, I made Phi Phi Islands the first entry in the list of places I need to go to. Aside from the fact that it became famous because of the movie, “The Beach”, people would say that being there is just gorgeously relaxing.

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So… Here we go with expectations versus reality. 😊

After the island tour, for me, gorgeous is correct. But, relaxing might depend on what time you are visiting the islands. They, actually, become too crowded with boats and tourists. Nonetheless, it is still a must-not-miss place to visit while you are in Krabi or Phuket.

The weather wasn’t cooperative when I went to Krabi. It rained heavily the night before our island tour schedule and continued ’til early morning of the next day. It was gloomy, but the activity still went off with a disclaimer, “Join at your own risk!” The heck!! 😆

I was also hoping to run on the sands of Maya Bay, but unfortunately, it has been closed. It’s ok though. We got 3 more islands left to explore.

• Bamboo Island
• Phi Phi Leh
• Phi Phi Don
• Maya Beach (closed)

Fortunately, the sun did show up a bit when we arrived in Phi Phi Leh. There was a little sunny, vibrant feel in my pictures. 😊👓🕶

The Viking Cave is an additional site in Phi Phi Leh. However, since the cave is private property, tourists can’t go any closer. Well, our tour guide just told us that there are Viking paintings on the walls of this cave; hence, the name was derived.

The full-day tour includes a lunch buffet meal, which usually takes place in Phi Phi Don. Expect that by noon, speedboats will fill this beach while doing the tour.

Bamboo Island. I like the environment here as it is quite relaxed. Maybe because only a few people were on the island when we arrived. Normal tours would drop by here first before the next islands, but ours made this the last leg in the itinerary.