Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Ko Phi Phi, Thailand

After a bus ride and ferry ride we had arrived in Ko Phi Phi! We found a hostel right away with the help of a local. We stayed at the Scenery Guesthouse. It may sound nice and luxurious but the biggest flaw it had was no air conditioning. You would think this would be ok in March but March and April are Thailand's hottest months of the year. Needless to say is was some hot, sticky, sweaty sleep.   The next day we got up and went on a boat cruise around the island. The boat first took us to Monkey Beach where we feed monkeys out of the palm of our hand. We then went cliff jumping. I had been cliff jumping before in Boracay so I was expecting something similar. We then get to a literal cliff not all dolled up with diving boards and lifeguards like the one in Boracay. We then had to put on climbing shoes to climb the cliff that we would be jumping from. It was actually quite difficult. I then jumped off and landed wrong of course. I was not injured just a big smack on the butt. It then was black , blue and purple for the next few days. After cliff jumping we headed to Viking  Cave. We then went to Maya Beach which is where the movie "The Beach" was filmed. We got to get out swim around and even started up a soccer game on the beach. It was absolutely beautiful. We then started to head home but on the way back we used a sea jacuzzi. It is just like a big net off the side of the boat that you could sit in as you coast through the ocean. As we headed home we watched a beautiful sunset while eating dinner on the boat. The next day we just relaxed on the beach. The tide was really low so you had to walk out pretty far out and step over a lot of coral to finally get to waist high water. Not the best beach of the trip but a beach nonetheless. We had to soak it in because the next day we would be heading out of paradise and making  our way to Bangkok.

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