the three islands that we've just been visiting, so we had another
long journey in store.
We left Koh Tao via a sleeper boat. This boat had two floors, each
with two rows of beds with a walkway down the middle. Each row of beds
was basically one long mattress, and each persons' assigned portion
was very narrow! Lucky none of us are big boned, otherwise it would
have been quite a squeeze!
The boat set off and after about 5 minutes we hit some choppy waters
and the boat started rocking really badly. It felt like it could
capsize any minute and so we all just laid down, closed our eyes and
tried not to think about it! This went on for a few hours but finally
the boat hit calmer seas and we were able to get a few hours sleep...
Amy says it was the scariest night of her life!
Finally, we arrived at Krabi, and after a few hours waiting around in
a cafe we got a bus ride to our hotel, arriving at about lunchtime. We
decided to have a quick nap and then headed out to have a look round
the town. It seemed pretty quiet, so when a longtail boat driver came
up to us and offered a tour of Krabi, we went for it. He took us along
the river and we stopped at some caves, went through the Mangroves (a
thick jungly area) and then finished up at a fish farm, where we saw
the fish being fed, Marc stroked a puffer fish, and then we ordered
some fish satay which was caught and cooked in front of us!
As there didn't seem to be much going on in Krabi, the next day we
decided to go to Koh Phi Phi. We got a ferry to the island and walked
to our 14 bed dorm from the port, as there are no roads/cars on the
island to get a ride! We were staying a minute from the beach so we
went out for lunch at a restaurant overlooking the sea, and then had a
wander around the area.
We were staying in the main tourist area of Koh Phi Phi... It was the most western place we have been,
with young tourists everywhere, streets full of bars and restaurants,
and lots of pizza stands which the boys appreciated! We went for
dinner and then had a quiet evening as the boys had decided to go on a
boat trip of the island which left early the next morning.
The boat trip included a boat trip to Maya Beach, where The Beach
starring Leonardo Di Caprio was filmed. We had to swim from the boat
to the shore, which was really hard work! It was a beautiful beach,
but FULL of tourists.
We also went to Monkey Beach. The boat anchored up quite a way from
the shore this time, so we opted to kayak to the beach instead of
swim!
In the evening, we went to a nice seafood restaurant, before going to
watch the Wales Ireland rugby match in an Irish pub. We each bought a
bucket and settled in to watch the game. After this we were all
feeling a bit tipsy so we went on a bit of a pub crawl around ........
Ending up on the beach, where all of the bars had fire shows outside!
We stayed out dancing and drinking until we all got hungry and the
boys got some massive slices of pizza.
The next day, feeling fragile we decided not to do anything too
strenuous, and spent the day preparing for another night on the beach.
This time we bought some beers from the 7 eleven and just sat watching
the chaos from the fire skipping ropes and limbo poles!
We were leaving the next day, but we decided to get up and head to the
Koh Phi Phi viewpoint before we caught the ferry. After climbing what
seemed like hundreds of stairs in the midday sun, we got there, and
the view was worth it... If you listen carefully you can hear Amy
describing the beautiful scenery...
Our next stop was Phuket, where we were staying on Bangla Street in
Patong, which is a lot like Koa San Road, but much bigger and wilder!
On our first night we headed out to explore, and after stumbling into
the Russian district by accident we managed to find a nice Indian
restaurant to eat in. When we got back to Bangla Street we had had a
few beers, so we found it hard to refuse when we were being offered
free entry into a ping pong show (the street was absolutely full of
them). We sat down, but after being given a menu promptly left again
as one beer was 900 baht!! When outside we managed to haggle them down
to 200 baht so we went back in to see the show.
I won't go into too much detail but ping pong balls weren't all that
was involved... Baby terrapins, balloons and fish were all included in
the show...!! after that we needed another drink so we went to tiger
bar, which was a huge place full of loads of different bars all
fighting to get you to buy their drinks!
The next day we spent the afternoon looking round the nearby markets,
before deciding to get some vodka from the 7 eleven and have a few
drinks in the hostel. There was a group of people playing drinking
games in the reception area so we joined them, playing into the early
hours of the morning until we went to a bar, and then finally getting
some more alcohol and finishing up the night on the beach!
After all that we definitely weren't up for the 24hour bus journey
from Phuket to Bangkok, so we booked a flight and arrived into Bangkok
the next evening.
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