As soon as Tina and Alex left to go back either to Shanghai or Thessaloniki, I decided to visit Koh Phi Phi, a neighbouring small island. Couchsurfers Daniel and Kyla were kind enough to help me spot cheap accommodation, as the island is pretty busy particularly in whole January. Daniel works there as a dive instructor and my tiny room is over the diving school. Two days I was watching divers and potential divers arranging equipment, watching underwater videos, arranging excursions in nearby islands. It was time to get to dive, but in the meanwhile I was expecting Dimitri, another mate from Greece that has just arrived for a three weeks stay. Unfortunately, he arrived with a flu and diving was out of a question once again. Such a pity though!In Koh Phi Phi is dominated by diving 
schools, as it is a really small place to fit 22 of them. However, traveller has also the chance to snorkel in amazing places, like monkey beach and even watch sharks around yourself. For the latter experience there is also a money guarantee. ooooh, yes I mean if you do not watch a shark while snorkelling they will pay you back the 8 euros you had given!!! Professionalism, right?
With Dimitri we spent 4 more days in the beautiful island, which was severly destroyed by the tsunami on 24th December 2004. A memorial at the very end of south beach reminds visitor of the
tremendous effect a natural phenomeno may have. It is devastating that hundreds of tourists and even more locals have dissapeared, as the narrow strip of land was fully covered by the giagantic waves. They managed to pass from one side to the other and you can witness that as there are still lots of ruins and demolished homes.
However, the past 5 years it became a must destination for young travellers and in the tourist village street vendors, souvenir shops, restaurants, tourist agants
and diving operators are back in full swing. The fact that the movie "The beach" was filmed in Koh Phi Phi Leh contributed also a lot to put this small island in the tourist map of Thailand. Visitor is suggested to experience the long tail boat tour either to the beach Maya Bay, or Bamboo island (Koh Mai Phai).
The island has no road network and there aren't any vehicles. All goods, stuff as well as tourists' suitcases are
carried on some custom made wheeled carts and locals make money as porters. Phi Phi is also in among youngsters because of the long beach nighttime and the numerous beach bars that stay open until early morning hours. Every night there is kind of a beach party and buckets once again (like in Lao) appeared as a bargain for alochol consumption. Conluding, some days (nights) like these were indeed missed and it was like an interval in the travelling style so far. Here i got also the virus for getting to learn diving and a few posts later you would see why it was a hell of an experience.
schools, as it is a really small place to fit 22 of them. However, traveller has also the chance to snorkel in amazing places, like monkey beach and even watch sharks around yourself. For the latter experience there is also a money guarantee. ooooh, yes I mean if you do not watch a shark while snorkelling they will pay you back the 8 euros you had given!!! Professionalism, right?With Dimitri we spent 4 more days in the beautiful island, which was severly destroyed by the tsunami on 24th December 2004. A memorial at the very end of south beach reminds visitor of the
tremendous effect a natural phenomeno may have. It is devastating that hundreds of tourists and even more locals have dissapeared, as the narrow strip of land was fully covered by the giagantic waves. They managed to pass from one side to the other and you can witness that as there are still lots of ruins and demolished homes.However, the past 5 years it became a must destination for young travellers and in the tourist village street vendors, souvenir shops, restaurants, tourist agants
and diving operators are back in full swing. The fact that the movie "The beach" was filmed in Koh Phi Phi Leh contributed also a lot to put this small island in the tourist map of Thailand. Visitor is suggested to experience the long tail boat tour either to the beach Maya Bay, or Bamboo island (Koh Mai Phai). The island has no road network and there aren't any vehicles. All goods, stuff as well as tourists' suitcases are
carried on some custom made wheeled carts and locals make money as porters. Phi Phi is also in among youngsters because of the long beach nighttime and the numerous beach bars that stay open until early morning hours. Every night there is kind of a beach party and buckets once again (like in Lao) appeared as a bargain for alochol consumption. Conluding, some days (nights) like these were indeed missed and it was like an interval in the travelling style so far. Here i got also the virus for getting to learn diving and a few posts later you would see why it was a hell of an experience.
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