Beautiful Phi Phi

Road to Recovery

Koh Phi Phi is another island that was all but destroyed by the boxing day Tsunami. A stunning island which consists of a sand bar joining two huge hills. All of the development has taken place on the sand bar, so when the tsnami came in everything was washed out, everything. Shells of buildings remained. People lost friends and family. This was yet another place where nature had unleashed its horrifying torrent of destruction.

Lucas and I got a room and went for the usual walkabout to see what was happening. I knew that Joe Meakin, a dude from back home, was currently living and working on Phi Phi so made it my mission to surprise him with an appearance. Phi Phi is such a small island that the chances of bumping into him were astoundingly high.

And bump into Joe I did! He was running Tiger Bar. We headed to Tiger for a few beers and to catch up. We planned a day trip to Maya Bay, the beach where they filmed The Beach.

Here is a picture of that famous beach. I must say it looked very different from the scene in the film, but it was recognisable. See if you can spot Mr. Di Caprio!

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Here is Lucas, Joe and myself on a boat coming back from Maya Bay. It was a great day out. We did a bit of snorkelling in the bay itself and also walked to the beach the back way, through a passage that looked like it was made for a film, it wasn't. Please excuse Lucas' hand gesture, call it an accident if you will.

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Phi Phi island was wicked. Good fun, as always, was had by all. A few nights there and we were on the move once again. Next stop was Krabi, or Tonsai beach to be more accurate.