Phuket - Koh Phi Phi - Malaysia

We actually flew directly onto the beach in Phuket. If you look closely at that picture you can see the beach right behind the trees. Runway was practically the sand. As we were landing we both just looked at each other with the biggest grins on our faces. Like it was Christmas for the next four days!! We stayed one night in Phuket town which was nothing really special. We did stay in our first "dorm" hostel with four beds. well two bunk beds (jenny, just like mine and yours in our first apartment but a WAY smaller room!!) We got the top bunks of both beds. We met our roomate but only enough to see who he was. we all were waking up at 7 am to head over to Koh Phi Phi Island, so sleep was needed.

It was about a 2 hour boat ride to the island. The weather was perfect and we snagged seats on the top of the boat. When we arrived we checked into a guesthouse and immediately headed to the beach. We pretty much didn't leave the beach for the next two days. Absolutely gorgeous.
I mean we honestly rolled out of bed onto the beach and didn't leave until sunset. We lathered ourselves with 30 sunscreen and still managed to get a little color. It was sooo hot out but the water was perfect. Crystal clear and perfect white sand. Honestly a paradise beach for sure.

The island got hit pretty hard by the tsunami, but they are doing a really good job getting it looking nice again. Tons of hotels and restaurants and little shops.
This is a view from our guesthouse balcony. You could pretty much walk from one side of the island to the other in about 30 minutes max. AND if you played your cards right you could get free buckets of alcohol every night. Yes that is right, buckets. It is a very popular thing over on this side of the world. They are usually whiskey and coke which neither of us like, but when you do run out of money... a free bucket here and there can be a great time.

We also met some really fun people over here. This one guy opened a restaurant called the Banana Sombero. He was from Washington D.C. so we were immediately "American buddies". But the crazy thing was... he used to go vacationing with his family in PALM COAST!!! They actually owned a house there. For those of you who don't know, that is pretty much where I grew up. We met another guy that lives in the exact same town that April is living in right outside Sydney where we will be heading in March. Seriously small world!

We unfortunately had to leave Phi Phi, but we discovered the very cute town of Patang in Phuket. The beach was just what we needed after our hard long days in Phi Phi. hahaha. We were only in Patang for one day and night, but we both really loved the city. Like a way smaller Santa Barbara. The beach is covered with yellow umbrellas and beach chairs. Suzy has discovered the Color Accent on her camera and it is definitely a fun way to take some different pictures. Notice the yellow is the only color really showing up. hahaha. we amuse ourselves!



We made it to Malaysia today. Kuala Lumpar. Big city. Smaller than New York but definitely similar. Very clean though. In fact the airport was spotless. The cleanest quietest airport we have ever been in. They even had reclining chairs in the terminals.

Our guesthouse is very cute. A new one call the Tropical Guesthouse. TINY. ITTY BITTY! I mean the smallest rooms we have ever stayed in. Check us out...