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Beware of Stonefish and Other Poisonous Sea Creatures on Koh Lipe!

 

We love Koh Lipe, but during our last visit, one member of our travel group stepped on a Stonefish just outside the popular resorts on the southern side of Sunrise Beach, near the snorkeling area.

Fortunately, this wasn't the first time such an incident had occurred at Koh Lipe, so the medical clinic on the island knew exactly how to treat it as first aid. They quickly arranged for the person to be transferred to a hospital on the mainland, though it still took about five hours with extreme pain in a speedboat and ambulance.

The person experienced the worst pain of their life, followed by a serious infection that required no fewer than nine different IV antibiotics before it was brought under control a month later.

About the Stonefish

The Stonefish is considered one of the most venomous fish in the world and can cause extreme pain for those unlucky enough to step on one. Not only is it extremely venomous, but it also poses a significant infection risk, which is often under-communicated and can be the most dangerous consequence of a Stonefish injury.

How to find a gym at Koh Lipe?

Most people don’t travel to Koh Lipe with the purpose to work out, but you may not want to lose your form wither. When you travel to an Island the lack of a proper gym may be a dela breaker for some people the take their training seriously.

For many years there was really not any good options for weight training at Koh Lipe. It was a small “jungle gym” in the backyard at OMG Sports bar, a run-down local gym (now closed), and some small hotels gym. The problem was that none of these options was considered acceptable options for western gym lovers.

Fortunately, this has now changed. There is now a good acceptable gym located at Koh Lipe. The gym is called I-club and is a part of Idyllic Resort at the southern part of Sunrise Beach and are modern gym with 3 floors.

It’s more a Fitness center than a hardcore gym, but it has modern equipment with several weighted machines, dumbbells up to 25 kg, smith machine, bench press with enough plates for most people and different options for cardio. It even has a small climbing wall and are air conditioned. For the regular gym at it will be more than an acceptable option during their vacation at Koh Lipe.

How to travel to Koh Lipe?

 

Pattaya Beach Koh Lipe.

Koh Lipe is one of Thailand’s last paradise island, but the tourism is on a strong rise at this island as well. For many paradise seekers that are looking for an untouched paradise island its already too late, but if you can live with the lack of the untouched vibe you will be fine.

There are a lot of information about Koh Lipe on the internet, so we won’t write just another travel blog about Koh Lipe. Instead we will guide you through how to get to this island in the southern of Thailand in viewing distant from Malaysia’s Langkawi.

Since Koh Lipe is a small island, you need to take as boat on the last part of your trip to Koh Lipe. We will highly recommend one of the many speedboats from different location in southern Thailand.

If you travel from Bangkok the easiest is to take a plane to Trang or Hat Yai and then take a minivan from the airport to Pak Bara Pier. From, Pak Bara Pier you take the speedboat directly to Koh Lipe. The boat trip from Pak Bara Pier takes about 1,5 hours.