We travelled on to Phi Phi to meet Jodi who surprised us by arriving early an standing at the jetty with a board saying 'Bully's!' I nearly walked straight past her to be honest! It's been two weeks of sunbathing, relaxing and generally chilling either on the beach or by the pool, which has been lovely. A holiday withing a holiday! Lots of good company, laughs, shopping, sun and nice food and drink!
The island is very small with no cars or motorbikes so you have to walk everywhere. A bit like a much more developed and touristy Sark basically with warmer weather and sea! Since Phi Phi was devestated on Boxing day about 6 years ago the island has been rebuilt and is thriving. The sea is crystal clear and the beaches are beautiful. Phi Phi don is the main island where we were staying and Phi Phi leh is the smaller island that you can visit but you cannot stay on. We had a few cloudy days and lots of very hot sunny days with a little bit of rain mixed in there too.
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| Tonsai bay |
We hired a longtail to take us round the smaller island for half a day and visited Maya beach which was made famous by the Leonardo Di Caprio film, 'The beach.' Beautiful but visited now by far too many people and they charge you 200 Baht just to get on the Beach!
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| Maya beach from 'The beach" |
We snorkelled and swam and then moved round the island for some serious snorkelling. Loads of fish and amazingly clear water.
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| Jodi and I snorkelling |
We visited the blue lagoon and passed the Viking caves and then headed back.
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| Blue lagoon |
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| Viking caves |
On Christmas eve John went scuba diving a couple of times on the reef and really enjoyed it but decided it was not something he would do often due to the weight of the tanks. We celebrated at a delightful gala dinner at the hotel beach bar, fireworks, a kung fu show, thai boxing display and fire show.
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| The gala show! |
On Christmas day we opened our pressies on Jodi's veranda (thank you to everyone who sent something over and to Jodi who spoiled us rotten!) and wore our hats from our crackers, then we sunbathed and ate Pizza for dinner!
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Pulling our Christmas cracker!
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| John looks happy with his presents! |
On New year's eve poor John wasn't very well so had to stay in bed while Jodi and I celebrated by dancing on the beach with a Thai bucket!
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Our Thai bucket!
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It's been a fantastic couple of weeks with a great friend and it's been lovely seeing a familiar face and catching up with all the gossip from home!
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