Oh Koh Phi Phi, What have you become?

[short-Timer]

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

You're a teenager. Sad you are even on here. 

 

More of the same. You are putting in so much effort into this hopeless garbage you post that must be burning through brain cells you can't spare.

[Harrisfan]

2 minutes ago, short-Timer said:

 

More of the same. You are putting in so much effort into this hopeless garbage you post that must be burning through brain cells you can't spare.

Ok little boy. Hope your mum picks you up soon.

[Cornish Pasty]

Just now, Harrisfan said:

Ok little boy. Hope your mum picks you up soon.

He likes licking armpits and sniffing sweaty growlers. 

 

The man is complete and utter filth.

 

But I kinda like it.

 

Mark The Length.

 

[Magictoad]

I haven't been there for 30 years but I imagine that like elsewhere in Thailand the poverty striken islanders now have some money to spend.

[Cornish Pasty]

1 minute ago, Magictoad said:

I haven't been there for 30 years but I imagine that like elsewhere in Thailand the poverty striken islanders now have some money to spend.

Poverty striken?

 

Oh my heart bleeds.

 

Mark.

[short-Timer]

18 minutes ago, Cornish Pasty said:

He likes licking armpits and sniffing sweaty growlers. 

 

The man is complete and utter filth.

 

But I kinda like it.

 

Mark The Length.

 

Never a dissatisfied customer. None of the women think it's filth. They love it. They feel they finally found a man who isn't shy and understands their needs. 

[phetphet]

Both Phi Phi and Koh Lipe absolutely ruined by so called progress.  Even after the Tsunami, Lipe was still a beautiful tropical getaway, but the beginnings of change (a so called Walking Street) were starting to show.

 

i thought they were supposed to be parts of the national park system, but I guess  money talks.

[BangkokReady]

Can you add a little context please, Bob?

 

I'm not sure exactly who this new character is meant to be.  Is he a tourist or an ex-pat?

[soi3eddie]

Went to Koh Phi Phi in 1998 for 3 nights. Disliked it then. Never been back. Won't go back to Pkuket either after 6 visits (last in 2016). Now horrible places.

 

 

 

[soi3eddie]

37 minutes ago, phetphet said:

Both Phi Phi and Koh Lipe absolutely ruined by so called progress.  Even after the Tsunami, Lipe was still a beautiful tropical getaway, but the beginnings of change (a so called Walking Street) were starting to show.

 

i thought they were supposed to be parts of the national park system, but I guess  money talks.

 

As far as I know, Koh Lipe is not in the national park. Went in 2006 and it was charming. Regret not having been back, but now hear (and see from videos), that it is overcrowded and lost it's charm. 

 

[still kicking]

4 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Hua Hin is the best place for a beach holiday

I just went to Hua Hin. I don't swim anymore due to my age, but it's it's a nice place 

[Harrisfan]

20 hours ago, FriscoKid said:

I’ve just returned from a (very) short gaycation on the tragic remains of Koh Phi Phi, last seen by me in the early 2000s when I was young, flexible, and hadn’t yet developed opinions about cutlery.

 

Babes, I was not ready. Not emotionally, not physically, not spiritually.

 

The second I step off the boat, I’m greeted by two shirtless twinks in knockoff Prada screaming “20 baht, 20 baht help protect island” like a pair of bankrupt drag queens selling raffle tickets at a Pride afterparty. Naturally, I paid. I’ll hand over cash to anyone who looks good sweaty. Call it a hobby. Later I found out from one of the local rent boys, let’s call him Minty, that none of that cash was going to protect anything. The island looked like a cheap wig left out in a hurricane. Trash everywhere. Broken boards. It was like Fyre Festival but with worse lighting.

 

And the hassle. “Hey man where you go?” “Sexy man you need taxi boat?” “Taxi boat give you big fun.” I thought I’d fallen into some kind of cracked out gay immersive theatre. At one point I genuinely wondered if I was going to get bundled into a longtail boat and sold as a pool boy to a retired German leather daddy. Honestly? Tempting.

 

But the trauma wasn’t over yet. I turn the corner, BAM, the golden arches. McDonald’s. Right there in front of me like the ghost of heterosexual mediocrity past. I almost projectile vomited into my limited edition Tom of Finland beach bag. If I wanted processed meat with dead eyes I’d go back to dating English bankers.

 

Back in 2002 this place was paradise. Little beach shacks serving mystery noodles, gorgeous local boys serving mystery glances, and cocktails that could melt nail polish. Now? It’s credit card machines, influencer trash, and overpriced sadness. Want to swim? 600 baht. Want to pose for Instagram with a cocktail that tastes like floor cleaner? Another 600. Need to relieve yourself after that cocktail disaster? 10 baht to piss. I’ve paid less to get into orgies.

 

And then, as if the gods were mocking me personally, the chanting began. Echoing through the humid air. No more pork, babes. I used to come here for a pork curry and a scandal. Now it’s just halal disappointment and unscented wet wipes. Somewhere deep in my memory I could hear the faint echo of my ex moaning through a mouthful of masaman. Not anymore.

 

By the time I reached 7 Eleven I was broken. 20 baht for a water the size of my patience. Coffee prices that made me clutch my pearls so hard they almost shattered. And don’t get me started on the tourists. It was like Love Island exploded onto a rugby pitch and landed in my line of vision. Shirtless Essex lads, lips filled with filler, tattoos drawn by someone with a head injury, all posing like Greek gods but smelling like foot. Honestly, I haven’t seen that many bad haircuts since Eurovision 2007.

 

Phi Phi, you are still beautiful, like an ageing cabaret singer with glitter in the wrinkles and vodka in her soul. Your beaches make me tingle. Your cliffs still make me hard. But the vibe is over. It’s tacky now. Cheap handbags in a posh shop. Pride parade with no DJ. Ibiza but with worse teeth.

 

One more cockney accent and I’m flinging myself off a limestone cliff in nothing but a neon thong, shouting “Tell Cher I tried.”

 

Rant over.

The Dink.

Phi Phi was crap 20 years ago. Go to Silom. That suits you.

[Harrisfan]

14 hours ago, still kicking said:

I just went to Hua Hin. I don't swim anymore due to my age, but it's it's a nice place 

It is a nice place. Gotten better over the years. The islands are worse. It also has value hotels and not overcrowded.