The trouble with having no money tends to be that things cost money! Here we are in Thailand on a ridiculously tight shoestring budget but we don't want to be this close and miss out on the chance to see all of the beautiful islands just off the coast of Phuket.
Generally we prefer to do our own thing and make our own way as we travel along but after checking the price of ferries just to get to Phi Phi island, it turned out that the cheapest option was to book one of the special deals advertised. This actually worked out pretty well, especially as the lovely lady graciously let us change the whole package to suit what we wanted. As such, we have managed to arrange our boat to Phi phi (on which we found free coffee and little donut things - the one thing guaranteed to make me happy in the morning!), 2 nights accommodation on a little beach resort on Phi Phi Don island and a ferry back to Ao Nang, down the mainland coast.
Not that everything went swimmingly, we got to our resort place to find out we were only booked in for one night. All was well that ended well though and the lovely dude sorted it for us and showed us to our bungalow (bungalow is actually pushing it - we are staying in a shed with a bed and a fan and a toilet that you have to tip water down to flush). Still, beggars can't be choosers and the location is pretty dam perfect!
We also got a free lunch and a chance to go snorkeling all as part of our package. It was awesome (the snorkeling that is, well also the lunch, but specially the snorkeling) I've never been proper snorkeling before (evident in the amount of sea water I swallowed before figuring out that you have to swim just below the surface of the water). It was beautiful and we saw so many fishes - although how you can quite appreciate the grace and beauty of the underwater world when the bloody snorkel thing makes you sound like Darth Vader is a bit beyond me.
Today we swam, we ate, we had a thai massage and now it's about time to eat again! Who needs money anyway!
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