Phi Phi Banyan Villa Ko Phi Phi Don

... we went snorkeling again, and this time there were loads of brightly coloured fish that bite! I found it quite scary as they come right up to you and if someone throws in a bit of bread by you, all of the fish gather around you trying to get the food (and then they slap you on the side of the head!). We also went to the island where the beach was filmed, and we saw the Vickings Caves that have drawings inside of them ...

... no, pero fuimos en una lancha rapida durante 35mins pegando unos botes del demonio... a mitad de camino una chica echo las entranias por la borda. Bucear desde una lancha motora es un horror por otras razones logisticas que no me extendere contando en este momento. El caso es que tuvimos que esperar flotando como garbanzos en el agua durante mas tiempo del necesario con olas de metro y medio, viento y lluvia... que si. que bajo el agua no ...

... body. So I try not to panic and keep doing whatever I can to help him. To cut a long story short we had to go to the doctors, he got a shot and some medication and now......hes not itching anymore. The doctor said that it looks like hes reacted to the sunburn. Totally random, but whatever he gave him, it worked. We filled in all the forms for our insurance and went on our way.

Crazy day. Totally crazy. Lol I'll upload pics as soon as I can though.

... and our boat time was
also fun. Sim (Simone) is from Australia (woo hoo) and is currently
completing her divemasters course and so was our fearless leader
under supervision by Holly for the day. We had 2 other divers
finishing off their Advanced open water course with their instructor
Laura who is also awesome. The team at Princess (the dive shop) is a
really small team and everyone is amazing. They are all fun, easy to
talk to, want to share ...

... british humour) where the food was cheap and amazing but was being ignored by the hordes of backpackers who travel all the way to southern Thailand to eat burger king - yes the travel snobbery had kicked in by this stage.

After booking a scuba dive for 7 am, we headed for an early night which we didn't get due to the construction noise and base from the beach party speakers which felt like they had set up camp in our bathroom.

... a little bit cold so I just had a snorkel around the boat, the water here was very deep and the visibility wasn't great due to the lack of light. James and the others slightly braver than I went off in search of sharks and found starfish instead. We stayed in the boat just long enough to watch the sunset and then it was a short ride back to the pier where we went for Pizza (our first in four months!) with our new German friends which was a satisfying end to the day.

arriving in a cloudy Krabi we (i totally stressed out) took a bus to Ao Nang to be able to take the boat out to Railay. we had heard and read about it that its sooo beautiful!!! and driving through the landscape it was amazing to see the differences between the two coasts. high limestone cliffs, steep down in the ocean. i just finished a great book when we got off the bus and met the Thais... instead of 100 bht ...

... Meeting up with our guides Mon and Pon who are Thai born and bred and expert climbers themsleves. Mon having come third in the world at the boldering chamionships the year before. Getting set up with the kit we need, harnesses, shoes and ropes and we head to the first of two climbing sites for the day. The first site is busy with climbers due to the other beginers site being underwater due to the tides. We start off with four in our group, Kim and I plus two girls from ...

... the stalactites (sp?) and the scenic green ocean from 35 meters up. I then went to an awesome beach on Rei Leh. To get to it, you had to go through some open caves. It had an isolated and adventurous feel. I swam out to the rocks and under this little sea arch to a cliff jumping spot and jumped out into the ocean. Doing things like that by yourself is always a little strange, haha. Reading ...

... having some well earned beers. The following day the weather was gorgeous so we spent the day on the beach again, jen had a foot scrub and Thai massage which only cost 3pound, she didn't enjoy it that much though as it actually hurts and the crazy woman's tries popping all your joints, which i hate. We sunbathed for as long as we could but it was way to hot so we spent the afternoon relaxing in ...