Island adventures!

We have made it to the famous islands of Thailand! It feels like we're in a whole different country after coming from riding elephants and frequenting cafés in Chiang Mai. 

We arrived in Phuket and it reminded us a lot of south beach, Miami. It was very busy and touristy. The beach, however, was very nice! We swam for a while in the soft white sand beach of Patong. We were somewhat missing Chiang Mai until we saw the inifnity pool on the roof of our hotel! Sooo amazing! We loved it and after our adventure to three different islands we will return and hang by the pool all day! 

We took a ferry this morning to Ko Phi Phi (the island where The Beach) was filmed. I have to say I was a little bit skeptical at how beautiful the island would be, but I was blown away!!! The first picture above shows what we saw when entering the pier. 

The whole island is lined with these limestone cliffs. The pictures do NOT do it justice by any means! We started our adventure by getting bombarded by travel agents hoping we'd choose a hotel with them. We were so hot, sweaty, and excited to get on the beach we just picked one. NEVER AGAIN!!! We weren't able to use trip advisor to see reviews. The view is absolutely amazing from our balcony, but the room is everything but amazing! Ants, bird poop stains, lizards in bathrooms- the works. Let's just say I need a whole lot of Singha (Thai beer) to fall asleep in this place! We're about to venture out into the night of Ko Phi Phi and experience the night life! Next stop tomorrow...Ko Lanta island by ferry! 

Peace, love, and elephants,

Melanie