Island Hopping at Under $50 a day :-)

I am off to Thailand tomorrow for 8 days including the 2 travel days. Excluding transportation costs, I am attempting to complete the trip spending under $50 CDN for food and accommodation. This should be a challenge for me as I usually like to stay at the best of places and book everything ahead of time.  So first challenge is to go in without a booked hotel, and shop around to find something decent but inexpensive.

This should prove to be entertaining for you my readers as I progress throughout the week. I fly into Krabi where I have visited previously and hope to hit Phi Phi island, Ko Lanta, a couple of other islands, and end up in Phuket where I will fly back to KL. My mode of travel will be Thai longboats where feasible.

I may cheat in Krabi and not book a hotel my first night. I know they have lots of bars where I can sit and people watch until 2 ish and then they also have a McD's that I am pretty sure is open 24 hrs. Not only that, they have a Starbucks that is open early for coffee in the am. So, stay up all night and catch 4 hours of sleep on the beach when the sun comes up. Then I have $100 for day number two. Hey, this may be just doable :-) Stay tuned for how my island hopping turns out :-)

I will try to update the blog daily if I can find wifi daily. This should be fun and a challenge for an old guy like me.  I am in need of challenges at this moment in my life. Must be my ADDH :-)

TTYL,

Beachcomber Jim