We were feeling the excitement build as we left the mainland behind and headed for Ko Phi Phi. I had been wanting the beach side holiday since we had left NZ. And we were not to be dissapointed at Phi Phi!
The place was perfect. A beautiful island surrounded by coral reef, white sand and blue waters.
We first stayed at Runtee Bay across the island from the main beach. This place was awesome with brilliant snorkelling right off the beach. We'd just roll out of bed every day and go for a snorkel. Colourful fish, awesome corals, giant clams, seahorses everywhere. So much colour and life.
On the down side, the place is quiet. Like very quiet. It is also a back-breaking walk and a half over from the main beach and town (about 45mins) but we could have taken a long boat around if we weren't so scroogey (o:
But the walk can be cool too. There are frogs, huge land crabs, millions of skinks, rats etc, awesome bush and snakes! I even got bitten by one.
We also staed at Long beach for a night which is next to the town. We wanted a more backpacker kind of lifestyle with a few more people.
We visited the town at night and went to see Thai Kickboxing or Moi Thai as it's called at the Reggae bar. Turned out to be staged fights by pros (really didn't look that real but you could tell they were good and real quick) and then the bar staff let the tourists have a go against one another.
As you win free booze for fighting, there were quite a few. When we watched it got a bit out of hand at one stage and there was a huge brawl in the middle of the ring with the thai guys jumping in too to sort it out. Otherwise it was fun to watch though I wouldn't be caught dead ion there myself. The chick fights were the best as they seemed to be more for fun.
We also watched a lady boy show at the Apache Bar. The show was mmm. I reckon you could tell they were dudes or all except one who looked real female. Scary!
We also went for a dive but we both reckon NZ has better but each to their own and we did see some turtles and lion fish and snakes etc. We did one dive out around Phi phi Ley which is the smaller of the two islands and the other at Bida Nok, a small satellite island to Phi Phi Ley. And don't mention if you haven't dived in a while like we did or they make you do this stupid learn to dive again course which costs money and wastes precious diving time.
And i have to mention Samee's. It's this restaurant run by a guy who got ruined by the recent tsunami. He was rescued from under 3m of rubble and has since created an awesome place to dine with this really nice kid waiter who works for peanuts. They have really god fruit shakes! Mango and banana was our favourite.
We also staed at Long beach for a night which is next to the town. We wanted a more backpacker kind of lifestyle with a few more people.
We visited the town at night and went to see Thai Kickboxing or Moi Thai as it's called at the Reggae bar. Turned out to be staged fights by pros (really didn't look that real but you could tell they were good and real quick) and then the bar staff let the tourists have a go against one another.
As you win free booze for fighting, there were quite a few. When we watched it got a bit out of hand at one stage and there was a huge brawl in the middle of the ring with the thai guys jumping in too to sort it out. Otherwise it was fun to watch though I wouldn't be caught dead ion there myself. The chick fights were the best as they seemed to be more for fun.
We also watched a lady boy show at the Apache Bar. The show was mmm. I reckon you could tell they were dudes or all except one who looked real female. Scary!
We also went for a dive but we both reckon NZ has better but each to their own and we did see some turtles and lion fish and snakes etc. We did one dive out around Phi phi Ley which is the smaller of the two islands and the other at Bida Nok, a small satellite island to Phi Phi Ley. And don't mention if you haven't dived in a while like we did or they make you do this stupid learn to dive again course which costs money and wastes precious diving time.
And i have to mention Samee's. It's this restaurant run by a guy who got ruined by the recent tsunami. He was rescued from under 3m of rubble and has since created an awesome place to dine with this really nice kid waiter who works for peanuts. They have really god fruit shakes! Mango and banana was our favourite.
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