After a great week on Koh Lanta, we finally made the move to
Phuket. We simply booked our tickets at our hotel on Koh Lanta which included a
shuttle service to the pier. The ferry left Koh Lanta at 8am with a change at
Koh Phi Phi for 800 baht each. We were told that we would be picked up between
6.45 and 7.45am. Of course, we waited nearly an hour for the minibus shuttle
and thought we might miss the ferry but luckily, we turned up just in time!
The first ferry, as you can see from the photo, was pretty
much empty and we had a choice of seats. Nothing special however the journey
only took an hour and we soon could see the pier at Koh Phi Phi again.
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| Empty Ferry |
When I
mentioned earlier that we had a change at Koh Phi Phi I thought we would get
off and wait around for the next ferry… I was very wrong!
Instead we pulled up next to another ferry just outside Koh Phi Phi and got told we were changing boats here in the middle of the sea! Very interesting experience to say the least, I was more concerned that our big backpacks would be passed across. I was assured they would be and I presume they do this daily!
After jumping ferries in the sea, we went to find seats on this more modern looking ferry. It was much busier and we decided to sit outside and take in some of the marvellous views the Andaman Sea had to offer (we weren’t disappointed).
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| Great views! |
The second ferry took around 2 hours and we arrived at Rassada Pier, South of Phuket around 11am. From here we paid 100 baht each to get a shared minibus to our hostel located in the Old Town.
Just another day of interesting travel in Thailand!
4 out of 5
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