Ko Phi Phi Don, Thailand

By: Brendon

So we left Ao Nang after being there for about a week and took the 1 1/2 hour boat ride to Ko Phi Phi Don which is an island halfway between Krabi town and Phuket. We were lucky enough to be able to book a place to stay while on the boat. Once we arrived at the pier all the other hotels and resorts had people waiting to carry their bags but not our resort. Well our resort finally showed up and then we walked all the way to the other side of the island. The resort was quite nice though and had a really nice pool that overlooked the bay.

Kris was still not feeling that great and this is when her rash/itchy legs were really bad. Well we made a trip to the hospital on the island and this is when we found out that she had Dengue Fever. The weather was also not very good and we experienced a couple of the monsoon storms. Mostly at night though! During the days Kris wasn't really up for doing anything as she was sick but one of the days I got out to do a couple of dives. I did three dives...a wreck dive and two reef dives. The wreck dive was very cool and although there was no reef the fish life was amazing. The second and third dives were both reef dives and both were great. The second dive was at a site called shark point and yes I did see a shark. It was only a small leopard shark but it was cool none the less. I also saw so many other fish... too many to list and I really enjoyed myself. We were unable to visit the site of "The Beach" (movie) which is on Ko Phi Phi Leh (the smaller of the two islands) as the weather turned out to be bad that day. Maybe next time...

The boat from Ao Nang to Phi Phi. Oh ya Phi Phi is actually pronounced Pee Pee.

Just some great scenery along the way.

More scenery. This is the bay to Rai Leh East.

Rai Leh East with some boats moored in the bay.

Arriving on Phi Phi was very busy and those that didn't book were running around trying to find a place to stay. Good thing that Kris and I booked.

View of the bay with the pier on the left and all the boats out in the bay are mostly dive boats.

Longtail boats lined up on the beach.

Kris waiting patiently for our resort people to show up.

Here is our resort guy taking our bags to the resort.

A beautiful sunset from our chalet.

The view from our chalet.

Tsunami memorial garden.

Mmmm more Thai pancakes. And we found out that the
sandwiches they make are also delicious.

People riding their tuk-tuk.

The view of our resort from in the water.