Sorry for the delay in updating our trip, but it has been pretty crazy and wild this past week. We left Krabi and headed out to the island of Ko Phi Phi. It was about an hour and half boat ride from Krabi to Phi Phi and our boat was filled with backpackers from around the globe. Upon arriving to the island we were surrounded by resort employees trying to get us to book rooms with them. We felt like a wounded kitten surrouned by a pack of howling coyotes. The only thing we could do was to pretend like we couldn't hear anyone and run like we were being chased by killer bees. We decided to stay at the Paradise Pearl Resort on Long Beach. It was a nice relaxing get away with loads of white sand and tons of topless European women. (Borat Voice - "I like very much"). Our excitement was short lived as we soon found out that we were a group of 3 single dudes amongst the company of several couples tyring to get away. But instead of eating mounds of chocolate and watching sex in the city, we booked a snorkeling trip to the surrounding islands.
We got up early the next morning and got on the speed boat out to Maya Bay. Maya Bay is where the filmed the movie "The Beach". As the rest of our trip has had some sort of bump in the road, we had a bump in the water en route to our first snorkeling destination. We were greeted by black smoke bellowing out of the the center console of the boat. Come to find out, our life jackets were blocking the ventilation holes and the engine was overheating. We fixed the problem and were in teh water soon after that. We swam with sea snakes and many different types of fish. We took some decent underwater photos with the Olympus camera as well as some staged underwater video. Needless to say, our snorkeling experience teased us just enough to intensify our craving for the scubadiving at Ko Tao. But before we go to Ko Tao, we must hit up the legendary Ko Samui and get a taste of what real nightlife is all about.
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