Up to my neck in it.

My plan today is to walk to long beach and off I set with Google maps to hand. It's only 2km walk but about a km in I come to a fork in the road and all of a sudden the signs have stopped. I guess the boat drivers have taken them down so they get more trade. I try to persist but as I climb up the path I'm literally covered in mosquitos and decide its probably a better idea to head back and go the viewpoint instead. On Google maps it tells me it's 1hr away but I know that the cottage bar is only very close and the viewpoint entry is right next to it thanks to the boys advise. The stairs up nearly kill me but when I reach the top the view is amazing and well worth the climb. The island is shaped like an hour glass ad the good thing is there are hardly any tourists here so some amazing pictures can be taken. The climb down brings me to the tsunami memorial which brings tears to my eyes as i realise how many tourists lost their lives on that fateful day in 2004 after paying my respects its a short walk to the cottage bar so I pull up a bean bag and sit reading with a view to die for. I decide to try ĺķķkkĺķkķ walk along beach before i attempt it later In the evening and im horrified as the tide is coming in and as i get half way along realise the water is a lot deeper tha i first anticipated and dressed for tge night end up soaked from the waist down. The positive is you soon dry out. I eat in a little Thai place before the usual few games of pool. I don't want people to think its all sun and roses living on an island involves lots of creepy crawlies lots of sweating an even more mosquitos and no toilet roll unless you aquire some before you go but I can handle that sacrifice. I eat in a different restaurant this evening its been established since 1992 and had a wall shoing how in 1997 phi phi was at its peak and how the tsunami affected them, they have a wall where local people have written about the experience which has also been translated to English. I finish the evening with a few beers in freedom bar where I get to meet a few more of the locals. I like the vibe here that much I've decided to stay a few more days.Baca selengkapnya