End of Koh Tao and journey to Koh Phi Phi

Ｈｅｌｌｏ　ａｇａｉｎ　ｅｖｅｒｙｂｏｄｙ！　Ｉｔ　ｉｓ　ＳＯ　ＨＯＴ　ｔｏｄａｙ！Ｗｅ＇ｖｅ　ｇｏｔ　ａ　ｂｏａｔ　ｔｏ　ｃａｔｃｈ　ｔｏ　Ｒａｉ　Ｌａｙ　ｉｎ　ｈａｌｆ　ａｎ　ｈｏｕｒ，　ｓｏ　ｔｉｍｅ　ｆｏｒ　ａ　ｑｕｉｃｋ　ｕｐｄａｔｅ！

Ｉ　ｌｅｆｔ　ｙｏｕ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｌａｓｔ　ｐｏｓｔ　ａｓ　ｗｅ　ｗｅｒｅ　ａｂｏｕｔ　ｔｏ　ｇｏ　ｔｏ　ｓｈａｒｋ　ｂａｙ！　Ｉ＇ｌｌ　ｂｒｅａｋ　ｔｈｅ　ｔｅｎｓｉｏｎ　ｎｏｗ　－ｎｏ　ｓｈａｒｋｓ．

Ｗｅ　ｇｏｔ　ａ　ｔａｘｉ　ｏｖｅｒ　ａｓ　ｉｔ＇ｓ　ａ　ｂｉｔ　ｏｆ　ａ　ｄｉｓｔａｎｃｅ　ｔｏ　ｗａｌｋ　ａｎｄ　ｔｈｅ　ｆｒｉｅｎｄ　ｗｅ　ｗｅｒｅ　ｗｉｔｈ　ｈａｄ　ａｎ　ｅａｒｌｙ　ａｆｔｅｒｎｏｏｎ　ｂｏａｔ　ｔｏ　ｃａｔｃｈ．　Ｔｈｅｒｅ　ａｒｅｎ＇ｔ　ｒｅａｌｌｙ　ｒｏａｄｓ　ｉｎ　Ｋｏｈ　Ｔａｏ，　ｓｏ　ｗｅ　ｗｅｒｅ　ｃｌｉｎｇｉｎｇ　ｏｎ　ｔｏ　ｔｈｅ　ｂａｃｋ　ｏｆ　ａ　ｐｉｃｋｕｐ　ｔｒｕｃｋ　ｓｐｅｅｄｉｎｇ　ａｌｏｎｇ　ｂｕｍｐｙ　ｔｒａｃｋｓ．　Ｉｔ　ｗａｓ　ｄｅｆｉｎｉｔｅｌｙ　ｌａｃｋｉｎｇ　ｓｔａｂｉｌｉｔｙ　ａｎｄ　Ｉ　ｇｏｔ　ｈｉｔ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｆａｃｅ　ｗｉｔｈ　ａ　ｂｒａｎｃｈ！

The beach was stunning when we arrived, though. Absolutely pristine and almost deserted. We rented a snorkel and fins and started wading out (the tide was really really low!). There was lots of coral to pick through and we were a bit worried. Then some Thai people started calling to us - a lady said "not there! There lots of coral, you die!!". We decided to move a bit further down the beach.

We couldn't get out far enough to see the sharks because of the tide, so we settled for snorkeling in the shallows - I saw a butterfly fish, a clam opening and shutting and lots of other fish - including a territorial black fish who darted at me from his coral. We also got incredibly, incredibly burnt. Mine was all of my legs up to swimming costume level and John's was a variety of bits like neck, arms etc.

The next day we got tickets to Phi Phi on the night boat and just hung around at the bar with various people til the boat left. We were told, excitingly, that there were actually beds on the night boat, rather than just reclining seats. When we got on the boat at 9 we were greeted with this sight:

That's right! Two rows of 20 narrow mats on the floor - it's quite dark but for reference each pillow is one bed, this includes bag space too! It was an interesting night, especially since the air con was FREEZING! John is pretty sure he ended up mostly in the dark haired girls bed in the middle of the night! It is pretty empty in this picture, but by the time we left every bed was full.

We then got a bus to Krabi, where we found out we'd missed our morning boat! Rather than pay for another one we hung around til 1:30, then finally arrived in Phi Phi at about 3:30, having been travelling since 8 the previous night!

John is writing a post on our Phi Phi adventures, so that will come next! No photo dump today unfortunately, the internet is too slow to upload them all.

Love,

Imogen