singapore ping - phuket & phi phi, thailand

Sarah and Carl are moving to Singapore. This is a space for planning, chronicling, and sending pings back home.

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phuket & phi phi, thailand

Earlier this month I went to Thailand for a beach vacation with a friend who was visiting from the US. We spent some time in Kata Beach, Phuket (a little quieter than the main drag at Patong Beach, but still a good base for day trips) and on Ko Phi Phi (some really-quite-OK snorkelling). Phuket/Phi Phi are popular tourist destinations, with everything good and bad that this implies; in particular, it’s hard to not be sucked into the great tour machine that cycles people from snorkelling spot to snorkelling spot, day in and day out.

I’d recommend both places we stayed: Kata Beach Center Hotel in Phuket, and PP Casita on Phi Phi; the latter is on the edge of town, a bit far from the wharf but relatively calm and secluded from the party atmosphere at night. Were I to go back to Phi Phi, though, I’d look into the hotels on Hat Yao (Long Beach) or even a more secluded cove.