It's A Tough Life, But Someone Has To Do It.

We are now on koh Phi Phi, the beautiful tropical island in the Andaman Sea made famous as the setting for the Hollywood film 'The Beach' (among other things).

It is hard to see much evidence of the tsunami on the main land andaman coast, but it's a different story here unfortunately. The main inhabited part of the island is wedged in between two cliff faces, and is no more than 4-5 metres above sea level, so when the tsunami hit it was channeled into and over the town.

The island has bounced back incredibly well, although there is evidence of construction in many places, and the damage caused is obvious. The people seem happy, and are getting on with life, but there must be a lot of grieving to be done still. Nearly everywhere you go it is the same story:

"Sorry, we are a bit under staffed"

"Why?"

"Half of them are dead".

On a lighter note though, we are having a great time. Traci is currently finishing off day two of her PADI Open Water diving certification, and we did to dives together today in Maya Bay (the picture to the left), and we are planning to go on a 2 night live aboard dive trip to some outlying islands where a group of manta rays are currently in residence. Hopefully we can get some pictures to post :)

Anyway, it's sunny today, so I think I have spent enough time in front of a computer.....