Comments on: Ko Phi Phi: Thailand’s Most Dangerous Island

By: George Hagler

George Hagler — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:00:31 +0000

Are spent a lot of time on that island with my wife
The biggest danger there are the stupid drunk tourists and the occasion coconut that falls out of its free I try to stay away from both on the island is the most beautiful place in the world I have ever been.
Check out the other side of the island. The village resort and spa and you’ll understand it’s amazing and no dumb drunk people.

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 14:57:36 +0000

Man, that sounds real bad… I’m going to Koh Phi phi next year in january and i’ve been to Koh phangan and koh Tao two years ago. I must say i have not seen anything like that on the Islands. Even though the Thai people there did have a pretty bad image of us westeners and in their own passive way made fun of them (and really i cannot blame them as what they see are our worst sides, drunk, respectless and in some cases rude) as long as you just behave and show respect and interest in their culture i’ve found them to be quite nice and pleaseant to hang out with. I remember seeing some scooter- taxi driver all upset because the guy who took a ride with him refused to pay (he was drunk and thought he had already paid him). Then i talked to him a bit, asked him about his family and stuff and we got along real well. In the end he endes up making sure that i got back to the hostel safe and sound and scared off some rude guy who was trying to hit on me. Another time i talked to a real nice lady who offered that i’d have dinner with her family. I think we need to start behaving ourselves better round there, respect has to be earned. Now that being said I’m really sorry for what happened to your friend and I’m in no way saying that he might have been responsible in any way, what i am saying though is that the way most westeners behave in a country with a different culture is responsible for the way we are perceived (and treated) in Thailand

By: Nikola Georgiev

Nikola Georgiev — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:42:00 +0000

Australian people are fucking animals. I see them every day here. I just hate them in the guts. There’s no others like them. Absolutely rude fucking junkies. I don’t know how Thai people allow them to enter this beautiful country. They drink and take drugs all night on Full Moon parties, steal money for more parties. Tourists here are the disease of this country.

By: Wesley

Wesley — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:32:49 +0000

Koh Phi Phi is trully unforgettable

By: Charles Fudgemuffin

Charles Fudgemuffin — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:00:28 +0000

Yeah Danna, the fire skipping rope, fire limbo and fire hoop have been banned now from Koh Phi Phi. Probably for the best. It did make excellent late night drunken entertainment but at too high a cost (I saw one dude get the rope entangled on his plastic wristband for quite a few seconds and he had to get severely bandaged up). I agree that it’s sort of pointless now though, with the fluorescent skipping ropes and fluorescent limbo – might as well just scrap it altogether.

For anyone who desperately wants to see some fire related activities, they still have the fire skipping rope, fire limbo and fire hoop in Koh Pha Ngan.

By: Danna

Danna — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:50:27 +0000

Have they officially banned the fire activities? I was just on Phi Phi, and they were using these tame strings of colored lights instead of fire to do the same things (jump rope, limbo)! It’s kind of silly looking, you’d think they would just cancel the activities altogether because the fire aspect was kind of the point (not that I disagree with the ban).

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:35:59 +0000

Now although I realize your sense of humor in this post, I do have a question about overall safety in general in Thailand. I am looking into a trip that is heading to Koh Samui Island and although I am aware that safety issues are a concern regardless of where you are or travel, I was wondering about your take or thoughts on the safety of Thailand, or specially Koh Samui, are?

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:02:21 +0000

The combination of alcohol and fire is never going to be good, and quite right throw in a few scooters on the roads driven by drunks and the outcome will never be a good thing…

I think that the problem is that a lot of people think they are Superman/woman when on vacation and nothing bad will ever happen to them.

I have often seen these scenarios described above and very few turn out okay.

Have fun, but do try to have a modicum of common sense.

Something that a lot of people don’t know is that the bar and restaurant owners will often give you a ride home for next to nothing. They put you on the back of your bike with a sober driver and have another bike follow you home, drop you off and then head back to the bar with bike #2. Just ask and probably they will…not many owners want people to get hurt…

By: NomadicMatt

NomadicMatt — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:40:36 +0000

There’s nothing more dangerous in Asia than a backpacker on a motorbike!

By: Christy

Christy — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 01:27:01 +0000

This is hilarious!! If I had known this is what goes on at Ko Phi Phi, I would have made a point to visit while I was in Thailand! Awesome 🙂