Since we were camping the first night there, we didn't need a place to stay, but we went ahead and set up one for the next night as soon as we got there. We had some time to kill before heading out so we wandered around the island to check things out and shop. We came across a lady with a monkey who was charging 100 BAHT to take pictures with him. Of course I wanted a picture, so the second I took out my money, the monkey grabbed it from me! Lol :) He knew what was up!
He seemed super nice & Jenna snapped a couple pics with my camera before I decided to pet him while he was on my shoulder. I quickly realized he didn't want to be pet when he leaned forward showing his teeth. Jenna actually captured the perfect picture of him showing his true thoughts on me trying to pet him, lol. Luckily he did not bite me because the lady grabbed him & put him in my arms, kinda like cradling a baby. This seemed to make him happier and I took a couple more pictures. Then Jenna took a turn with him, but knew better than to pet him haha!
Later we were loaded up on a boat with about 30 people headed to our camping destination. Our first stop on the boat before arriving was to snorkel. The boat stopped off in a perfectly clear area of the ocean for us to snorkel for awhile. Apparently I suck at snorkeling as well, lol. I think it was because I tried to swim around too fast & snorkel at the same time so I couldn't control my breathing that well. However, it was amazing to see everything below me! A few people cut their feet on the coral, but I didn't snorkel long enough for that to happen. Instead I chose to join the people jumping off the top of our boat :) Oh yea, before snorkeling we got to see some historical "viking caves" (3rd pic below) and hear the stories about them.
When we arrived to "the beach" I noticed all the tourists leaving. By law, after 6pm nobody is allowed on Maya Bay...except for us of course! That's what was so cool about it. We had the entire island to ourselves & had access to not only great food (prepared by our hosts) but plenty of drinks as well! When you purchase your camping ticket they include a free bucket drink :) Can't remember exactly how much we paid, but it wasn't that expensive at all for everything we got.
The night time consisted of hanging out getting to know the people who were camping with us & playing drinking games in a giant circle. Our tour guide Coco was one of the funniest guys I've ever met! He was super nice & I could listen to him talk all day. His English was outstanding, but his accent made his voice so funny to listen to. He definitely made the trip awesome! We managed to play an entire drinking game, which I doubted could happen with 30 people, but it did! Afterwards we ate some food & then continued drinking and hanging out. Eventually I got tired so I took a nap while other crazy drunk people went for a night swim to find the "glowing plankton" in the ocean. When I woke up I re-located to the actual beach to set up my sleeping bag and pillow for the night. I was so excited to sleep on the beach! BUT, of course it decided to pour down rain the instant I started to fall asleep. So, I hauled ass back to the camp site & we all had to line up like soldiers on a covered wooded plank to sleep for the night.
The morning after everyone was tired, hungover, and ready to get back to the main island. Coco insisted on taking group photos, including a jumping picture, lol. Even though everyone complained at the moment, I think they were glad we took pics later on. I know I was. I love the pictures! We also got the chance to snorkel again at a different spot on the way back. My favorite part was feeding the fish bread. One of the tour guides found it funny to throw bread on the people in the water so that the fish would jump on them.
Finally we made it back to Ko Phi Phi & took a shower. We decided to nap later in the day, so instead we had lunch and then went to Dr.Fish, which is where the fish nibble off your dead skin on your feet and legs. Sounds gross, but it was so much fun! It tickled like crazy, but after awhile you get used to it. It was only 15 minutes long. The lady who worked there insisted on taking tons of pictures for us. After Dr. Fish we went for a foot/leg massage. Massages are insanely cheap in Thailand, so I was spoiled to getting one almost every day! After massages we went shopping & finally took a nap before venturing out for the night.
This night happened to be Thailand's queen's birthday, which meant that alcohol was not sold. However, you could drink in restaurants for some reason. Which is why Jenna and I went to three different restaurants that night, lol. We stayed until closing time in each of them & finally gave up around 2am.
The next morning we started our journey to a far away island, Ko Phangan which is where the infamous "Full Moon Party" is held.
XOXO,
Amanda
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