Koh Phi Phi

After a 12 hour overnight bus journey, 3 stop offs, and a lady-boy attendant, we finally arrived in Krabi from Bangkok. The first point of call was Ao Nang, and our first, but by no means last, long boat trip to a beach called Ton Sai bay. The plan was to stay for the first night, but after discovering the accomodation was more basic than a prison cell in Vietnam we decided to go to the next beach up, a place called Railay beach.

Now for everyone who hasn't been to Railay beach there are two possible ways to get there from Ton Sai. Firstly, a pretty relaxed longboat trip which takes 5 minutes, or there is the more dangerous and arduous way of walking around the jagged coastline. We of course decided to walk. Now this wouldnt have been such a bad decision if we had any sort of rockclimbing experience or if i didnt have 10 kg backpack or a pair of broken flip flops. Luckily however they're werent too many injuries sustained on the slippery rocks, and it was the small inconvenience of a few cuts on rasor sharp barnicles!

The following morning we took the boat and set off for Koh Phi Phi. 90 minutes later and a couple of early morning beers and we had arrived! It was pretty obvious that the island is now a huge tourist hotspot, partly im sure from films like 'The Beach', and partly word of mouth. A definite step up from Bangkok, and nice to not be bothered every 5 seconds by someone trying to sell you a wooden frog, a fake watch, or a tuxedo! What they expect me to possibly want a tuxedo for in 35 degree heat i have no idea!

The first day involved chilling on the beach (something i have got quite used to already.) Not quite got my head around how the water is hotter than bath water yet though! We then headed out in the evening with a few people we met earlier on in the day for a  few buckets, before getting caught in another torrential downpour. Again something we have discovered is likely to probably happen quite a lot during our time here!

The following night we decided to give Reggae Bar a try to see some English lager louts attempt to beat each other up in a boxing ring, whilst other (less brave) lager louts cheer them on from the sideline. All in all pretty good entertainment, including some pretty lethal knockouts!