Relaxing Day on Phi Phi !

Wednesday - 2 July 08

Hello to one and all! Here we are our 3rd day on Phi Phi and we have had a good and relaxing day, still missing Pai.

We were both awake early this morning as we were asleep early last night. We decided to go to Longbeach for a swim and break away from the hustle and bustle of backpackers in the village here. Its low season and apparently quiet, I would hate to see the peak season because its overrun with young people, backpackers and yahoos which is a bit of a pain in the arse.

We thought we would walk around the point to Longbeach and got three quarters of the way there and found the walkway stops and you have climb over rocks to get around the point so we doubled back and ended up getting a Longtail boat taxi, very expensive, so must be expensive for people staying at the resorts on the other beaches that have to catch longtail boat taxis whenever they want to come to the village to eat, shop or pick up supplies.

The taxi dropped us there and Rick and I spent the next hour or so swimming, the water was warm and refreshing and its been a long time since we have swum in the ocean and we both really enjoyed it. There was a good little restaurant on the beach so thought we may as well grab lunch while we were there, it was cheaper than where we have been eating but food not quite as good. We then caught a boat taxi back to Ton Sai Bay village and headed back to our bungalow.

We spent the rest of the arvo veging out at our bungalow, hanging out on the porch and having a bit of a nanny and poppy snooze. Phi Phi is a beautiful island and we are glad we came but the accommodation whilst good and the cost of food, shopping and transport is twice the price than the mainland which puts a bit of a damper on it. As nice as it is we probably wouldn't come to Phi Phi again, its more a young persons place where you can drink and party to your hearts content.

Our accommodation here is quite good although overpriced. Its on the side of a hill at the back of the village, the staff are friendly and the place nice and clean and big. There is no seaview but then there are not many places that have views of the ocean. There is still a lot of building going on and still a lot of left over debris from the Tsunami especially along the beachfront of Ton Sai Bay and in the gully behind the village, I guess you can't rebuild an entire island overnight after such a devastating act.

Tonight we walked down the village to have some dinner early hoping to eat at one of the popular restaurants the backbackers eat at but they were packed because the state of origin was on, so we ended up having dinner at a sports bar where the food and service was absolute shit. The Thai people here are so different to the ones up North and on Samui, they are not that friendly and everything is about the almighty dollar which is why everything in the shops is twice the price and believe me they won't bargain, and are even a little arogant. We are glad we are only staying the 5 days & 4 nights as for us that is more than adequate. We have had to increase our daily budget by almost half to cover the cost of accommodation, food and transport so thank god next weeks accommodation is free.

Anyway Phi Phi really is a beautiful place its a shame its so commercialised like Patong. Anyone thinking of holidaying here, bring lots of money or just do the day trip from Phuket it will be cheaper in the long run.

So until tomorrows blog, check out the photos I have added, scroll down after this blog and there are two pages of them., See Ya! Kob koon Chai!