After some breakfast and a dip in the pool which we were able to step into directly out of our room we packed up to check out. Three days to ourselves to find accommodation before coming back here to end our trip. We met our rep in reception and after about 30minutes of debate we made a plan. Phi Phi won out as we wanted to stay in a beach hut. Our rep took us to the dock and helped us buy our tickets before waving us off.
For the first time this trip it was nice to be winging it, I am not sure George was so laid back about this fact. However, being in these nice hotels we haven't really met any young people also travelling maybe it would be our chance. As I was thinking this an American guy bundled past us on the boat saying something about our backpacks. Turns out we all have the same ones which is pretty funny and turns out to be a great conversation starter. They were also winging it having stayed in nice hotels in Thailand so far.
Upon leaving the boat we teamed up with the Americans, Shaun and Brent. They had one night booked in a hostel so we went with them to dump our bags and go search for some accommodation for ourselves. First stop food and beer. We were right on the beach but the tide was out making it not as pretty as we expected. We ordered pizza from a beach hut and drank cold beer, and another. We wandered about for a bit looking at various accommodations but the ones on the beach were loud so we decided just to stay at the hostel and sort accommodation in a hut tomorrow.
Next we ordered some buckets, similar to what we had in Malaysia. Vodka, sprite and red bulls. We took our buckets and went and sat in the sea to drink them. The water is warm like a bath. Suddenly Brent is up and running to the beach, the tide was coming in so fast we hadn't noticed it encroaching our bags and clothes. Staying on the beach was a safer bet. Watching the sun set with the water nearly in all the way was beautiful. The beach was filling up with people, it's the place to be apparently and I was glad we were on the right side of the island to see it.
Many buckets later and some night swimming in the sea, we decided to bust some grooves at a bar on the beach before staggering back to the hostel.
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