Maya 'The Beach' Bay 📸

Sailing Malallo ⛵️🏄

🏝️ Idyllic location + 🍔 fast-food tourism = mixed emotions 🤔 I believe the correct term is cognitive dissonance. I have a severe case of it. 🤚On one hand there's an incredible lagoon with crystal char blue water flaked by huge vertical cliffs that everyone should experience once in their lives. ✋While on the other hand there are thousands of fast-food tourists waiting in line at The Beach drive through for their new Instagram profile pic. And I'm one of them (‹- this is the mixed emotions part). Made famous by the 2000s movie 🍿 aptly named The Beach, Maya Bay is why everybody comes here ✈️. And by everybody I mean everybody. Hundreds of longtails 🚤 carrying thousands of tourists 🙋 swarm the place every day, all armed with empty memory cards and selfie sticks 📸. The smell of diesel fumes ⛽ reminds you that capitalism is in full swing. I get it. It is truly breathtaking. After all, we're also here as tourists looking for the same 'experience'. However, after the sun goes down 🌅 and the last of the boats disappear, we find ourselves bobbing here completely alone ⛵, with only the sounds of the ocean lapping at the cliffs around us. These are the moments which make living on the ocean so special. After-hours access to the most magical places on the earth. It does actually kinda-sorta feel like we're in a movie.

Boat & Crew

Malallo

Easy

Julia

Owner

.lui

Hitching a ride

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Hitching a ride

Sailing Malallo ⛵️🏄

Owner