Ko Phi Phi, Thailand (August 3 - 6)

So beautiful here but accommodation is expensive. Glad we stayed over though instead of doing a day trip. The town is so cute and the island beautiful. We went diving today, the first dive was at the island "The Beach" was filmed at. Lots of fish and reef life, one reef is artificial (made of hollow cement cubes piled in a pyramid shape with pieces of real reef planted on it to help jumpstart it)as the Tsunami destroyed the hard coral reef there. Unfortunately, Jodi was just getting over a cold and we thought it would be okay, but actually not so good. She had problems equalizing her ears and couldn't go very deep. She subsequently became dizzy and nauseous and did not go on the second dive (Mom K, everything worked out fine as we made the right choice). Puking 4 times on the boat helped the decision to not go. But Tawn did anyway and saw her first turtle, leopard shark and a wee seahorse. Lots of other cool stuff but whatever, we don't want to upset Jode too much. So all is well now, with the exception of our inevitable dive boat sunburn. We are off to eat at one of the many beach front restaurants that offer up many of the things we saw alive and well underwater today. Tawn isn't sure if she ever wants to eat squid or cuttlefish ever again after seeing one laying eggs in some coral. Bye for now sportsfans, hope all is well on the other side!

Pics:
- Main bay and harbour
- Kitties Tawnya was obsessed with
- Going out diving
- Does anyone look cool in scuba gear?
- Okay, maybe he does(our divemaster Jamie)
- All pics of Tawn as our poor little Jode was sick
- PS, she looks just as nerdy in the gear
- Jodi recovering on top of the dive boat
- Phi Phi Lei Island where we dove beside and where "The Beach" was filmed
- Jodi standing on the hill path she tumbled down the same day with many witnesses
- The same path in the day time (man, that's steep)
- Pics of our bungalow and the view from it
- A kitten friend Tawnya found (and was obsessed with)