On our last morning in Patong with got up early to take the scooters and the backpacks AND Jonos surfboard (we’re already getting a bit tired of dragging that thing around, although it does come in handy when we need to put our smelly wet stuff somewhere) back to Karon beach. There we got picked up by a minibus which took us to the pier. We had just enough time to grab a cup of noodles before we jumped on the boat and were on our way to one of Thailand’s most beautiful islands; Koh Phi Phi. Getting closer to the island we could see just how beautiful it is. The limestone cliffs raises straight from the turquoise ocean towering meters and meters above our boat. In the centre of the bay lies the beach with fine, white sand and swaying palm trees. As we jumped off the boat we were herded like cattle along the pier to the frenzy of locals trying to sell accommodation, taxis (taxi-boats that is) or a trolley to put backpacks in. We dodged every single one, fighting our way through the crowd, before we went on a serious mission to find the cheapest accommodation on the
island. Cheapest accommodation turned out to be 150 B per person… in a 16 bed dorm room (thanks, but no thanks). We ended up in a room with a moldy bathroom, and with neighbors who shared the same floor planks as us which made our beds jump up and down every time they missioned around. Later we walked down to the beach. Maja enjoyed sitting on the rocks and the guys jumped in the water to snorkel. Tyron had forgotten his mask and Jono got bitten in the face by a clownfish (served him right after sticking his face into the anemone) so they came back quite quickly. Koh Phi Phi has quite a backpacker vibe, especially now in the low season. That obviously results in pretty crazy beach parties with fire dances and free buckets of strong alcohol given out hourly. We chilled it this night though. We ate dinner and jumped into our jumping beds.
Next morning we checked out of the moldy room and missioned down to a place called HC Andersen (hehey to all the Scandinavians). We are only paying R 50 more here, but we have a big room with air con, fridge, tv and a dvd player. Today we decided to walk to another beach called ‘Longbeach’. It was quite a walk through the jungle and it took even longer because Jono insisted on photographing of all the creepy crawlies and Maja tried to avoid them. ‘Longbeach’ was worth it though. I was a beautiful, chilled beach with very few people. The boys snorkeled with sharks and Jono got bitten again, on the finger this time (my question is why the vegetarian keep tormenting the fish?). That night after dinner we decided to make use of our dvd player and the choice of movie was simple; ‘The Beach’ with Leonardo Dicaprio, which was filmed on the neighboring island.
Friday morning we checked out again. HC Andersen was awesome, but a little out of our price range. We checked into a little place called October where we decided to stay for three nights. The guys took a walk up to the viewpoint where Jono (while playing with a baby monkey) got attacked in the face by a vicious praying mantis (again, why the vegetarian? Jono here is saying it’s because the animals no longer fear him, but to me and Tyron it still remains a mystery). Anyway, he gave the locals up there a good laugh, since he started hitting his own face, screaming and jumping around, behaving worse than the monkey. Jono and Maja managed to squeeze in a quick suntan before dinner, while Tyron walked miles to find water deep enough to swim in. It was low tide and the water was far from the beach. This particular beach, called twin beach, was hit badly by the tsunami and there are signs to the evacuation routes on all street corners. On the 13th there is going to be a evacuation drill here.
When we later walked out to find somewhere to eat a random Scottish girl managed to convince us to eat at a place called Paddys. This place had a Friday special on; half price cocktails and a free shot after the meal. We blame the Scottish girl for the fact that we made it to our beds late, and only after fire dances and free alcohol buckets.
We fixed the damages quite quickly the next day with coke and pasta for breakfast. Jono and Maja went to get thai massages, and Tyron missed out again. It really is one hour of heaven for R 40. After, the guys went snorkeling again, where they found a sea snake. And decided to harass it. I reckon it was a bit of a stupid move since this snake is supposed to be one of the most poisonous snakes in the world. Still, I am pleased to inform you that both of the boys are still alive.
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