The Last couple of days we've spent in the busy anchorage off the island of Koh Phi Phi Don. A small island with two big horse shoe bays facing North and south with long white sandy beaches and beautiful towering cliff faces. It's a really popular spot for tourists and back Packers so lots going on ashore with little lanes packed full with souvenir sellers and bars and Restaurants. The water is the clearest we've seen so far so good for snorkeling and swimming from the boat or beach and there's a beautiful lookout spot on the top of one of the hills if you can survive the steep climb in the 40*C temp's. This island was severely hit in the tsunami but you could never tell now, they've recovered really well and new buildings are sprouting up just about everywhere.
On our way here we stopped off at the island of 'Koh Phi Le' just 3 miles south to take a look at Maya Bay which is where they filmed the movie 'The Beach'. It's a really popular place for tourists and dive boats so a bit too crowded for us to anchor in the bay but we may take a long tail boat over from here to get a better look. We plan to head to the mainland next to an area called 'Krabi' which is supposed to be great for hiking, Kayaking and rock climbing so I guess we're going to have to get Physical!!
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