All aboard

It's time to move on and I board a ferry to Phi Phi. As much as I've loved Patong it is quite full on and in your face, and I'm ready for some island time. Thailand is very same same but different and I love the fact you can hop on a boat and be somewhere so much more tranquil within an hour. Within 5 mins of being on the boat I get chatting to Brian from Sandbach. He's on the island for 4 months and has been to Phuket to sort a broken tooth. There's not even cars here so a dentist is something you have to travel for. He gives me a few tips on nice places to go on the island, and it's been over ten years since I've been here and with the pandemic I'm sure a lot of places have closed. After a shower and a bit of unpacking I make my way to the cottage bar and pretty much stay there all day Brian and Chris join me and we discuss our various travels. They show me their various haunts the Irish bar where I do a bit of pool hustling then on to Anna's. I have papaya salad with fish sauce lime juice and steamed rice ( som tam) which is delicious (aloy mi mama) before going to the freedom bar on the beach for the Fire show. The people here are so friendly it reminds me of the old Thailand i know and even though I plan to stay for 3days I'm considering coming back after Krabi. The nice thing is the guys get local rates here which is great for the budget. Its strange because the beach bar is filled with young people and none of them are on the phone and as much as I love this I honestly don't know how I travelled without Google maps. I finish my evening with a white Russian dressed with a cannabis leaf.Read more