Heading South

So to continue from where Will left off...our next move was to head south to meet up with the two other members of our wolf pack (if you have seen the hangover you will get this reference), Tom and Merrill who had been in the south for about a week already. After getting Jesus we spent the day in BKK (we were planning on leaving right away but there were no buses leaving until that night because they only do overnight buses to where we were headed). We dropped our bags off at the travel agents office and did a bit of exploring before giving up due to the heat and pure laziness. Because we had a 12 hour bus ahead of us we decided it would be good to have a few cocktails in us to make the sleeping a bit easier. This turned out to work like a charm and I speak for all of us when saying we were awake for about 12 mins of the 12 hrs. It also helped that we snuck our way into the first class section below where we could fully layout.

We arrived in Krabi and meet up with Tom and Merrill at their guest house. Krabi is a total hole and we only spent one night there so I'm not even going to go into that. The one thing i will mention is that Will bought a watch/bottle opener/compass which can clip onto a belt loop and he was/still is convinced it is the best thing ever. I on the other hand think it is a joke so now we have an ongoing battle over this stupid thing and i refuse to use it for anything but telling time (i have come up with some very creative ways to open my bottles out of stubbornness so not to give him the pleasure of using his beloved device. The next morning we boarded a series of buses and boats in the direction of Koh Phi Phi which is a beautiful island where Neddy and i spent some time during our travels last year. We found a place to stay and then hit the beach for some fun in the sun. This place really is heaven on earth and we were happy to be there after a long few days of travel. We ended up starting a soccer game on the beach and by the end it had turned into a full 11 v 11 game which involved people from over 9 countries. From this not only did we get intense sun burns and chaffing but also a new friend and travel companion from France, Jarome. He will be frequently mentioned from now on I'm sure because he provided us with a great deal of entertainment during his week or so with us (he was very stereotypical French).

The next few days are a bit of a blur because the island days just seem to all run together. We did a lot of beaching, eating, drinking and some exploring. We did manage to motivate ourselves to get out to Maya Bay which has its claim to fame for being the beach from the movie "The Beach." We also added another member to our wolf pack, Hafa who is from Brazil. Great guy and he also spent the next week or so traveling with us. Beyond that there is not a whole lot to report from the 3-4 days we spent on Phi Phi...we basically did a good amount of nothing which should not come as a surprise to any of you reading this. Our only true motivation to get off the island was the fact that there was a full moon party that we needed to get to on another island.

-RBC