We just arrived in the backpacker hotspot, Koh Phi Phi, a small island in the Andaman Sea. We got here by ferry from Koh Lanta which was our first stop in Thailand. Koh Lanta was beautiful but quiet and more family oriented. Koh Phi Phi is the opposite. We went to dinner with this Swedish couple, Victor and josephone, who were a lot of fun. We went to the beach bars where we jumped through a ring ofnfire, watched ten year old kids do a fire show, and got smashed on the beach. It was another good night and definitely lives up to the stories of Thai islands. We also got massages in Koh Lanta which was awesome, ill definitely be getting more of those. The bus from Penang was an adventure in itself. We booked through a travel agent that cost about 20 dollars for an 8 ride. It was a little mini bus fully packed, we were with two couples from malaysia, an old Norwegian man, and a Russian couple. The bus stopped almost every hour to get gas or or for some other reason before getting to the border of Thailand. Once we got in the driver dropped us off at another travel agent where we switched buses, we then switched buses 2 more times, once on the side of the highway where the driver gave us cash to give to the other driver across the street. It took us a total of 4 buses and 13 hours but we eventually made it. Gotta love the transportation systems in southeast Asia.
