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Saturday, February 23, 2008

KO Phi Phi 16 to 17 Feb

On the boat from Phuket town to Ko Phi Phi.. we saw the famous Beach from the Movie "the beach" (called here Maya Beach) but I could only realise that it completely lost its paradise idea... with like 20 boats full of tourists and a beach completely crowded... Once we arrived in Ko Phi Phi we took a boat (taxi boat) down to Long Beach as the lonely planet was recommending it to be the most beautiful and the best for Snorkelling ;)... and it was really amazing... Clear water -Perfect white sand a little Paradise, we didn't get too much hassle finding a bungalow but the prices are really high... probably the after Tsunami effect ?... Anyway I enjoyed a day doing nothing, only swimming, getting dry/tan... drinking some fruit shakes... reading a bit... and it was really good after the 3 weeks I spent in the Mainland :D The same night we went back to the harbour where all the action was / a night out drinking was the plan :D we got there and headed for a pizza, I had Penne Carbonara and it was hmmm :D then we got our bucket (Samsang / Coke / Redbull ) and played a few drinking card games before hitting the dancefloor... Surprising enough I met the 3 Swedish guys I also met in Ko Chang... The night out was good certainly not the best! but enjoyable enough... the next day we had to take the boat at 2pm so I enjoyed the beach for another few hours before making my way down to the boat...
I don't think Ko Phi Phi is as nice as it used to be before the Movie but also the Tsunami... we could see a few pictures of the before after and it lost a bit of its charm although the island remain the most beautiful I have seen in Thailand... A pity all those resorts took the opportunity to set there straight after the Tsunami though :(

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