Ahhh...beautiful Koh Phi Phi. That's what we have been told at least. Some of it was really nice but the actualy city wasn't that amazing. It was one of the hardest hit places after the tsunami about 4 years ago, but it is bigger now than it was back then. It was supposed to be regulated so that it wouldn't get to be overcrowded, unnatural and cement, but that didn't seem to happen.
It was nice enough though for a quick visit. I was there for 2 nights with Lily. (The only reason we stayed two nights was to go snorkeling the next day.) We watched an "amateur" muai thai fight which was really funny. I say amateur because one round it would be two professional wrestler type fighter falling when they were supposed to and the other rounds it would be two drunk people from the crowd. You get a free bucket if you fight, so I guess that is motivation enough. Buckets cost only 250 baht, which is about 6 dollars, so I thought I would just buy one.
We went snorkeling the next day and it was really, really beautiful. We saw parrot fish, a moray eel, all sorts of little colorful fishes and supposedly, we were swimming with reef sharks. We never saw any because the light was dying. We also saw the beach from the movie "The Beach" with Leo. It was really pretty, but not as nice as in the movies. They did some CGI work to make it look better.
After that, we headed to Koh Lanta, which was a better than Phi Phi. We got there and headed to a really secluded resort down in the south. It was really nice and cheap. Their beach was really cool, because as the tide went out, a little "lake" formed with a "stream" coming out of it. It was really nice to watch as the sun set.
We went for an elephant trek and hike the next day. It was pretty fun to ride an elephant, I haven't done it since my Great Grandma Clark took me to the circus when I was younger. I think that happened. The hike was nice because we had a guide that told us of all the deadly animals in the jungle and a little about his life. We hiked to a waterfall that I took a quick shower in. It was chilly.
After this, we headed to the more popular long beach and got a nice room in a really large resort. We had a lot of sun there and a lot of cards and a lot of food. It was a good "vacation" from the rest of our journey. I felt like we were living the high life, but it really wasn't any more expensive than anywhere else.
For Christmas and New Years, we are heading back to Haad Ton Sai since we liked it so much there.
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