We woke up extremely early this morning to catch our complimentary breakfast which was awesome and lots of selection at our awesome hotel Burasari.
Then the driver for the tour company came promptly at 8am to pick us up. We then got stuffed into this crammy 10 seater mini van and was off to pick up other ppl who also signed up for the tour. We drove across Phuket to the east coast and was dropped off at a place where we were assigned boat numbers. Each speed boat carried about 22 people. I paid 100 THB to get a pair of flippers thinking that i'll probably need them eventually since i don't like stepping on ocean floors.
We then went on the longest and the most choppy boat ride ever to phi phi island. We first went to phi phi ley, where there was a beach and lots of tourists. We stayed there for about 40 minutes for some swimming and just enjoying the sun. this was where the film the beach was filmed which starred leo dicaprio. Then it was a boat ride photo opportunity at the phi phi ao lang (or something) where it's a natural wonder of rocks? (what they said was more exciting, maybe i'll wiki it one day and add to this post). Then we went to the bat cave aka viking cave, where people live there to collect bird's nest. They said they have to live there to wait for the opportunity as it's really rare (i think this is yin wor, swallow's nest). Their living area looks very sketched.
Then we were driven over to Phi Phi Don, the main island. We first made a stop at Monkey bay where the guide warned us that we'll have to be rushed over to the hospital if scratched. Anyways, we decided not to get off the boat and just watch other tourists outnumber the monkeys in that section. Then we were at this place called maya bay for snorkeling where we snorkeled for 40 minutes. We decided to use life vest which was the best choice since it helps you float and minimize efforts. Then the guides were very excited to show us nemo, which i ended up didnt' see very well since my mask fogged up coz i couldn't stop breathing through my nose. I did manage to see something that vaguely resembled a clown fish so i'm just going to assume i saw it. I liked the fish and the corals but i really didn't like them too close to me.
We were then driven to the main area of phi phi don where we had lunch, a buffet lunch, at which point i was kinda sea sick, dehydrated, choked on sea water or whatever... so i didn't eat too much. There wasn't too much on the island except some hostels and bungalows. After that we were driven to kuai island where we spent the afternoon snorkeling with bright yellow fishes and when in deeper water more exotic fish. We were told if you go further you see better looking corals and possibly even sharks (actually they are observable, we just didn't end up going). The guides promised that sharks don't bite in warm water, but we just got too tired, heat stroke, sea sick to actually go there and look at them. This was also where toilet cost 20 thb a use, and they sell you pictures of yourself in frames as souvenir for 300 THB (i got it coz it's nice). Anyways, the guide was telling us that the secret was to the name of the island "P. P. island" so you can figure out how you can save the 20 THB. Kuai means egg and apparently the island looks like an egg so that's y, the green is the yolk and the white beaches is the egg white.
After 2 hours of frolicking in the water, we went back to phuket, and this time it only took 20 minutes. We were then driven back to our hotels. Min and i decided to go chill by the pool to wait for the pool's 1 for 1 mojitos special where some aussie guy started chatting us up. Then we went back to our room after more mosquito bite grossness and a sudden unexpected shower. And at about 8pm we went out for our adventure to find food for the night.
We ate at this place on the parallel street called dang, or something, and i had authentic pad thai which was super yummy. On the way, I also picked up a young coconut for 25 THB which was also super yummy, highly recommended.
We then went for a thai message at a place called welcome message. Thai message for 1 hour cost 200 THB which was super cheap like (6 CAD). It was so good. We've gotta go back for an oi message or something. And to think, the last time i had a thai message plus some body glow wrapped in honey thing cost 160 CAD, this was a great deal. Gotta do more tomorrow!!
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