Phi Phi - Thailand

When we arrived in KL we never got an entry stamp for Malaysia so we arrived at the border to enter Thailand a little worried especially as it rumoured to be a little dodgey but luckly enough everything was fine. Our bus left us on the outskirts of Krabi so the company could sell us some tours (some 20 mins before the ferry to Phi Phi was supposed to leave), but we managed to find a tuk tuk to take us to the ferry and after rushing like headless chickens it left 30 mins late!!

Phi Phi was a bit of a shock as we expected all of Asia to be really cheap but a room on Phi Phi cost us more than any night in NZ, but as its quiet small and we did have a nice air-conditioned room. The island itself doesn't offer as much as the surrounds and a 8-hour 500 baht snorkeling trip was unbelievably cheap as we got to see Bamboo Island, monkey bay, Phi Phi ley which are just magnificent and we also paid a visit to Maya beach (where the beach was filmed). The snorkeling in Phi Phi is fantastic (considerably better than the barrier reef) and as we've spent a bit of time in tropical waters were getting better at knowing what to look for and identifying the fish, we even saw an Anemone (Nemo) fish.

We went to a fireshow which was pretty cool and tried a few buckets of local whiskey which went down far too well (one of those "never drinking again" hangovers!!). So after 4 days we headed to Bangkok ....