Island Hopping at Koh Phi Phi

V arranged a group island hopping adventure that began at her hotel lobby at 8:15am. Anticipating this early start, I took orders for breakfast sandwiches and all but one of us made the trip out to pick up. There were 11 sandwiches ordered between 7 Americans! The guys each had 2 sausage egg mcmuffins. The English muffins here are a bit more fluffy and less bitter than the American version. However, that dog was there again. This time, the larger group witnessed him as he followed us up to the gate of our villa. He was marking trees along the way and digging the mud so that it would hit us. We didn't know whether to be flattered or disgusted.

We crammed into one SUV and got to the Dusit Thani just in time. After some pill popping to prevent seasickness, we hopped onto the boat to begin our day around Koh Phi Phi. Our tour guide's name was Mack and he took us around the islands. First stop was at a coral reef to do some snorkeling but we had some amazing views on the way like Camel Island above. M and I made some dough balls out of bread for fish food and rented some swim fins, which was a good call since the reefs roughed up K's feet! We snorkeled for about an hour, feeding fishies some bread and banana. We saw many fish, huge clam-like things, and sea urchin. We then swam up to the beach to relax and take pics like the one below entitled "the full Johnson."

After lunch, we continued hopping from island to island until about 4pm. By the last stop, many of us just wanted a cool cocktail so we picked up some Mai Tai's served in a pineapple and piña coladas served in a baby coconut. Yum! M&I snorkeled for a little bit longer but the water was just too murky and filled with tourists.

We got back from the outing around 4:30pm, picked up some spare booze from Lindsay, the maid of honor, and proceeded to return to our villa to make dinner plans for tonight and spa plans for tomorrow. I called one spa that happened to be booked up, but instead of saying "no availability" or "no" to my question, the lady responded "cannot massage." We even made a trip to Tesco (my fave) for snacks and more beverages.

We met the others in our group around 8 at Pla Seafood (Thai-Austrian restaurant) in Surin Beach. We had some yummy Thai food and drinks. Between T, K and I, we ordered shrimp spring rolls, papaya salad, shrimp pad thai, grilled squid and fried fish red curry. :)

We then went down the street to Catch Beach Club. I was so tired, though, that I had to call it quits while everyone else except for K stayed around. The saxophonist and fire breather were just not enough.