March 19, 2010
We woke up early to another beautiful morning in Phi Phi, and spent hour last few hours enjoying the beach and exploring the surrounding islands a bit.
There are two Phi Phi islands, Phi Phi Don and Phi Phi Ley. We stayed on Phi Phi Don since Phi Phi Ley is uninhabited due to the fact that is mainly large steep limestone cliffs. We took a longboat around Phi Phi Ley to check it out, and even got to jump in the water in one of the less crowded coves (most of them were filled with large groups of snorkelers and scuba divers). The water was beautiful and so was the scenery.
We hopped on the midday ferry over to Koh Lanta, a much larger island about an hour and a half away. It's exterior was not as impressive as Koh Phi Phi, but as we took a taxi to our hotel we noticed that this was an actual island town, not a pure tourist getaway. Very cool, very laid back, lots of rain forest, and more culture than we have seen in our previous island stops.
Our hotel was great with an unswimmable yet very beautiful beach, extremely friendly staff, and air conditioning! Our room was a bungalow and although it was a bit of a walk away from the water, we were on a cool private little lake.
We spent the evening lounging at the hotel watching the sunset, then we rented a motorbike and headed up the road for some tasty foods.
We like Koh Lanta a lot.
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