We heard about a series of beaches on the far side of the island that were a little more secluded and a lot more quiet then the bustling port town on Ko Phi Phi. We scratched the option of hiring a long-tail boat to take us to these out of reach places and decided that we would hike. Our journey began with an extremely hot trek up to a viewpoint. The trail was all paved, mostly stairs, and it took us up to an overlook where we got a great view of the island facing west. The top picture in my last post is from this viewpoint. After a little break we took off towards the backside of the island, this is where the paved trail ended and the jungle path began. We stepped into the forest, led only by signs tacked to the side of trees. The trail at times seemed like a dried up stream bed, but after a steep decent through the jungle we eventually came out onto the beach. It was definitely a lot more quiet then the other side of the island... and primitive. We got a bungalow a stones throw from the beach, it was bare bones. We had our own bathroom, but as you can see from the picture it was, well... whatever. This was the Thailand I was looking for. Here we were a little after noon with nowhere to go but in the water or on the beach. With a couple small open-air restaurants and a lone bar on the beach, I was in heaven.
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