Koh Phi Phi Lei

On Sunday, we hired a boat to take us to a small island close to Koh Phi Phi, called Phi Phi Lei. The island is uninhabited and the movie "The Beach" was filmed there. Its beautiful and deserted, the kind of place that you would HOPE to be deserted if you were deserted on an island somewhere.

The guy we hired took us around the island first. There were caves and massive cliffs shooting out of the water. Around the southern tip, Matt went cliff jumping off a 40 foot drop. I could never do that. Ever. Matt did it twice. But the water was so blue and clear. I could see all the way to the bottom. There were other boats with people that were scuba diving.

Then we went around to the main part of the island, a huge lagoon called Maya Bay. The sand was white and the water was completely clear. Its was very surreal being in such a perfect place. I snorkeled and then explored the island with Romi. We all lay in the sun on the perfect sand.

We were there for a couple of hours and then had to leave, because our driver was probably bored and we were hungry. Sunday was also Romi's birthday.

Back on the main island, Phi Phi, we went for dinner and out for drinks to remind Romi that she is 28. The night was a great time and we ended up meeting up with tons of people that we met in Laos and other places in Thailand.

On Monday, we didn't have much brain power or energy to do anything, so we went to a restaurant that showed movies. It was also raining so staying indoors was a guilt-free experience. We spent a couple of hours in there, watched "Napolean Dynamite" and "Superbad", both of which I've seen several times but never get old. The whole place is dedicated to tourists, I can't believe it. They just serve food and play movies ALL THE TIME. Being on the road for this long now, 3 months, its really nice to have that familiar feeling of watching a movie on a sofa and doing nothing, in Thailand to beat.