Dear mr Leong,
Thank you for your reply. As you said, indeed it's 10 years ago, you've stayed
there and the sites about Ko Lipe say they have better accommodation now. Even
the ferry should be better now, so we still give it a try from november 26th
till december 5th (hope the monsoon will be over by then).
Sorry for you, that the weather itn,t to good in Penang. We will take our
fishing gear, sunprotection, spider-spray, snorkel-gear, candles etc. with us to
Ko Lipe, and hope for a nice time there, and if not we tried, and next year try
another destination. Thank you again for this serious reaction, and we will take
notice of it, even if it is you went there 10 years ago.
Margreet
Leong wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was there ten years ago, don't know whether all the islands there are
> still the same or is better developed. That why I don't reply your posting
> until now as still no one replied. My informations may be outsated, anyhow
> replying to you refresh my memory of my trip to KUa Lipe and Ko Adang.
>
> We stayed at Ko Adang, An island further out than Ko Tarutoa. The distance
> is doubled from Kua Lipe. By the way, Kua Lipe is a Boating Terminal on the
> Main Land, you trvel from there on Ferry to all the islands outside. There
> are arround 4 to 5 islands which are inhabited by then.
>
> By that time, Ko Adang is just a small island with one setup providing
> Bamboo Huts with Atap roofing and attached bathrooms was available. They
> have a restaurant serving 3 meals per day and drinks are available.
> Electicity is by Generator which all providing electricity to the small
> village up to 9.00pm if I am not mistaken. After 9:00pm will be
> candel-lighted. The water is not drinkable and you can buy drinking water
> from restaurant. As it is all the same in Thailand. We carried bottled water
> from Kua Lipe.
> Anyway we, My wife, 3 teenaged children and myself spent 3 nites on Ko
> Adang. We do enjoyed swimming, relaxing on the beach, though cannot compare
> to large sandy beaches eslewhere but staying on the beach is very nice, I
> felt. If you have Fishing Tackles with you then it is good fishing too.
> We do have Monkeys, squirrels, rats ,spiders and ants arround but it is an
> undeveloped island then. We do bring along Mosquito Rebellients and also
> candles and also spray for the spiders.
>
> Anyway, I think it is Monsoon Season now, we are staying in Penang,
> Malaysia, the same side as Kua Lipe and we are having Long raining everyday
> now, it may continue into December. During our last triop on the return
> journey by Ferry, first we were stranded in the sea by 6 hours as the ferry
> is overloaded and got grounded on some Corals and we have to wait for the
> next hightide, and the rescue or replacement Ferry only arrived when we are
> freed by the high tide. So we arrive back Mainland very late, as our Ferry
> dare not travel fast after the incident and worse still we are caught in a
> thunder storm with big waves, I am lucky to be able to write this to you.
>
> As it is very common for the Ferry to overloaded, and also ferry will be
> cancelled if there were Monsoon. It is ok to stay in Kua Lipe, and have day
> trips or stay 1 or 2 nites out in the islands, but what is the point of
> going there if not staying on the island. As recommened elsewhere in this
> newsgroup it is better choice to Ko Toa. Makesure checkup the
> transportation to Kua Lipe, we drove all the ways from Penang, Malaysia. It
> is about 1.5 hours drive from any big town in southern Thailand.
>
> Bye, hoped this will help.
>
> Leong.
> wrote in message news:3f792f80.48522681@newszilla.xs4all.nl...
> > Hi,
> > We are planning to stay at Ko Lipe in november this year. Is there
> > anybody who would share his/here experience with the accommodation. It
> > seems that there are 5 "resorts" but we don't know which one to pick.
> > Other advice about the island(s) is welcome too.
> > Thanks, Margreet
> >
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