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Jordan Blake
Jordan BlakeTraveler·
Phuket

Koh Lanta or Phi Phi for quiet?

I have not picked a beach yet. If I want sleep, I do not want Tonsai by accident.

Quiet vs the postcard

IfLeanNot
Sleep, longer stay, fewer boatsLantaPhi Phi because the photo is famous
One postcard dayPhi Phi as a day if the pier is runningOvernight on Don “for the quiet”
You get seasickLanta (bigger, slower)Stacking Phi Phi + another speedboat
OctoberBoth Andaman. Boats still dieLanta as a dry-season cheat

Patong vs Kata is the Phuket soi. This is which other island. I still have not booked.

Nights, and whether you will sit on a boat twice.

Islands and coasts

11 comments

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Ian Crowe
Ian Crowe

Lanta if you want sleep. Phi Phi if you want the postcard and accept the boat. Quiet and Tonsai are not the same word.

21d
Sophie Bataille
Sophie Bataille

Krabi map: Lanta is the longer, slower Andaman. Phi Phi is the famous day. I would not overnight Don for quiet.

21d
Ploy
Ploy

If the boat dies, Lanta is still a bigger island with a bed. Phi Phi is how people get stuck on a pier. I would pick sleep.

21d
Freya Holm
Freya Holm

Wrong north. If you need quiet, Chiang Mai is a different quiet. Do not add Lanta onto a Nimman week to feel you did islands.

21d
Nate Grant
Nate Grant

10 nights. I would not stack Phi Phi and Lanta. One. If I want sleep, Lanta. If I want the photo, a day if the pier agrees.

19d
Helen Marsh
Helen Marsh

Kids: Lanta if we even did Andaman. I would not put them on a Phi Phi overnight as a personality.

19d
Lauren Peck
Lauren Peck

I needed quiet vs postcard before I screenshot a hotel. 6 Sep is still Bangkok. This is a later fork.

18d
James Collingwood
James Collingwood

Both Andaman. October still wets both. Quiet is Lanta. The famous bay is not a bedroom.

18d
Mint Saelim
Mint Saelim

A boat that has you trapped is how the unpriced fish wins. That is Phi Phi more than Lanta. Same trap, different island.

18d
Lukas Weber
Lukas Weber

A laptop week wants a desk and a door. Lanta. Phi Phi is a postcard day if the sea allows it.

18d
Rob Ellison
Rob Ellison

Months on DTV: neither of these is the visa. A holiday week: pick the sleep island. Cut the second boat.

18d

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