Ao Maya

Ao Maya, or more commonly known as “The Beach” yes, THE beach (found here) is a bay on Ko Phi Phi Leh, a small island in Thailand.

Having now visited, i can report here is the dream:

and here is the reality:

Now whilst the second isn’t actually a picture of Maya bay, it is ko phi phi don. It seems nobody publishes any images of what Maya bay is actually like now.. kinda like all the photographers are clinging on to what the film advertised it to be (myself included, photos from camera to follow..) by hiding the true reality of hundreds of tourist boats, a beach 3m deep and over a thousand tourists preventing any kind of real enjoyment or nostalgia from the film.