Beaches – JEPOI's Adventures

I, actually, don’t know what to feature yet, so I only made this 1-minute video of our Maldives trip. I still can’t get over from last weekend… Separation anxiety, is it? Who wouldn’t feel that, huh, having been to a place considered as paradise? Alright… I’m exaggerating. 😆

Budget? My friends keep asking me this, “How much did we spend?” Uhmmm… I can’t say this was a low budget trip but preparation definitely helps – from expenses to activities, even to the OOTD’s. Lol! Just be prepared. As long as you are, you wouldn’t even mind spending slightly more than the estimated ones. Don’t worry, I’ll be sharing our DIY itinerary to “those in need”. 😊🤣

Activities? I think we’ve covered enough- experience the luxury of a private island resort and likewise feel the good vibes in a local island. This ‘4 nights and 4 days’ trip was jampacked. The excursions we had were tiring but worth it (will be posting them soon).

Overall, this adventure was overflowing with fun, fun, and fun. Although, I’ve been dreaming about a different scenario- a more romantic one (cheesy)- but still, no regret. As quoted, we would rather look back at our lives and say we can’t believe we have done that instead of saying “I wish I did that”. Yeah! Will definitely be back soon!

When I got the chance to book for a holiday trip in Krabi, I made Phi Phi Islands the first entry in the list of places I need to go to. Aside from the fact that it became famous because of the movie, “The Beach”, people would say that being there is just gorgeously relaxing.

So… Here we go with expectations versus reality. 😊

phiphi-islands_expectation vs reality — (Maya Beach photos are not mine, screengrabbed)

After the island tour, for me, gorgeous is correct. But, relaxing might depend on what time are you visiting the islands. They, actually, become too crowded with boats and tourists. Nonetheless, it is still a must-not-miss place to visit while you are in Krabi or Phuket.

The weather wasn’t cooperative when I went to Krabi. It rained heavily the night before our island tour schedule and continued ’till early morning of the next day. It was gloomy, but the activity still went off with a disclaimer, “Join at your own risk!” The heck!! 😆

I was also hoping to run on the sands of Maya Bay, but unfortunately, it has been closed. It’s ok though. We got 3 more islands left to explore.

Bamboo Island
Phi Phi Leh
Phi Phi Don
Maya Beach (closed)

Fortunately, the sun went to show up a bit when we arrived in Phi Phi Leh. There was a little sunny vibrant feel in my pictures. 😊👓🕶

Phi Phi Leh

The Viking Cave is an additional site in Phi Phi Leh. However, since this is a private property, tourists can’t go nearer. Well, our tour guide just told us that there are Viking paintings in the walls of this cave, hence, the name was derived.

The full-day tour includes a lunch buffet meal and is usually served in Phi Phi Don. Expect that by noontime, this beach will be filled up by speedboats doing the tour.

Bamboo Island. I like the environment here as it is quite relaxed. Maybe because only a few people were on the island when we arrived. Normal tours would drop by here first before the next islands, but ours made this the last leg in the itinerary.