Koh Phi Phi

We're in Koh Phi Phi now. Cool beach town. Phuket sucked (as we suspected it would and were warned it would, but then we got an email from a guy we had met in Chiang Mai and he told us that there was one really cool beach on Phuket that he'd been chillin' at for two weeks so we figured we'd check it out. But we really didn't like it. It was full of old Scandinavian couples and the whole city looked like Disneyland). So we hopped on the first boat over here at 7 AM and had scheduled a snorkeling/kayaking trip all day on the island where they filmed "the Beach" (with Leonardo DiCaprio) but there was a mix up and they told us to get off the ferry once we got to Koh Phi Phi and then when we realized that we were supposed to not have gotten off the ferry, the ferry had already left for the day's snorkeling. We were a little bummed, but we decided to just wait until the boat returned at 2 and ask if we could go tomorrow instead. So, since we were a little disappointed and burnt out, we decided to treat ourselves and got this really really awesome beautiful bungalow outside of town (most expensive place we've stayed since we got to Thailand - but still only 17 bucks per person). It's beautiful though with a private balcony overlooking the view and a pool and a big TV in the room and air con and a cool hotel bar outside and all that jazz. Not very "real Thailand" but this isn't really a "real Thailand" sort of place, so we might as well roll with it and have a good time rather than bitching about the lack of Thai authenticity of the place. Sara and I felt like we got quite a bit of "real Thailand" feelings in the north and then "real Laos" in the places we were in in Laos, so that was cool. It's sometimes fun to just do the beach thing even if it's touristy. However, tomorrow night I think that we're gonna try to seek out a place that Kaleb recommended that he said was "away from it all" and he said the guy who owned it was really cool. So now we just met the boat when it came in and worked it out so we get to snorkel all day tomorrow (which is fine cause we didn't know what we were gonna do tomorrow anyways). So I think we're just gonna go to a beach bar and hang out for a bit and maybe do a little shopping. Much love, Sarah