Webby
Sat 11 Nov 2006
So I am back on Phi Phi Islands in Southern Thailand just like I was last March but this time I am staying a few days here with my mate from England. You can see from the picture why the Islands are so popular! What this picture hides is the building site in front of my window!
We leave tomorrow for Phuket, somewhere I have actually not been to yet. I have never fancied the idea of Phuket as it is largely the domain of package tourists with bundles of money to spend but the Island has become popular for a reason so it’s probably worth seeing why so many flock there.
I have two weeks before I arrive in Bangkok for the start of a two week organised trip around Cambodia finishing in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
November 12th, 2006 at 2:43 pm
I heard after the tsunami, they were trying to build all upmarket places at Phi Phi. Can you still get a cheap bungalow?
November 13th, 2006 at 5:29 am
No.
November 13th, 2006 at 5:35 am
I paid 1000 baht for a room although it was very nice.
Before that I paid 450 for a wooden box with Geckos.
November 13th, 2006 at 11:44 am
ah the good old geckos - it got to a point i felt uncomfortable going to sleep without a gecko looking at me!
November 13th, 2006 at 12:13 pm
Someone told me that if a Gecko makes 8 croaks then that means good luck - never happened to me, only ever heard 7!