Neither of us slept very well and having to get up at 4am didn’t help either. Cip had gone to bed well after 12am, but was up and ready before us. Somehow. There were people downstairs that were still up from the night before, crazy. We got our room key deposit back, said goodbye to everyone at the hostel and then good morning to the taxi man from the night before.We got into his taxi and he started up the meter: he told us that he had to run it as it was t...

Chang brought his boat in for us, to give us a lift to the main beach instead of walking 1km to the immigration point with our bags on our backs. We had to check into the ferry office at 9am and we left our bags in their reception area until we had to leave. Edd got a massage as we had a bit of Thai baht to get rid of, and didn't want to lose the money in an exchange office; he'd also been complaining of back pain the last few days, attributing it to the beds mat...

Today was our last day on Koh Lipe Island. We got up at 10am and hijacked the kayaks before they were commandeered for the day. Cip came with us for the excursion, even though he did not join in the snorkel. We headed right (like we had the day before, but this time we were not mountain goats, but instead, pioneering sailors. With a paddle.We paddle out and turned right, turning right again and heading towards sunset beach. The water was crystal clear again and E...

We wanted to go out on the kayaks, but 2 French guys had commandeered 1 each to go fishing, instead of doubling up and freeing one up for someone else to use. Edd stood on the beach for a while, trying to get their attention as they'd had them the whole of the day before and all morning again, but they didn't come back to shore and continued to fish in an area where we knew there was nothing to catch. Nothing worthwhile anyway, unless you fancied angel fish on a ...

We got up a bit earlier, around 9am and went decided to start the day with a snorkel session. We were becoming quite seasoned in the business of snorkelling, we weren't hungry yet and needed to make up for the lack of a session the day before. Costumes on, teeth brushed, hair platted, off we go!We swam beyond the rocks again and were aware of the fact that we were in boat highway; we'd have to keep an eye out for them. The sad thing about boat highway was that it...