Thai Immigration
by MikeAtSea
Entry into Thailand is relativley easy. Almost every nationality obtains a visa for 30 days at the point of entry. Only a hand full of nationalities require a visa to enter the Kingdom. The 30 day visa however is very difficult to extend once in Thailand. The visa run – as people call it who wish to stay longer, means to return to the border and re-enter Thailand for another 30 days. Tourist visas issued at a Thai Embassy are valid for two months and can be extended once within the country.
Swimming with Leopard Sharks
by joyful_sun
I never imagined encountering sooo many leopards sharks in one liveaboard dive trip. The Leopard sharks of Phiphi are mostly residents to a particular dive spot so they are almost always there. And what's so nice about them is they swim around ever sooo slowly. They're not afraid of divers, they are very tolerant and don't dart out into the abyss at 100kph. Thus you get to swim with them up close. Sometimes they just swim directly at you and you just have to let them pass. If they're not swimming around, you can see them on the sandy bottom resting or napping.
Under Sea Tin Mining
by SLLiew
While travelling between Phuket Town and Ko Phi Phi by boat or ferry, you can see underwater tin mining dredges.
While most tin mining in Southern Thailand and in Malaysia is alluvial soil along rivers, this is unique that mining of tin in under the ocean waves.
So worth taking note and a photo for me.
"Beck" speak up about his sadness 3
by hash09
To beak a silent, then he ask me, why i am there alone without a friends, so i told him that sadness bring me to phuket and to phi phi, i came witout a friends because, i dont need friends to have fun, they just a knife for me who likes to stap me from the back.. kills me slowly, then he just nodded his head and understand what i mean. then he ask me about boyfriends (special) i said i did not meet anyone special so far, then he reply with shock face, how come a beautiful girl like you dont have a boyfriends.. so i told him, doesn't mean someone who are beautiful can have everything they want... or they supposed to be happy and such... i told him, the honesty that i look for in someone, their humounity, loving, caring and rinsponsible... he totally agree about it (im happy he agree about it).
Hassel free diving - Viking Divers
by grahamopey
Viking divers is a small company with it's own boat operating out of koh phi phi.
Although it specialises in the nearby islands they can also organise live aboard trips.
I have so far done two 'discover scuba diving' trips without yet taking the full course and Viking were definately the better by a long way (versus scandinavian divers on krata beach phuket).
The staff are friendly and provide excellent one to one tuition, whats more they aren't out in the streets of phi-phi constantly asking 'would you like to go diving tomorrow?'. They keep it small, intimate and ultimately safer.
My experience of scuba is far from great (or even fair) but in my book they come highly reccomended.
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Phi Phi island by boat
The cave in Phi Phi Le
Sunset - Phi Phi Don
Picturesque beach on Phi Phi Don island
