ko phi phi

I’ve spent the last couple days in Ko Phi Phi - a small set of islands about an hour and a half from Phuket – with Lan. It’s a gorgeous little rocky island which has been turned into backpacker heaven. There are no cars or motorcycles, just push carts, a zillion backpackers and a lot of bars. It’s not exactly authentically Thai, but then again I don’t think there are too many places like this in the world. Yesterday we took a snorkeling boat tour over to Phi Phi Le, which is the smaller uninhabited island south of Phi Phi Don, which is where we’re staying. We were supposed to catch the sunset from the boat but it started pouring just as the sun went down. Nevertheless, it made for some spectacular scenery. At night we went to Reggae Bar which featured a Mui Thai ring with fights catered exclusively to the young crowd. We saw, babies, and drunken male and female backpackers get in the ring (not at the same time) to duke it out, as well as a couple “real” fights with Thai boxers. Unfortunately, even those resembled a WWE fight more than anything else. A good time was had. Now I’m headed back north to Chiang Mai to meet up with my parents and sisters.