Beautiful Koh Phi Phi

After the night boat from Koh Tao, we had a distressing time getting over to Koh Phi Phi even though we bought a through ticket. However we did arrive - only 6 hours late! The island is beautiful and we elected to stay at a less popular beach a short boat ride (or 45 min walk) away from the main town. Hat Yao (Long Beach - as it's called) is beautiful and we have enjoyed our bungalow just 20 meters from the beach.



The island in the background is Phi Phi Ley - the island in the movie "The Beach".

Yesterday we went into town to enjoy the sunset from the highest point on the island.



The climb was well worth it because in addition to the beautiful sunset it gave us a view of the two beaches just meters apart that connect the two mountainous sides of the island. Unfortunately these two beaches were the site of 2000 deaths during the tsunami in 2004. A 5 meter wave came from the left and a 3 meter wave came from the right, tragically meeting in the middle and destroying most of the town.



In the evening we decided to test out the party scene on the island, and visited a few bars. At one beachfront place we watched a fire show - all the rage on the island. It was oretty cool:



We also met some drunken Irishmen who thought it was hilarious that we were on our honeymoon, and proceeded to chant 'hon - e - moon' all the while thrusting their hips suggestively. Humourous hon-e-moon indeed.

Today July 22, we hiked just 10 minutes from our beach to find a deserted beach, with the most crystal clear water either of us had ever seen. We spent the whole day here and only had to share the entire beach with a few people the whole day.



The 'keeper' of the beach has interesting feelings as to the type of tour groups he allows to visit though as evidenced by this shocking sign: