PHI PHI DON

Hello all,

There were no jobs in Phuket due to immigration everywhere, so we decided to head to an island, phi phi don. It's right beside the island phi phi lay, where the movie the beach was filmed (the island looks a lot smaller than it does in the movie). There are a few dive centres around and the job that I have seen most of the backpackers doing is handing out flyers for bars at night time...(I hope it wont come to that haha)

Phi phi don is really beautiful. The main beach isnt that nice and its pretty crowded but Sam and I rented a kayak and went to some other beaches and they are amazing. Big waves, white sand and really blue-green water. When we were kayaking Sam jumped in the water but we didnt realize how shallow it was and got a giant sea urchin stuck into his foot. We were pretty far out so after lots of swearing when we made it all the way to shore to find some vinegar to make thesting go away, the thai guys just laughed at him and told him "pee on i', pharmacy of thailand." Eventually the spines dissolve but they're still stuck in his foot. He was finally on the mend until yesterday when we were on our way back from our epic swim he stepped on another one and we had to swim all the way back to shore so he could pee on it again.

Yesterday, before the second sea urchin spike Sam handed out a couple of resume's to some dive centres so hopefully we will get some work soon. We still havent been to phi phi lay, if we dont go before my birthday then we will go on my birthday. Anyhow thats all for now, nothing else much to report, other than a few sun burns, its really really hot. Enjoy the rain/snow!!!

Love, Mads.