Thailand: Koh Phi Phi

We paid for a boat to take us out to some islands the next day. It was a tour, but still kinda pricey. We got on this speedboat we had reserved the night before which picked us up at the beach at our hotel and it was crowded. A bunch of French people pitched this huge fit and we were delayed about 45 minutes, but after it was all said and done they decided not to go and well, the boat was hardly crowded at all, which was pretty fantastic! The first place we went was Bamboo Island which doesn't have anything built on it, which is probably why it's so beautiful. I should have taken more photos, but I was too busy snorkeling. It was my first time, and I loved it! I got way too much sun though, even though I kept applying sunscreen, so after that, we couldn't go snorkeling again on this trip. We ate lunch on the island that came with the tour and there were wild chickens running around everywhere. I think they wanted some food.

The beach was beautiful white sand and there was coral everywhere. It was like something you see on a postcard. I'd never been to a beach like this before. The fish were everywhere! I had angelfish swimming around me when I was in the water. It was like jumping into a giant aquarium, and the fish didn't care!
I have more photos, but find it embarrassing, so I only posted the ones where you can't see so much of me. I wasn't too happy with my swimsuit, but it was the only one that remotely fit we found in Bangkok.

Then we reached Koh Phi Phi. It sucked. Highly disappointing. Maybe it was beautiful at one time, but I don't like the crowds and all the trash. It was really dirty. I was glad we only stayed 30 minutes.
See all the people. No fun.

Look at the beach! It was so crowded! I can't enjoy a place like that.
Below: An awesome sign. The spelled Phi Phi with "E"'s . haha

I was bored and ready to leave. I played with this stray cat.

Then we left for Monkey Island. It's a tiny little beach full of monkeys that tourists feed. I didn't find it that interesting because I've seen so many monkeys in Japan and these monkeys were unnaturally not scared of people which freaked me out a bit.




Then we went to the second most beautiful place of the day, the small Koh Phi Phi island. First we passed Viking Cave, seen below.



Then we made our way toward the lagoon where the movie "The Beach" with Leonardo Di Caprio was filmed. I've never seen this film though.



Finally we made it to paradise, Maya Bay. Because of those French people we were 45 minutes late, which meant we only got 15 minutes here which was sad! But I was sunburnt and tired. The water was warm and shallow and so clear. You could see many fish swimming around. I wadded out a bit, but not too far. It really is a beautiful place and I see why so many people come to this small island. It's much nicer than the bigger one because there is nothing built on it and you can only get her by a small boat. It reminded me of some place you'd see in Pirates of the Caribbean or something. So anyway, we had fun and I like snorkeling now, so I'd like to go back or go to another great place to see many pretty fish.