A CUT PRICE SLICE OF PARADISE
This is an article I wrote about Ao Toh Koh Resort on the laid back east coast of Phi Phi for an Australian newspaper travel section after my August 07 visit. ............. Picture yourself swinging in a hammock under a tree at the back of a secluded beach so blindingly white it hurts the eye. Your $20 bungalow is a few steps away on the hillside and a nice coral reef with colourful clown-fish right out of Finding Nemo 30 meters off the sand. Folks, I’ve got just the place for you. We are taking about Ao Toh Koh on the less visited east coast of Thailand’s most spectacular island, Ko Phi Phi. Picture yourself swinging in a hammock under a tree --this guy's been coming to PP since the 80's. Dude can blow that old surfers' refrain - "You should have been here yesterday" - right out of the water. With budget flights from Jetstar, Tiger and soon Air Asia from Australia into Phuket, this area of the Andaman Sea is becoming increasingly popular for Aussie holiday makers...