Phi Phi Island

Hello Everyone,

We left Ao Nang and after a corrupt bus ride (which we got off and walked the last 3km) and a ferry trip across the Andaman sea-we arrived at an idyllic island-Ko Phi Phi.

We are staying at Tropical Garden bungalows and we have a pool! Yesterday we had an awesome time on a snorkelling and sightseeing trip. A launch cruised around three islands stopping off at incredible bays and lagoons-where we snorkelled and swam .The water was crystal clear and really warm. Bamboo island was our favourite, we saw ‘Nemo’ in an anemone and moray eels. The glowing fluoro colours of the coral and tropical fish were amazing. We dived down into the coral and came so close to the colourful fish and other creatures .We never saw any sharks at Shark Point but enjoyed jumping off the higher levels of the boat into the water. It was an amazing day out and we want to go again.

Phi Phi is very small and it's nice walking everywhere and  have seen lots of the damage the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami did to this island. Last night we checked out the fire dancing and parties on the beach after dinner. It looked like lots of fun and a little dangerous. People were skipping and doing the limbo with the rope on fire, so we didn’t think it was safe to join in. We saw people smoking something through pipes at ‘The Stones Bar’ and it wasn’t tobacco!  Mum and Dad may venture to the Apache bar tonight where they give out free ‘buckets’ of coke, red bull and lots of whiskey!

The Nieuwys