Hi Guys,
Yesterday was a fun day, just relaxed in the morning, and went on our snorkeling cruise - I have to say with this trip I'm getting a lot more confident with going on boats. We were on a pretty tippy catamaran and I was fine all day - the tour lasted from 1pm to 7pm, although granted we were getting on and off the boat a lot. First stop was to a beach that had monkeys - these monkeys were not quite as friendly as the ones we saw outside Bangkok, probably from the masses of tourists teasing them every day. I did hand one a banana and he took it right from my hand though.
Next stop was to an area we went kayaking back into a lagoon in between cliffs and got out of the kayak to go swimming, it was beautiful and the water is super warm. Then did some snorkeling - saw a huge school of fish the kept jumping out of the water, lots of coral, and a few "non stinging" jelly fish - then just toward the end, M tapped me and pointed and there was a jellyfish maybe 10 feet away that was at least the size of my head with big tentacles. We decided to make a beeline for the boat and get out then. Ha.
Then we went to Maya bay, which is the beach that is in the movie "the Beach" w/ Leonardo Dicaprio - it's on an island that doesn't have anyone living on it, M was telling me the story since I haven't seen the movie (going to have to watch it now) - and apparently the movie is about this deserted island that only "backpackers in the know" know about, and some drug scandal that goes down with the local people. Anyway it was quite ironic because since that movie, lots and lots of tours go to that beach and it was packed with people. Beautiful, but a little too crowded for my taste. We got back on the boat and watched the sunset from the boat while they fed us fried rice. Beautiful but kind of cloudy so we didn't see the sun touch the horizon.
So yes, in my subject I said fire jump rope :) We went to a bar on the beach last night whose fire show gets a little more interactive. We did not participate but definitely got a good show. They did a huge jumprope lit on fire and any tourist that took a stab at jumping rope got a free shot of vodka - then they had a limbo that was lit on fire, got down pretty low (the guys there, not me!) and then last but not least, they had a big ring that they lit on fire and had people, whoever wanted to, jumping through. Crazy - M was saying our fire department would never give a liscence to do that ha! But on the bright side, sand can put out a fire pretty easily!
Today is our last day in Koh Phi Phi :( tomorrow we go over to Phuket for one night, then back to Bangkok for a night before heading home.
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