Hi, We are in Koh Phi Phi now which is like paradise! It is a tiny little island and is it is really cute. The sea that surrounds the island is an absolutely amazing colour and it is surrounded by large rocks like the pic above. The film 'The Beach' was filmed on the other part of the island so if you have ever seen that you can imagine how beautiful it is here. The island got absolutely wrecked by the Tsunami but there doesn't seem to be much evidence of it now as everything has been built again. There is a lovely relaxed atmosphere to this island so it is only fitting that we are relaxing! We are staying at a nice resort that has a pool and is right on the beach front - the view takes my breath away every time I see it. Basically I love it here! Our last day in Chiang Mai was an interesting one. We got a tuk tuk and headed off to an area where they sell all the goods that are made in the area. We weren't exactly sure where we were going but the tuk tuk driver seemed to have an itinerary set out for us! Our first stop was the worlds largest jewellery shop - Mum would have been in paradise! There were people there making the jewellery and then they took us to the showrooms. Me and Caroline in our backpacks were looking decidedly out of place as we were followed round by the thai saleswomen. Some of the jewellery was ridiculously large and over the top and everytime we pointed at it to show the other one the salespeople would think we wanted to try it on! We didn't think we would buy anything in a million years but then the salespeople starting showing us things in our budget and i somehow ended up with a blue sapphire ring! It is lovley though and was cheap! Next we went to a place where they sold Parasols and umbrellas. That place was realy fun because the people that paint the umbrellas could also paint things on you. So I had a lovely elephant painted on the top I was wearing and a elephant at sunset painted on my backpack - it definitely adds a certain something! The painters were so talented and so quick, they look really cool. Then Mr Tuk tuk ferried us around to a few more places before we convinced him that we had had enough and managed to escape! After that we had our 12 hour overnight bus journey to look forward to! Luckily it was quite empty so we got 2 seats each so could spread out. We arrived back in Bangkok at about 5 in the morn which was weird as people were just going to bed after there nights out. We were dropped at the Kao San Road and it was really weird to see it so quiet without all the street vendors. After this we went to the airport to get our plane to Phuket which is one of the islands in the south of Thailand. We were pretty wrecked when we got there so we just had a relaxing afternoon by the pool and then headed out in the eveningi for a bit to see Patong. The beach looked nice and the place looked cool but we didn't really have the energy for it. The next morn we got a ferry over to Phi Phi and since then as I said we haven't been doing much. Loads of people tried to dissuade us from coming down here as the weather is supposed to be bad on the west islands at the moment but we have been lucky so far and have had two days of mainly sun. We are off on a boat trip tomorrow around the islands and to do some snorkelling so the weather is sure to take a turn for the worse for that! xxx