The Island of Sloppy Joes: Koh Phi Phi

January, 2015

Sawasdee and happy New Years!

We have left Hong Kong and are onto sunny Thailand! After bypassing Bangkok, we headed straight to Phuket, a beach town in southern Thailand where we took the ferry to Phi Phi island. Phi Phi is actually pronounced pee pee so we had a good time acting like 5 year olds for about an hour and then realized we should prob pull ourselves together. That being said, this Island is another level of lovely and is filled with people looking to have a good time.

We checked into a hostel on the beach which doubled as a hostel/beach/restaurant/club/hookah bar slash a million other things which was pretty convenient for us. It only proved a tad annoying at 4am when my bunk bed was still vibrating from the pulsing music on the beach- basically danced myself to sleep every night to some soothing electronic music 💃. We met a bunch of normal people by day that turned into hooligans by night; lets just say that my eyes have seen some things that cannot be unseen, people in phi phi be crayyyy.

We spent the majority of our days exploring the island, swimming, meeting interesting people and sunning our bottoms and of course I've made some nice progress 👍. One day we took a kayak out from our hostel to "monkey beach". They gave us the kayak and said "you can kayak to that little island in the distance, try not to drown" - thanks! When we finally got to the island it was totally secluded, a little strip of paradise to ourselves so we simply ran a muck. Sand throwing, under water tea parties and bay watch slow-mo running was obviously involved. Come to think of it, it was best that no one else witnessed that.

After kayaking we wanted to experience the true Thai culture- aka cheap Thai massages in all of their glory. We were not ready for what was to come. I had a fabulous relaxing experience but when we got out after an hour Mer goes,"so how did you guys like that bare butt part of massage..?" Which basically never happened to anyone else, opps.

The next day we went on a boat trip that stopped around different islands in the area. At one stop there was the option for cliff jumping so we climbed the side of this rocky cliff (which actually had a trail of blood on it, should have been a sign to turn back) and when we got to the top Mer was practically peeing her pants, but no turning back once your up there (social and probably literal suicide, duh) so you just need to fling yourself off and hope for the best. It was super exhilarating and I'm still here to write this blog so I would say all around success!

The rest of the boat trip was hilarious, our captain was pretty much a 70 year old British version of Hugh Hefner, chatting it up with all of the ladies, making some highly inappropriate jokes, he kept us young. Then we did some snorkeling, I saw some cute little Nemo fish and then some not so cute things as people on our boat got drunker and drunker and tops and bottoms went flying. Dick tattoos were involved, enough said.

And then New Years Eve! Tons of fire works and beautiful "wish catcher" lanterns being lit and sent up into the sky. The whole sky was glowing with gorgeous firey lanterns as people from all over the world brought in the New Year together. The girls and I took a New Years video that we will watch 10 years from now, saying our resolutions and where we want to be in life. It was an amazing experience filled with tons of hype, energy, laughter and of course, sloppy joes.

Wishing you all a happy and healthy New Year, with only good things ahead!