Since we arrived on Saturday it's been idea sunbathing weather so all has been well. Sarah loved her first longtail boat ride over here and the scenery coming into the bay is just stunning. We took more pictures (hard to resist) even though we already have loads from last time we were here. We found a room for 8 quid night, buy two nights and get one free so it works out at about a fiver a night. Me and Taz went for a jog and I tipped over my own feet running down a steep hill and decked it, scraping off a nice bit of tanned skin from my leg! At the hotel we were staying at we got a really tasty sea bream each off the BBQ with salad and potatoes. Even the food's much cheaper in low season. We couldn't afford fish in high season! We had a few beverages at the "Drop Inn" bar next to the hotel.
On Sunday Sarah spent the day sunbathing but I couldn't face the heat with a hang over so we went for a walk to a lagoon and the viewpoint. The walk up took about 45 minutes, it was really steep and really hard work. The lagoon's really isolated and once you walk up the hill you have to walk down the other side and that's even worse. We met a group (in flipflops!) that turned around, but it wasn't too bad for us rock climbers ;-) We had a paddle about in the lagoon, it was really peaceful because we were the only people that had dared climb down to it. Then once back up the hill we did an extra 10 minutes up hill to reach the viewpoint - photo's coming soon!
Yesterday we paid for a speed boat trip to Phi Phi and its surrounding islands. I'd never been on a speed boat before and it was a back breaking experience! It was pretty good though, we got to snorkel loads (Taz LOVES snorkeling) in water that's really clear and full of fish that don't seem afraid of you. I'm glad we saw Phi Phi but I think it's very over rated just because "The Beach" was filmed there. We've seen much nicer places in Thailand than Phi Phi. On the way back it started peeing it down so we got really wet on the speed boat. Funny but ironic that the day we do the tour it rains loads! It rained all night so we stayed in the same bar stretching out 2 beers until 1am playing cards :-)
Today it's still raining believe it or not. A local guy predicted this a few days ago and he said it'll last 3 days when it comes. Hopefully it'll be gone so we can have a few days of sun before we come home. No big deal if it doesn't, 6 months of sun is enough to last us a life time!! We've booked a cheap Air Asia flight back to Bangkok for Monday 22nd where we'll stay for a few days before looking for a cheap flight home...
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