Ko Phi Phi

One of our best days in Thailand was spent on a chartered boat that took us from Phuket to the Phi Phi Islands. Thanks to an amazing feat of negotiation (one of the perks of traveling with business school students), we were able to get a great deal on the charter. So, we got up early with a full cooler of beer, snacks and spirits and made our way to the marina to get a ride to Ko Phi Phi.

Ko Phi Phi is best known as the setting of the 2000 movie The Beach, and at certain points it felt like cinematic fantasy. I'll let the (many) pictures do the talking. Note -- many of the photos are courtesy of our trip-mates Sabir and Maria...

We're on a boat.

Liz and Maria are on a boat.

I climbed onto the side of the boat, and Sabir heroically followed suit in order to balance the boat and prevent it from capsizing.

Two tan dorks, one pale dork are on a boat.

Infamous long-tail boats

After the various activities that one would do in such a paradise (snorkeling etc.), we settled in for a tasty lunch on Phi Phi Don. Afterwards, we visited a monkey beach, "shark point" (less exciting than it sounds), and ended up on a pretty, yacht-infested little island for some good old-fashioned beach-sitting. All in all, a superb day.