Tour to Phi Phi

Today we did an all day speed boat tour to Phi Phi and several other small islands. The first was Bamboo island and it was a beautiful beach. We actually saw some small sharks swimming around but they swam off as soon as you went near them. The water was a bright turquoise color and you could see all the way to the bottom for as far as you could swim out. Another place we went was Maya Bay where the film The Beach was filmed.

We have met a lot of interesting people on this trip. Today we met John and Shirley from Austrailia. They had both been married over 40 years and lost thier significant others. They met while traveling solo and fell in love. They are now in Thailand for their honeymoon : )

Probably the best part of the day was the snorkeling. We went at two different islands. The first was Lohsamah and they had some really big and beautiful fish. They also had some very bright sea creatures that were attached to the rocks but would close up when you swam by. It was really neat. The second spot was Hin Klarng. The fish were not as big but they were just as beautiful. The guide gave us some bread and the fish swarmed us and eventually came up and ate it out of our hands.

After the tour we got some banana drinks and banana pancakes (not actually pancakes, it was a very different kind of dough). Then we did some shopping. I made my first purchase: a very cute little dress for 9 dollars. For dinner, we ate at a restaurant on the beach that is famous for its sunsets. Stephen decided to rub one of those little evil peppers I mentioned earlier on his lips. He really loves to torture himself with spicy food. It really looked like he was wearing lipstick.

We really like it on this island so we are going to stay a few days and take day trips to the surrounding areas.

to the very left you can see the triangle pillow we saw everywhere

on the boat

if there is a cliff, Stephen will jump from it

Bamboo Island

Maya Beach

snorkel time

can't get enough of that iced coffee