Leaving the luck sink that was Phuket gives us such a feeling of relief and we are so happy to board our ferry to Koh Phi Phi.
On the ferry between our bandages, which we are sick of people commenting on and laughing at us, and our white skin we are like local celebrities. Indian men take pictures of us and want us to pose with them all on the front of the boat. God only knows what captions they are putting under those photos on facebook! A Thai woman also wants to take a picture with me…the whitest girl alive I assume!
As we get closer to Phi Phi the views are really stunning; giant craggy slate rocks that just stick up out of the turquoise coloured water are amazing and the trees that grow on them despite the complete lack of soil are fascinating to see! We get off the boat and begin the walk to our hotel. There are no cars/roads on the island- I love it already!! The windy little streets lead us up to our hotel- which is quite basic but suits us fine.
Phi Phi is quite a touristy spot but again it is mostly backpacker tourism so it does retain quaintness about it and it’s not full of high rise hotels or anything like that. It’s also a bit more expensive than other places we’ve been but it’s such a cute and pretty little island we’ll forgive it and as for the crowds, you can really understand why everyone wants to come here. The windy little streets lead us down to the white sandy beach, and we must have missed the memo about the supermodel look- alike competition/ body building gala that is on here this weekend but we spot all the potential competitors on the beach soaking up the sun! I am a white rhino again!
Unfortunately due to our invalid state we don’t get as much of the Phi Phi experience as we would have liked. At night we head down to the beach and watch as outside the bars the fire-dancers twist and turn and throw various flaming objects around the place. We watch the other revelers having fun and attempting to skip as the fire dancers turn a huge flaming rope. Many of them fall over and not being able to drink because of the antibiotics means we are grimacing and wincing every time someone gets hit by the flaming rope whereas all the other alcohol filled people just cheer and volunteer to be the next burn victim.
Ellie is in a worse off way than me with her cuts/ bandages meaning she is land-bound, so like the good friend I am I ditch her and head off for a snorkeling and sunset boat tour on one of the pretty long tail boats. Unfortunately the majority of my boats passengers are non-English speaking couples, so apart from the odd little chat I am a bit of a loner for the day, but I don’t mind as the stunning scenery distracts me. The places we stop for snorkeling are amazing I’ve never seen such fantastic coloured coral and the variety is amazing. There are so many species of fish and their vibrant colours really are just breathtaking (or maybe I just wasn’t very good at breathing through a snorkel!). It seems so amazing to me that you don’t even need to dive to see these creatures, just a simple little snorkel mask at the surface of the water and you’re in a whole different world.
Navigating around the big limestone rocks and islands we visit a few different areas on the trip:
Monkey beach – funnily enough a beach with cute monkeys, idiot tourists do things like give them sips from coke bottles. It makes me angry.
Viking cave- we are not allowed to go inside but it got it's name from the ancient Viking ship cave drawings on the wall. Thousands of swallows live on top of the 15 meter high ledges in the cave and provide the ingredients for birds nest soup.
Mango beach (? - the guys accent is tough to understand!) A lovely sandy strand where we stop for a spot of lunch
Maya bay- where the movie The Beach was filmed. Stunning scenery and full of sienna miller look alike club members.
We stop at some more spots for snorkeling and others just for swimming. After all that we sit on the boat and bob in the middle of the sea as we wait for sunset to come, it’s all very serene (and to be honest a tad boring- the sun takes aaages to set!). We head off back to the island for my last night in Phi Phi.
It’s been really nice here even with the models! Wish we could have skipped Phuket and come straight here for the extra few days! We leave Phi Phi on the ferry and head for a quick stop off in Krabi before the next little adventure.
On the ferry between our bandages, which we are sick of people commenting on and laughing at us, and our white skin we are like local celebrities. Indian men take pictures of us and want us to pose with them all on the front of the boat. God only knows what captions they are putting under those photos on facebook! A Thai woman also wants to take a picture with me…the whitest girl alive I assume!
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| From Phi Phi |
As we get closer to Phi Phi the views are really stunning; giant craggy slate rocks that just stick up out of the turquoise coloured water are amazing and the trees that grow on them despite the complete lack of soil are fascinating to see! We get off the boat and begin the walk to our hotel. There are no cars/roads on the island- I love it already!! The windy little streets lead us up to our hotel- which is quite basic but suits us fine.
Phi Phi is quite a touristy spot but again it is mostly backpacker tourism so it does retain quaintness about it and it’s not full of high rise hotels or anything like that. It’s also a bit more expensive than other places we’ve been but it’s such a cute and pretty little island we’ll forgive it and as for the crowds, you can really understand why everyone wants to come here. The windy little streets lead us down to the white sandy beach, and we must have missed the memo about the supermodel look- alike competition/ body building gala that is on here this weekend but we spot all the potential competitors on the beach soaking up the sun! I am a white rhino again!
Unfortunately due to our invalid state we don’t get as much of the Phi Phi experience as we would have liked. At night we head down to the beach and watch as outside the bars the fire-dancers twist and turn and throw various flaming objects around the place. We watch the other revelers having fun and attempting to skip as the fire dancers turn a huge flaming rope. Many of them fall over and not being able to drink because of the antibiotics means we are grimacing and wincing every time someone gets hit by the flaming rope whereas all the other alcohol filled people just cheer and volunteer to be the next burn victim.
Ellie is in a worse off way than me with her cuts/ bandages meaning she is land-bound, so like the good friend I am I ditch her and head off for a snorkeling and sunset boat tour on one of the pretty long tail boats. Unfortunately the majority of my boats passengers are non-English speaking couples, so apart from the odd little chat I am a bit of a loner for the day, but I don’t mind as the stunning scenery distracts me. The places we stop for snorkeling are amazing I’ve never seen such fantastic coloured coral and the variety is amazing. There are so many species of fish and their vibrant colours really are just breathtaking (or maybe I just wasn’t very good at breathing through a snorkel!). It seems so amazing to me that you don’t even need to dive to see these creatures, just a simple little snorkel mask at the surface of the water and you’re in a whole different world.
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| From Phi Phi |
Navigating around the big limestone rocks and islands we visit a few different areas on the trip:
Monkey beach – funnily enough a beach with cute monkeys, idiot tourists do things like give them sips from coke bottles. It makes me angry.
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| From Phi Phi |
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| From Phi Phi |
Viking cave- we are not allowed to go inside but it got it's name from the ancient Viking ship cave drawings on the wall. Thousands of swallows live on top of the 15 meter high ledges in the cave and provide the ingredients for birds nest soup.
Mango beach (? - the guys accent is tough to understand!) A lovely sandy strand where we stop for a spot of lunch
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| From Phi Phi |
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| From Phi Phi |
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| From Phi Phi |
Maya bay- where the movie The Beach was filmed. Stunning scenery and full of sienna miller look alike club members.
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| From Phi Phi |
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| From Phi Phi |
We stop at some more spots for snorkeling and others just for swimming. After all that we sit on the boat and bob in the middle of the sea as we wait for sunset to come, it’s all very serene (and to be honest a tad boring- the sun takes aaages to set!). We head off back to the island for my last night in Phi Phi.
It’s been really nice here even with the models! Wish we could have skipped Phuket and come straight here for the extra few days! We leave Phi Phi on the ferry and head for a quick stop off in Krabi before the next little adventure.
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| From Phi Phi |
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