Last part of Thailand

Trip Start Aug 22, 2007
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Trip End Aug 21, 2008


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Monday, April 14, 2008

Somehow (and its gone so quickly) we seem to have used up our Thai visa time (90 days in 6 months) and so with 7 days left we decided Ko Lipe would be perfect and it had again been recommended by so many people, who also warned that in a few years it will be very touristy, so now's the time to go!
The water here was similar to Ko phi phi - crystal clear and turquoise but the sand was fabulous, white and so fine - almost  like talcum powder. Also here the snorkeling was amazing, although a lot of the coral has been destroyed by local boats, and ....we saw a massive shark! Charlie told me it was an eel, but i saw straight through that facade and panicked a bit!!! But i enjoyed it alot more than the other times I've been snorkeling, although i was still too scared to go very deep.
On one of our first days there, we saw some tornados out at sea, which was weird as none of us had ever seen anything like it, and it looked like they were much closer than they actually were - you could see the spray at the bottom-, and two boats were heading straight for them on the horizon. Also, a young kid almost drowned but luckily his dad ran in and pulled him out in time - it was weird as half an hour before i was like, 'oh my thats a really small kid, i hope he can swim' so we all watched him for a bit and the other children were all looking after him then 30mins later......phew! scary.
We had a ice surprise halfway through as Adam turned up for a fleeting visit!! Again, we were on the beers by midday, and it was a very messy day - we all ended up getting tattoos and they loved us so much they shut shop and came out with us! Darren and Adam were showing off with their fire on a rope abilities and i burnt m arm when i had a go, and Darren put one out on the back of his head! A very good night was had, and somehow Tom even managed to stay up to watch Aldershot win the league!
The local kids here were lots of fun and we spent time teaching them skipping games and making a skipping competition, they were hilarious although one little boy kept accidentally on purpose jumping into the rope every time and ruining it for everyone else!
We had another 'its a small world' moment when Tom and Charlie wanted us to meet some friends of theirs - who we had met previously in Laos it was really bizarre!!!!!
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