Maya Bay revisited

I take my coffee at pacharoo bakery, it really is one of the best cappuccino in Thailand. I do love my coffee early in the morning to start my day. I'm meeting Millie at the other coffee shop on the pier at 1230 to say goodbye before she grabs her ferry as I'm with her I get a message from Golf to say he can pick me up at 130 and I'm chuffed I have a distraction this afternoon. I see Tilly off on the speedboat and sit at dockside as by the time the boat leaves its nearly time for Golf and lp to pick me up. He sends a message to say he's on his way but the location he sends me is on the beach on the other side rather than the pier. It's not an issue as it's literally a 5 minute walk to the other side. Golf messages me to pick up a few cans of beer and within minutes the longboat pulls in and I am reunited with Golf and Ipand it's strange because it's kind of expected to meet up with travellers but I didn't expect to see Thai friends again unless I went back to their island. The guys are staying on the other side of the island that is only really accessible by boat so its kind of them to come and get me. The weather isn't so great today and the crossing starts to get so rough I actually put my life jacket on. We arrive in Phi Lei bay which is like the blue lagoon of the PhiPhi Isles and we swim in the water. Golf has brought his bose speaker so when we get back on board we have tunes and a beer and stay for a good amount of time. I've kind of forgotten the sea state as we sit in the little bay but as we come to leave I really do think I'm going to die. The boat is being bounced around like a Cork and it feels like the motor doesn't have enough power to move us through the current I really start to panic but after a lot of persistence and what feels like forever we eventually reach the floating pontoon of Maya Bay. It's quite late in the afternoon but there are still quite a lot of people here. On the pontoon I realise I've left my flip-flops on the boat but it doesn't matter as there is a boardwalk and the sand here is so soft. We spend time taking the compulsory photos and as I leave the beach there are a host of flip flops I can choose from but I leave them there. We take the boat to the other side of Maya bay and its a site to behold as there is literally no one on the beach all the tourists have left and are now in the bay snorkeling. Thankfully the journey home isn't too bad until we arrive on my beach and the tide is out. The boat drops me as far as it can and I have to walk the rest. I'm shocked at how many sea urchins there are and it takes me a good 20 minutes to get back. I jump in the shower and grab a bite to eat before going home to bed. My liver needs a rest.もっと詳しく