Thailand - Day 4 Phi Phi Island

Another boat tour today. The pickup for this one was a little later at 9 am, so had a little sleep in time. The drive this time to the docks was about 30 mins. We were going south this time. There were snacks and tea for us. We could walk around until it was time to go, which was about 40 mins later.

The boat ride today was still the power boat, but the tour today was very good. our guide was a nice funny guy, good for tourists. The scenery today from the boat is much nicer than yesterday, so I was on all photo alert. The water again was just beautiful blue green and clear. Our first stop was a lagoon inside a bunch of mountains in the ocean. The lagoon was deep, but everyone can swim there since there were no waves or dangers. I of course still need a life jacket, I am just not that comfortable in open waters like that. And then I jumped!! Lovely! The water was great. There were no fishes, but the swim was nice. We were there for about 20-30 mins.

From there it was time to snorkel in another location. We could not go far because the fish was right there. Cool!! 

After another 30 mins or so, our boat took us near the monkey beach (part of Phi Phi island), which really has monkeys on it! We all took photos and then we moved on to the main Phi Phi island for lunch. 

The lunch was quite professional buffet. All very good! I really liked the vegetarian curries. Too good! We left the island for another island, Khai.

We were at Khai island for about an hour and a half. It was not very big, more touristy than ecological. There was a huge open bar, little shopping. Of course the beaches are there. This beach was not as sandy. There were many small stones, I was thankful to have my slippers. There was one area at the side of the island where there was a school of yellow fish just swimming around. It was great to sit in the water and let the fish swim around me! So cool!! So much cooler than snorkeling.

Enjoyed the waters and then walked back to the boat. There was still some fruit and water left at our table (boat arranges the snacks).  Then it was time to come back to Phuket. It was nice to come back by 6 pm. It gave us some time to explore Phuket. We showered and went to the Jungceylon mall to do some shopping. On the way we enjoyed some rolled ice cream….awesome!! 

The mall was fun. Lots of great shops. Could have spent more time there. But we were hungry. Decided to have pizza. Interestingly the place also served quesedillas!

After that we still had some time, and energy, to walk down to Patong Beach. The night life was basically all bars with girls dancing on the bars. Pretty sad. There was plenty of activity on the road – magicians and other individual showmen.

Slept well!!