The fast ferry took us down the coast a bit from Ao Nang, and we moored offshore from the stunning cliffs behind Ton Sai and Railay beach where we'd been the day before. We got to see the stunning rock formations in all their glory in the morning sun, as some longtail-loads of people were transferred onto our ferry. Once we were loaded, the ferry pulled off and sailed through the islands towards Phi Phi. We spent the journey in the air conditioned upper cabi...

Luckily our fears with regard to the safety of the speedboat from Koh Lipe were ill-founded and we soon set off on a calm cruise into the Andaman sea. It was quite nice being out the front of the boat, where we had the cool breeze in our hair and a great view of the ocean and islands around us. We scudded across the waves for around an hour, most of which I spent snoozing leaning on my arm. When I woke up, we were pulling into a calm inlet on a very lush isl...