Koh Phi Phi and the end of the thailand era.

Sawadika! (hello in thai - yeah get me eh!)

So me, Chris, Amy, Nancy and Hannah roll up in Koh Phi Phi so glad to get out of Koh Lanta and hoping this will be a much better place, heard good things about it! Again we hadnt booked anywhere as it is the start of Chinese New Year so everywhere was full! we thought we would just try and find somewhere to stay. We got off the ferry and all the accomodation huts were too expensive, we decided to get a long tail boat to a nearer beach called long beach!....bad idea! me and chris trekked around in the boiling heat and couldnt find anywhere in our price range and if it was it was horrible, so...back to the beginning! me and chris wondered around and found somewhere eventually so all worked out ok but bit more expensive than had hoped.

We decided we all needed a bit of pampering so headed to the fish foot massage place! This is my 2nd time id had this but everyone else was new to this game. But honestly these fish were on a mission, it hurt much more than before but you just cant help but laugh it tickles so much, Mum, as you and Nic would know im not very good at people touching my feet ha ha! Tell nic her pedicure was much better! We wondered around the main part of Koh Phi Phi, so many little stalls, much more shoppping than any of the other islands i had been too, so many cute little vintage shops but also they are not so cheap. The food market though is so amazing! so many fresh veg which most i have no idea what they are, and so busy, full of thai doing their shopping. It;s much hotter on this side of thailand, the heat is just a lot more humid than anywhere else we had been too.

As its Chinese new year there are so many chinese everywhere, and they love wearing the matching hawian shorts and t-shirts, they all link arms, block the streets and take pictures of everything - quite amusing to watch!

So the next day - Valentines day!....Me and Hannah got up earlyish and went for a well deserved body scrub, alhtough this was only supposed to remove the dead skin, the thai lady just couldnt resist to click my back and neck and all my toes, im sure they love inflicting pain whenever they can! We took a gentle stroll back and stopped off at the Bakery for breakfast...omg the best banana cake i have ever eaten!

We had booked ourselves on a half day trip so it was the 5 of us and 2 other blokes travelling on their own. Now, if youve seen my pictures, esp chris's pics you must of noticed the unbelieveably hot guy (Diago from Brazil may i add) that was on our trip, we basically spent the day staring at him, even Chris took more pictures of him than any of us! We stopped off at Monkey beach to do some snorkelling where i didnt stay in the water very long, there were so many jelly fish and we all got stung so many times!the next snorkelling stops however were unreal! the best snorkelling i have ever seen! Me and nancy were literally surrounded by fish so much so you couldnt see where you where trying to swim, saw 2 baby clown fish (nemo), some angel fish and then a sea snake so i quickly got out of the water! We then went to maya bay which is the beach where 'The Beach' was filmed. This is where we took loads of pics of jumping in the air by the way! But to get to the beach was so rocky, we definately didnt look as good as leo running into the sea! Our long tail boat driver stopped the boat in the middle of the sea so we could watch the sunset! ideal! Definately my favourite valentines day!

That night we headed to a bar called Reggae bar (you seem to find at least one bar on every island called this) but this one is a little bit different! there is a boxing ring in the middle and people get up to fight for drink! Im not kidding you, the funniest place ever! We then went to the beach party and stayed out, had a good time and met lots of people. This night the musics was allowed to go on til 4, every other night since xmas the police come at 1am and shut all the music off, as a thai bouy got shot on xmas day by a rival family so the police have decided to shut music off at 1am for 100 days!

Had a bit of a lazy day and Amy and Chris left :( so now down to the 3 of us! Me and the girls went out again this evening, and when we were in reggae bar there was a big fat american man sat on his own trying to attempt the burger challenge! Its like nothing youve seen before the biggest burger ever with so many chips, onion rings and coldslaw, if you eat it all in 30 mins you get the meal for free if not you pay 500 bht (about 10 quid). Needless to say he didnt do it! and half way through went to the toilet and when he came back he had sick on his shorts! i know! bloody digusting!

Need to just add, someone stole my shoes off our balcony! my fav black jelly ones as well!

And now there was one! Hannah and Nancy left so this is my first official travelling on my own! I have got so unorganised whilst out here, I have totally lost any concept for days/times so i hadnt arranged any where to stay. Luckily walked around for a bit and found somewhere not too expensive, a bit grimey but it was only for 2 nights. The matress had cardboard in it and if you lent on the walls they moved! A couple of cockroahes and mossies everywhere, got attacked by 3 in the shower! So this was the real travelling malarky eh! Also had to face going for my first meals on my own! a very strange feeling! Dont think i would choose to do it in England as i think people would look at you like you had no friends but at least out in thailand people figure your travelling alone (or at least i hope so!) Had an early night so nothing exciting. Next day spent a full day on the beach as needed to top up my tan, Malaysia wouldnt be full of much sunbathing! Tried to get a flight to Kuala Lumpar but as its still Chinese New Year everywhere was full! so i had to settle for a 21 hr coach trip instead! You would think knowing that i had that the next day i would have an early night but...no thats no fun! so ended up going out with people id met when the girls were hear and got 1 hrs sleep before packing up and heading to KL!

So there it is, my first month of travelling Thailand over!

Cant belive it, its gone so quick! i had loved being in thailand and Im really going to miss so many things!The food, the people, the beaches all have been fab! But need to move onto Malaysia, not sure where im heading after KL as I have a week with no plans but im hoping to meet some people and maybe just follow them :)

Love to everyone back at home! miss you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx