Phi Phi Island

Phi Phi island was less than a dump than Phuket, but only marginally so. At least there weren't any hookers that I could see. The highlight of our 2+ days on the island was an all day snorkeling trip. I saw a whole bunch of cool fish (puffers, wrasses, etc), a lot of beautiful corals (brain coral, seafans), and 6 Black tipped reef sharks. One of the Six was nearly the same size as me. Even though they don't attack people I was pretty scared swimming alongside it, only 20 feet away. The other cool thing was a cliff diving site in Malam Bay, in the interior of Phi Phi Lei Island. Lief, our guide, said it was about 16-18 meters high which seemed about right when comparing diving off the High Dive at UCSB. Ironically of my three entries, the only one that really hurt was the last one where I went feet first!!! I even ripped my swim trunks in the process :-)