Phi Phi

Hi, writing this as my hands and probably my face glisten with sweat.

We have been on Koh Phi Phi for a few days. When we first arrived we are bit disappointed compared to Koh Tao, it is much more cramped, less relaxed and a bit of party island (definitely not our thing!)

After a proper nights sleep from the horrendous journey over and having a proper look around we liked it way more. We ended up in a decent sized room for 500 baht, with an actual flushing toilet!! We did have to drill a bit into the roof to get our mosquito net up but I'm sure no one minded/noticed!

After our original dislike of the island we did end up extending our stay from 2 nights to 4. We booked a half day snorkeling trip and did some wondering around. For lunch we had a massive barbecued fish and rise from a street vendor while sat on rubbish chairs + table and it was really yummy, even though some bits seemed a bit too soft to be the meat of the fish... That evening we walked up to the viewpoint over Phi Phi. It was really high and Imogen's lungs were not having a good time! The view at the end was definitely worth it, it was stunning and you could see so much and a bit of the sunset which ended up obscured by clouds. While we were up at the top the mosquitoes had started gathering for a feast (normally aimed at Imogen) so I started putting some repellent on, I started with my neck then as I went to put some on my arms there was one just about to bite! They never go for me and the one time I find one on me was while I was trying to repel them, not happy!


The next day, which was originally booked to go on our snorkeling trip changed because apparently the boat was broken but we changed our tickets for the day after not really expecting the best. The rest of that day was spent lazing on the beach not doing much at all, which was lovely! That night we ended up with a HUGE cockroach falling onto Imogen's face and scurrying across the room to go chill in the corner. We did already find a cockroach in our bathroom which was a bit smaller, which we forced into the drain on the floor by using the bum gun and showers to guide it. That night was particularly difficult to sleep, with every little noise and tickle of the fan perking us both back up in fear.

We went on our snorkeling/boat trip the next day. Our first stop was monkey island, which was a tiny beach with loads of monkeys where you could get really close (and if were stupid, you could also give them beer to drink!). Monkeys seemed very anxious about all the attention and after we took a couple of photos we stood back to try and encourage as little as possible. We continued our journey around seeing some lovely scenery and eventually stopped somewhere and went for a small kayak journey and then snorkeled a bit. The fish were then drawn to the boat by the people running everything as the through loads of food out to them. We then watched the sunset out at sea and went back to land on a very overcrowded long-tail boat to have a buffet, which was nice but we left shortly after when it began raining a little bit.

I think that's pretty much everything noteworthy from Phi Phi, we are on a boat in 30 mins to Rai Lay beach for probably even more relaxing!

Bye!