Burn baby burn!

Hello Phi Phi! After 5 hours of sleep and a frantic, early appointment with another journey on a packed mini-bus we were on our way to the ferry terminal. We hopped on a boat filled with a world of nationalities (with the majority of this world being Japanese), we climbed up to the third story of the boat as it was the outdoor deck and to our luck it was completely empty, we were stoked! But as the boat left the pier we soon found out there was a method to this madness. It wasn't before long that we were receiving mouthfuls of the deep sea's finest and the poor suckers that chose to sit on the opposite side of the deck were getting absolutely soaked, not to mention their plastic chairs were now sliding all over the place like ice hockey pucks! This entertained Jess and I to no end as it went on for quite a while and we kindly complemented their acrobatic feats with a huge cheeky grin.

As the boat neared the island of Phi Phi we could feel our skin drying out faster than my boardies on Karon beach! Remnants of the water sprayed on to us had left enough salt on our bodies to sprinkle over 3 English breakfasts and it was then that we could feel our moon tanned skin starting to burn up. Stupidly, we left our sunscreen in our backpacks since we figured it was only a 1.5 hour trip and only early in the morning. So by the time we rendezvoused down to the lower deck it was already too late and the damage was done. Before our eyes our skin which was one of the lighter shades of white, was now as pink as the box Barbie comes in! It's only 10am!

Now the Ton Sai jetty is in view as our boat passes rocky, tree-topped cliffs and long boat after long boat, we arrive excited at our first of many Thailand destinations. It's high tide and we wondered what was taking everyone so freaking long to hit the sands of Ton Sai beach and get off the boat/make-shift pier. As we made our way closer to the front of the queue our bewildering question was answered - the 'pier' was submerged waist-deep in water! So as fast as we can we are ripping our shoes from the soles of our feet, rolling up our 3/4 shorts and I make sure my ciggies don't suffer the same fate as my last drowned packet in the pool of our hotel in Phuket. All things are in check (or so I thought!) and Jess and I take our first plunge in to the warm, crystal clear tropical waters of Phi Phi and make it to dry land. A little burnt, a little wet and when i got around to to rolling my shorts back down I'm struck with horror...my iPod! I forgot that I used it in the minibus on our way to the ferry and placed it in my pocket for 'safe-keeping'. Good one Gav!

I'm now too upset that my tunes are now swimming with the fishes and too annoyed to write, so it's time for some more sun, beach and Chang!

Edit: I know that we have been slack on the blog front but don't blame us, blame the sweet, sweet weather we've been having...oh and all the beer! We have a bulk of posts waiting to hit so get your reading glasses on and be ready for it!

Love Gav & Jess xoxo