So we got up at the crack of dawn already packed and raring to go, but as we were about to leave i felt an unwelcome grumble in the pit of my stomach and without going into detail asked Mel if she would kindly see if we could re-arrange our travel and stay in Koh Phi Phi for one more night.... the thought of travelling all day feeling like I did did not appeal, luckily we could change our tickets.. problem solved pheuw! The day was as you can imagine a quiet...

So after 5 days here we finally managed to muster the energy to do a trip off the island: gettin quite into the chilled out island mode now! After the usual breakfast in bed consisting of pancakes and a movie we mosied on down to the front where we found ourselves one of the many longtail boat men to take us across to the neighbouring Phi Phi Ley island, where 'the beach' was filmed. We doused ourselves in tanning oil and propped ourselves across our pr...

So since the last update we have been kinda busy, i say that with a pinch of salt as being busy consists of us chillin in the bars...and the odd bit odd sunbathing weather permitting. Anyway after we last left an update we went for a few beers before going to the famous bar that is the reggae bar in the centre of phi phi. we had a few quiet drinks making fun of the english lads who took advantage of the 2 free buckets if you have a boxing match (by the way t...

OK nobody told me about the treacherous ferry ride from Krabi to Koh Phi Phi!! Only kidding it wasn't too bad. About 250-300 people piled on board the ferry on monday to head for the famous phi phi islands (where 'the beach' was filmed). A big percentage being backpackers there was a first come first served scramble for prime seating right at the front of the ferry where us lucky 20 or so starting happily slapping on suncream and pulling out books for the ...

Got ourselves out of bed pretty early for us - 8am! and were picked up at our hostel and taken to the pier for our island hopping tour. After the masses were seperated onto different boats, most of which were surprisingly Thai tourists, we got on the last one. During the chaos we were plotting our strategy to get the bet possible seats for maximum tanning and ocean spray, but all proved unnecessary when our guide sent me and chris directly to the front of the b...