We waved goodbye to lovely Phi Phi and boarded a boat south to Koh Lipe, another idealic isle with a quieter vibe. Our boat broke down in the middle of the sea so we waited for a couple hours (and did some backflips off the boat) until a new one came.
At a port stop, a Thai vendor got on and sold us the best dang fried chicken on a stick I'd ever had.
We spent our first couple days diving. It was our first experience with a less-than-awesome dive company. The dive masters that led us touched fish, ran into us, and generally weren't that professional or friendly. Trip Advisor online review, here we come! But we still had some gorgeous dives and some good days hanging out on the boat with folks from Canada, Austria, Holland, Sweden, Italy...and more. And Patrick met a fellow snake enthusiast from England, so that was awesome.
Coral, alive and well.
Scientists are saying the ocean is changing Ph at such a rapid rate many of our reefs may not exist in a mere 20 years. Yikes. Really. Part of the impetus for us going to see them now.
Sea urchin. The blue dots were so luminous, they really seemed to give off their own light.
Which reminds me! There are no pictures of this, but every night as we walked back along the beach to our bungalow, we watched phosphorescence wash up on shore. Little tiny pebble-like clumps of...something... generating it's own greenish light. Glowing dots on the edges of waves, sometimes so numerous it looked like lightning flashing in the waves in the dark. Whoaaaaaa! It was really something.
Chill out beach bars alight as night falls.
Gigantic clams, commonly called ''Boring Clams'', which is ridiculous, these are gorgeous.
Skunk anemone fish
Scorpion fish. Highly camoflauged, highly poisonous if you step on one.
Anemone close up in a brilliant blue sheith when they spawn.
We visited one dive site that had the most magnificent soft coral gardens we'd ever seen. And at a shallow depth so you could really see their colors. No photoshop needed.
Visited a beach full of shells on our kayak adventure. How many pieces of trash can you find? This was the least trashy place I could point the camera on the beach. Idealic islands and beaches and water, covered in trash. The reality of visiting a second world country.
Amy's favorite coconut ice cream.
Amy's cracking up at Madame yoohoo. She says "Pancake Pancake" then a trilling "yoohoo yohoo!" constantly. Quite the sales pitch.
Our bungalow on Lipe. The 2nd little piggie made this one, fortunately there are no wolves there this time of year.
Hang up the clothes so the cockroaches don't hide in them.
The Seahawks amazed the small crowd way over in Thailand. The event was dj'd and everything.
Very organic.
Patrick's MMA bout...I mean Thai massage.
Bye Bye Koh Lipe!
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