'The Beach' is one of my favourite movies so I would have been dissapointed to leave Phuket without seeing the beach where they shot the film. I could not convince anybody from the hostel to go so I booked a day trip on a speedboat. The guide introduced himself as Coco Chanel No. 2 it fit perefect with his personality. It is very common to see feminen actimg males in Thailand and our guide was one.
First stop was Maya Bay. The beach did look just as it did in the film except that we arrived to the beach swarming with people. There were 500 plus people all unloading off the speedboats. Trying to get a photo without anybody else in it was impossible. We were back on board the boat and continued on. The rest of the day we spent visiting the beaches of Phi Phi islands and Bamboo Islands. We also had a snorkel over a reef which was fairly dead but colourful fish could still be seen. The islands are magic. The constant flow of tourists are leaving their mark though. The water where we swam in some places was littered with beer bottles, chip packets and all sorts of rubbish.
Returning to Patong for one final night I joined the hostel crew for dinner at an all you can eat BBQ and it was the tastiest food I have enjoyed in a long time. The meal began another crazy night out although I forced myself to stop drinking so I would be in a good mindset for the following day in Bangkok.
Waiting to get a lift to the airport on Monday morning for a flight to Bangkok I felt happy I had seen and experienced Phuket. Although I am in no hurry to return.
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