Press reviews by pierre drake

Arpil 2008

Koh Lipe Castaway Beach Resort Free press to date Article appeared in the Guardian UK on Saturday January 12 2008 Luscious Lipe Castaways seeking a paradise island retreat should let themselves wash up on Koh Lipe, in the Andaman Sea in Thailand's Tarutao National Marine Park. The Castaway Beach Resort has white sand, crystal-clear water, thatched wooden bungalows and Thai masseurs, and is almost totally solar powered - if only they did visas so you could stay forever you'd be sorted. Bungalows for two from £32 a night

Koh Lipe rocks! (www.getjealous.com) 2008-03-06

Its our first proper full day on Koh Lipe and the weather is lovely and sunny. After having an early morning lounge on the beach reading our books we decided to go and check out the rest of the beach where we are staying since Lipe Castaway - Koh Lipe we are located right at the Northern tip. We cut the corner off the headland and www.journeylist.com headed past a few more beach resorts and Posted by Ruth Miller on Tue 1st January 2008 their assortment of bungalows. You can even stay in tents on the beach if your budget Filed in Adventure Holidays, Alternative Destinations, doesn`t stretch to bungalows I think they are a Desert Islands, Travel News tenner each. Whilst the myth of untouched Thai beaches persists You can see some of the left over remnants the reality is a little more prosaic. i.e you still get pretty from the Tsunami in 2004. They have evacuabeautiful remote and beautiful beaches (that’s a whole tion signs up everywhere and there are still lot different from untouched). some massive tree roots strewn on the top Nonetheless, Koh Lipe comes pretty close to the perfect end of the beach – obviously one of the many Thai coastal paradise of old. Turquoise waters surround casualties at the time. The sea is a bit rougher this stunning island which is located in the Andaman around this end of the beach but still as crystal Sea near the Malaysian border. Lipe Castaway which blue as ever! We walked all the way along and opened in November 2007 offers amazing views over got to Castaway – which is the place we are the surrounding waters and includes: staying at for the remaining 5 nights of our • 20 traditional bungalows. • Spa. • Dive centre. • Restaue h irKoh Lipe. It looks super snazz and week rant. e us ton v a g t e Lipe. The restaurant and bar is all an really Koh back. r laid o ely Pli.e. f A nice touch is the environmentally friendly ethos n l a o v L o e r Th l of app decking and hammocks. We decided to stick use of sustainable forests, natural ventilation, seawater ' K C I P UR for a couple of hours watching the heated by solar energy, and a sort of 'O sea gypsy commu- iewaround said: v e r r world go by to escape the midday sun. i e nity (this involves the local sea community Tinh the ByLthe time ." we got back to our place in Mounrunning of Lipe Castaway.) n ipe.. c otain i h c t Resort we were starving again – doing s ic..." "...mo omant r y l e n i iv nothing to really build up your appedseems bience mtite! a e h t There were massive black clouds appearnd dly..." ellent a ienabout c r f x e y l l s i ing overhead at 6ish – so we retreated a t nmen "...food o r i v n e to our balcony and the clouds did bring with ost of the m e n .o .. them a massive downpour – but it had gone " by the morning so we didn`t care! Its all go (well not really its pretty chilled!) on Koh Lipe

Arpil 2008