This small pair of islands just to the east of Phuket is popular with both backpackers as well as honeymooners. The inhabited island is hourglass shaped with high hills at both end and a curved, lower beaches and resorts in the center. When the 2004 Sunami swept over the low beaches at the height of tourist season, 2000 lives were lost and only 700 bodies were recovered. Today, warning systems and evacuation routs have been implemented. New housing for the local inhabitants is in the process of being built at higher elevations in on the island.
We spend a couple days here to relax on the beach before moving on the the even quieter Koh Lanta. We wonder about the environmental impact of staying on Koh Phi Phi because it is such a small island that everything must be imported on boats from the mainland and all trash must be transported back to the mainland by boat.
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