Koh Phi Phi

Now that Erica is safely home, we have time to catch up on some blogging...

As noted previously, we visited Koh Phi Phi (including THE Beach island of Koh Phi Phi Ley) and it was spectacular. From Bangkok, we took a short flight to Krabi and from there we took a ferry to Koh Phi Phi Don.

Phi Phi is a typical beach town with lots of restaurants and bars. There were plently of fresh seafood offerings right on the beach, but nothing quite like what we had experienced on Koh Tao. We spent a few days wandering the streets and beaches generally relaxing and seeing the sights. The snorkeling tour (mentioned previously) made us quite hungry, so there were a couple of meals which were feasts. Fortunately, the food was fantastic.

One of the treats that we kept going back for was the banana-nutella pancakes. There was this one street vendor guy who made a great one, so we visited him more than once. If you've never had one, here's the deal: the chef takes a small amount of bread dough and flattens it to almost paper thin. Then he puts the dough onto a griddle and lets it start to fry. After that, he puts some banana slices onto the dough, and then folds the dough over into a little pocket. After the pocket of banana goodness has cooked through a bit, he adds some butter to make the dough crispy. Finally, he takes the pocket off the griddle and slathers it with Nutella. It is one amazing treat!