Not that Karon Beach on Phuket got boring, but there is so much more to the southern part of Thailand, that I decided to take the boat to Ko Phi Phi two days ago to check out the island paradise that everyone had been talking about! And it surely did not disapoint! With the monsoon season now well behind us, clear blue skies, white beaches, crystal clear turquois water, stunning cliffs and palm trees dominate the island! Ko Phi Phi was a backpacking, diving, climbing mecca before the tsunami of 2004, and is one of the islands that due to its small size, bamboo hut structures, and quite primitive surroundings was completely devestated when the big wave came! Now, three years later, after a huge effort by the locals, foreign volunteers and aid agencies, and the
... read more