Daytripping: Phi Phi Island

There are hundreds of daytrips to take while on Phuket, Thailand. We decided to take a daytrip to see the famous Maya Bay and Phi Phi Islands.Maya Bay lies in between Phuket and the mainland Thailand and surrounded by limestone islands. Our trip consisted of a speedboat out into the ocean towards the calm waters of the beautiful bay.True to the waters and beaches of Southern Thailand the sand and sea was the best we encountered.

Maya Bay is a sandy beach nestled in between limestone islands.

But due to the popularity of the movie the Beach it was crowded!

Luckily we weren’t at the beach area for long and headed out to the limestone islands to snorkel and see the abundant sea life created by the limestone reefs.We then had lunch on the famous Phi Phi Islands. The islands were still recovering from the Tsunami of 2004, but we enjoyed our fairly average lunch and headed out to an elephant safari.We would have loved to spend more time in the bay and thought about possibly seeing another island on the bay, but after several weeks of beaches we were ready to head out to see something different.

Phuket, Thailand

$6, one ferry, one large bus, one minibus and 5 hours later we arrived in the famous Thailand peninsula Phuket. We were looking forward to sitting on the beach, visiting the gorgeous Phi Phi islands, snorkeling and just soaking up the sun.Again we managed to find a terrific resort that was across from the beach and had what turned out to be the best breakfast buffet of the whole trip. Our tropical garden resort was ideally located a block from the beach and sandwiched in between good restaurants and nightlife.On our first night we had a decadent dinner of local lobster. We couldn’t resist after seeing the huge selection of fresh seafood displayed right out front of the restaurant.

The lobsters were the most beautiful ones we have ever seen.

The next night we decided to go to a large row of open-air seafood restaurants called the 99 Restaurant. Each eating establishment had its own name and section, but they all basically sold the same thing – fresh seafood and Thai food.

We decided on the Red Boat because it smelled the best and was packed.

The night before we had splurged on lobster so we decided on the more economical vegetarian noodles and a pork noodle, both were delicious.We spent a terrific week eating memorable buffet breakfasts, soaking up the hot sun that never seem to move from the same spot in the sky and leisurely drinking the best Thai Iced Teas while checking emails.We decided at the last minute to fly directly into Penang, Malaysia and had to find accommodations for one night and stayed at The Tiger Inn - interesting place.The reception area is in the main restaurant where breakfast was served, is designed to look like a jungle cave.Phuket was really nice, the best water for swimming and sand we found our whole trip. We had no agendas, no rush, just life – paradise.