Ko Phi Phi is many things. It is one of the most beautiful islands I have every seen. It is the birth place of Thai rock climbing. It has some of the best scuba in the world. It is also a non stop party. From the second we got off the boat to the last delirious moment on the island there was blasting pop and electronic music. That moment was delirious because of intense diarrhea induced dehydration and maybe that horrid music.
The boat pulled up the dock and let out a long lurching sigh of pink tourists wearing the same 5 or 10 tee shirts sold in Patong. We joined the throng and stepped into the blasting heat. We where confronted by the normal masses of Thais claiming that they have the cheapest rooms in Phi Phi. The room that we stayed in was the cheapest room in Phi Phi with no reported bed bugs. What it did have was a flooded bathroom with no lights, a hole in the floor with a strategically placed lamp, and the weirdest beds I have ever seen, they were u shaped and surprisingly comfortable.
The rock climbing was a lot of fun. It was not as overhanging as the stuff around Ton Sai and the rock quality was a little better. But it also seemed to inspire ridiculous stories. In an attempted to do a highly recommend multi-pitch Zach did a wandering new variation on the route that involved a big runout, some chaus and like all good sketchy situations a repel off of a Charlie Brown tree. He named the variation Poorly Drawn Map. The monkeys in Phi Phi were aggressive little bastards. They will steal anything left at the base of a climb, so being responsible individuals we put all of our loose things in my bag and tied it to a tree. Zach was working his way up the second pitch of the route (which had rusty bolts) monkeys started to attack my bag. While Zach rests on a bolt I am whipping the monkeys with the tail end of the rope.
That's all for now folks I am sitting in a coffee shop with very loud distracting music which may be fitting for writing about Phi Phi but it is also difficult.
