I'm behind on blogging because the computers don't work at our new hotel and I didn't feel like typing on my phone. But unfortunately I must or I will forget what happened.
First off, our Phuket resort was lovely but we had to leave. Before we checked out, we got to go to Kata Beach because the sun was out. We spent an hour at the almost perfect beach. There were even waves to play in. The water was so so blue. There were also sand crabs but like, real sand crabs. Not those beetle bugs in LA... Little crabs that bury themselves underground when you walk by. They were cute. I wanted to keep one for myself. Or eat it.
We attempted to shower when we got back to our room, but the water smelled and was yellow so we used water bottles to get ready. It was pretty gross. We said goodbye to Nee, goodbye to the guy who can only say Good Morning in English, and took a minibus to the pier. More swedes were in the bus. Of course.
The ferry ride to Koh Phi Phi was interesting. It started pouring just as we were heading out. We had to squeeze into the inside where people were basically sleeping across most of the chairs and not getting up for us. Finally a couple let us sit down and it got really hot and Alyssa wanted to go back outside. The rain had stopped, and the really ugly people started to come out. Not having a group of people with me to make fun of allows me to reflect these skills onto those innocent souls around me. Like the girl who was either a caveman or ron weasley with long hair and bangs. And she kept making the most horrible faces. We just wanted her sunglasses back on. Then there was two guys who looked like bizzarro versions of Sawyer and Desmond. Sawyer kinda had a Dan face when he wore his aviators. It was weird. Dan probably shouldn't grow his hair to his shoulders and dye it reddish brown.
The resort picked us up at the pier by longtail boat. A bunch of us were packed into this terrible-for-the-environment thai boat and then had to get out with our stuff in the water because the tide was too low for the boat to get up to the hotel. That was cool. Some people didn't seem too happy. It was only like knee deep.
The island is beautiful... Crystal clear blue water, jungle trees, monkeys, views of other islands. And our hotel is super cool. We have a bungalow kind of on a hillside overlooking the bay. Although there is (inevitably) a member of the staff that wants to be our best friend. Or Alyssas actually, cause she's Thai. Also, the only thing we could watch on the TV yesterday in English was Unaccompabied Minors. Wow. So so so soooo bad. So bad. Oh my god the dialogue.
After a late lunch, beaching it, swimming in the pool, it was time for another massage. This time, Thai style. That was quite interesting. Alyssa said her woman's hands smelled bad. They were watching a Thai soap opera while massaging us. Quite entertaining. I saw an old woman shrieking with intercuts of a black and white demon face. The masseuse popped more joints than I knew existed. It was scary.
We heard a good restaurant was in town call Papaya. We found it after many wrong turns and questioning every vendor. We got pad se eau, papaya salad, and tom yam coong. We asked the waitress to make it regular spicy, not tourist spicy (because everything has been lacking in spice). Needless to say, we couldn't eat much of the tom yam coong... It was freaking spicy. The waitor came over and told us to Slow down. We are fatties. We always order the most food and eat really fast cause its all so good. People stare at us. Always.
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