Stormy Weather

Today, we left Phi Phi to head to Phuket before we fly to Bangkok tomorrow. It turned into a trial of endurance.

1st, we have to get from the hotel ( or jungle camp) to the boat. Normally, it takes 30 minutes, but today, the receptionist said it might take an hour because the path is very slippy. That's because we have an ongoing tropical rainstorm. In Scotland, we scientifically call this " pissing it down."

She was half right. It took 45 minutes. After a maximum of 10 minutes, we were all soaked .

That was the easy part. Next came the 2 hour ferry. In the harbour, there was no real warning of what was about to hit us. Just out of the harbour, it started. The boat rolled from side to side and lept up and down. This went on for the entire journey. Some people became hysterical, many ( half?) , donated their breakfast to the fish. Luckily, we all kept our breakfasts. The same happened in Iceland on rough seas. Apparently, we are made of stronger stuff.

As we got off the boat, both Flo and I had to think of warning the boarding passengers about their fate, but we didn't do it. Why should we spoil the fun.Læs mere