We booked a tour to one of the 'must see' islands off Krabi Mainland - Phi Phi Islands. These are well known for two strikingly different reasons - one is they are probably one of the most picturesque set of islands in Asia, and so became the setting for the Leonardo di Caprio film "The Beach" (which we haven't watched yet), and secondly because they were badly devasted in the 2004 Tsunami - they took the worst impact of all the islands. You wouldn't be able to tell this though, if you visit the islands now - as they look so beautiful, and the islands have been rebuilt with beach huts etc. The morning started early with an 8am pick up from our hostel, a mini bus took us to Aonang beach (about 20 minutes away)
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