Good-bye Phi Phi

Its time to leave Phi Phi and I am sad. Denise left a day before us however, so now it is Romi and I only. But then there is also Mike and Beth, Matt, and these Canadian guys, Mike and Bobby that we met in Laos.

Although this place is bad for my liver, it has been so much fun. Our last night there, had a nice dinner and then danced on the beach. Matt and Mike had the great idea of trying fire-jump and singed hair on their legs. There was also a fire limbo contest.

In talking to many many people on this trip, it is amazing the stupid and very dangerous injuries people get. We heard of one guy breaking his arm, and not doing anything about, he was just going to wait until he got back to Australia, which was still a few months away. People get serious burns from the tailpipe on scooters, people cut their feet or hands on god knows what and have to go to the hospital. Mostly there is so much partying everywhere and no rules to govern anything, like rope swings into rocky rivers. KNOCK ON WOOD, my friends and I have been fine. The only thing that has happened to me is me slipping on a boardwalk and scraping my shin. And I trip on everything. Denise does not know how I have made it through my whole life without breaking a bone.

The highlight of the night, for Romi and I anyway, was seeing a puppy named Tommy. We saw him at his home, which was a clothing store an Irish woman owned. We sat down to play with the puppy and talk to her. We asked her lots of questions about her life there and about the tsunami. She was scuba diving off the island of Phi Phi when the tsunami hit and was carried about 300 feet off course. They didn't really know what had happened but when they got back to the island it was completely ruined. She spent lots of time, weeks, helping to clean up the rubble in places on the island. She said it was incredible the damage that was done. Romi and I sat on the floor of her shop with our mouths gaping open at her crazy story.

We left Phi Phi the morning after. Mike and Beth stayed on, so it was Matt, Romi and I. Matt almost missed the ferry and would have entirely if I hadn't gone into his dorm hotel and wake him up.

We'll be in Krabi for one night then off to Malaysia.