Koh Phi-Phi continued....

Koh Phi phi has continued to be gorgeous...no roads so no crazy cars or taxis just tourists on foot or thai locals on bicycle. Our resort is next door to a primary school, so at breakfast we watch mums & dad's deliver their little ones to school on their bikes, in immaculate uniform while we struggle to wake up, trying to wear as little as possible in the midmorning heat. Amazing that normal life goes on for the locals while we're in a completely different world...not that amazing really, but it's hard to imagine 'real life' after all this beach life we're having.

We walked over to the next bay over - Long Beach, the water was cooler here, more refreshing as it was deeper, and the bay itself, quieter as it was further away from the pier area. We made it back to 'The Sports Bar' which was showing the Tri-Nations Aussie vs All Blacks match in time for the haka....go AB's! Back on the sunset beach Carl found a volleyball net, more locals and tourists to play against. Another beautiful sunset, then a big thunder & lightening storm!

The next day we did a all day snorkelling tour of the area. This included Maya Bay where the movie 'The Beach' was filmed. We got there as our first stop, the fish in the bay were amazing but the beach was FULL of speed boats, launch boats and millions of people - quite awful really. The other stops were amazing though - the colour of the fish! and water was so clear! back home, more beach volleyball and another lightening storm. Exciting!

(Note: The water somehow takes away the bronze colour of your skin and illuminates the small areas of white - strange!)