Thailand Blog

Please believe me when I tell you today was INSANE! I know what you're thinking, I say that everyday. But I promise you. Today was the most insane of them all! First off, we woke up to blue skies & the sun which was a miracle! Seriously. We thought for sure it was going to be rainy all day & our phi phi island trip would get cancelled again. But we were wrong! The best part is that the weather held up for us all day long!! We got really lucky! Anyways, we met at the dock at 9 am to catch our boat. It was a big speed boat & there were about 35 of us on it. Abby & I sat at the very front of the boat at the tip thinking we got the jackpot seats. We had NO idea what we were in for. The guide said to us before we left "Bumpy here, okay?" We responded, "Yeah! Okay!" Not okay. As soon as we started going we realized this was not going to be a smooth ride. THE WAVES WERE HUGE! & we were going so fast, water was splashing in our faces & we were getting like 3 feet of air off our seats! You know when you go boating & you hit a big wave & it bangs against the water & you think the boat is gonna break. Yeah that was this whole ride times 50!! It physically hurt & we felt like we were gonna fly out of the boat, plus I knew I would get sick up there so about 10 minutes in Abby & I waved to the guy & said we wanna move back where the majority of the people were all sitting. We stood up & could hardly walk strait to get back there & I hit my head against the wall. Haha (it's funny now) The boat ride to our first stop, bamboo island was a 40 minute ride. I probably said like 10 silent prayers in my head on the way there cause it was so scary! Nothing is more scary to me than being on a boat in the middle of the ocean on insane waters. I found that out today. Lol I guess the waters are just really rough this time of year. So next thing I know this man starts squirming for a bag & throws up, pretty soon like three more people start throwing up too. (Don't worry, all in bags) I felt fine, but I couldn't look cause I didn't want it to get to my head & make me sick! Finally, we made it to the island. We swam at the beach there for about 45 minutes before getting back in the boat to go the next island, phi phi lay island. This boat ride was probably just as intense, but only 15 minutes this time so it was a lot better! This island was the prettiest of them all! Such blue & calm waters (finally). We jumped off the boat & swam some more here. This place was so amazing! I couldn't believe how beautiful it was! We then made our way to another part of phi phi island for lunch. This was about a 10 minute boat ride. It was a little less intense which was great! We stayed on this island for about an hour & a half. I guess there is another island that was supposed to be included in the trip called maya bay but it was too dangerous to go to today. Which I was actually 100% fine with! Soooo we headed to our last stop for snorkeling. It was awesome. We fed the fish watermelon & we got some pretty sweet go pro pics. Oh yeah stay tuned for Abby's week four video. You'll see a lot of footage from today! Anyways, the tour guy found a sea urchin & let some people hold it. It was like a big black spike ball! Really weird lookin. Then we made our way back to rai lay (our hotel island) luckily no one got sick this time. It was abut a 40 minute ride back. For some reason it was probably the scariest ride for me because this time the boat was tipping a bunch & it seriously felt like it was going to tip over & we were all gonna fall out! Again, many silent prayers going on in my head at this point. When we made it to our island Abby & I wanted to start cheering & clapping! Seriously. We felt like we had just accomplished something huge! It was so funny to see people's faces lighten up every time we made it to our destination. Like this look of relief on every ones faces. Haha it was quite the experience! It took A LOT out of me. Even with all that craziness it was so amazing & 100% worth it! Such a good day! Probably one of my favorites. I'm so glad I had the opportunity to see some of Thailand's islands & that the weather was good for us! Speaking of weather . Our flight back to Chiang Mai is tomorrow morning at 9. We didn't wanna have to leave super early in the morning to catch a boat to Krabi island then a bus to the airport, especially with the unpredictable weather. So we checked out today (a day earlier than what we paid for) & got a hotel in Krabi about 10 minutes from the airport. Which I'm so glad we did!! More money, but less stressful. Plus the hotel we are at right now is the best ever! Super nice. Abby & I are very pleased. We went to the street market & got some dinner & now we're relaxing in our room. Today was a FAB day & our Krabi Thailand trip ended on such a great note!

Phi phi island.

Our boat.

Phi phi island.

Abby & monkey.

Snorkeling

Oh yeah, Abby got the funniest thing on recording today from an "incident" that happened on the boat. You guys are going to die! I did. I'll send vid soon :)