Koh Lipe

At 10.30 am we started our 4 hour speed boat ride from Koh Lanta to Koh Lipe. What a bumpy journey with minimal leg room that was! Arriving in Koh Lanta, we first dragged our luggages all the way to our first hotel called Sunflower Hotel. We stayed here for two nights. It turned out that it was an animal shelter hotel, which was part hotel, part animal shelter. Also, the room was pretty small and there was no AC in the room, which was really uncomfortable with the high temperatures we had these days. Marina didn’t check the hotel properly before she booked it. Well, at least the room itself was nicely decorated. Shortly after checking in, we went exploring the surroundings. We were walking and chilling at Sunrise Beach as well as taking a dip in the crystal clear waters of Koh Lipe. After the first wonderful day, we went to have dinner at Bombay Indian Restaurant and ate Dal Tadka & Paneer Butter Masala with rice and naan, as we usually do when eating at an Indian place.

Our next morning started with breakfast at Bloom Café, with a smoothie bowl and some pancakes that tasted like happiness. Then we went soaking up the sun at Pattaya Beach where we almost couldn’t get out of the water because it was so beautiful. Additionally, the sand of this beach is super soft. Incredible! To wrap up the day, we went to watch the sunset at Sunset Beach and later had dinner at Noy. They do excellent curries. Also, their fish looks so good. The restaurant is always full of people. For sure a good sign!

New day, new hotel! For a long time Marina had been dreaming of staying in some kind of luxury hotel. So she booked us in at the Idyllic Resort for two nights. This time she checked the hotel properly before booking it. But before moving there, we paid another visit to Bloom Café for breakfast. After checking into the hotel, we did exactly what someone should do in a luxury hotel, absolutely nothing. We spent the whole day at the beach, chilling on a sunbed. It really felt like a holiday! Furthermore, we went on a short kayak trip since the hotel rented out kayaks for free. We were also happy that the hotel had a gym because good opportunities to do some sports are rare when traveling like we do. So after the sun was down, we went there for almost two hours. It was fantastic!
To fully enjoy the hotel, we even had dinner here at their lovely and romantic dinner location right at the beach. What a dream!

On our fourth day, we enjoyed the hotel's delicious breakfast buffet. Pancakes, Eggs your way, etc., they had it all! With full bellies, we went to the beach where we spent most of the day with only one break to go to the gym to do some sports again.
For our last dinner, we tried Tonkow Restaurant and ate some nice curries. A small location with very good food and a lovely owner. Afterward, we took a walk through the small town, we strolled along the beach and had some ice cream at Bundhaya Restaurant at the beach. On the way home, we accidentally got stuck in a bar because they had very nice live music.

One last breakfast and one last check out on the island, but we could still stay at the hotel, and use their facilities at the beach. We also did some video shots with the 360 camera there. Sadly, we had to leave the hotel around 2 pm to catch our next ferry. Before catching the ferry, we got a snack at Akira Grill Restaurant and Marina wrote a postcard for her mother’s aunt in Germany. But then it was time to go to a new place.Read more