Phi Phi/James Bond Island

This is the Thailand we've been hearing about. We spent about 5 days in didn't do much besides drink and sit on the beach. We did do a day trip to the James Bond Island where they filmed The Man With The Golden Gun. The island itself was little disappointing , but the other three islands were amazing though, we got into kayaks and went into some caves and lagoons, it was amazing. The last island everybody went swimming, Bryce jumped off the top of the boat and the water wasn't deep enough. He came up to the surface along with a cloud of mud. A couple people got stung by jelly fish, so I was happy I didn't go in. We met an English couple, the guy was a total douche, he seemed cool at first but once we told him we were 23 (older than him) and didn't go to college his attitude totally changed. He talked to us like we were idiots, we mentioned going to Australia and he reminded us that it was an island. Total university pussy.

We took the ferry to Phi Phi Island and finally we're at the Thailand we imagined. The island is tiny, two mountains on each end and a tiny town in the middle. There's no cars here and you can walk from one end to the other in about 15 minutes. There's nothing here but bars, guest houses, and restaurants. We hit up the Reggae Bar, which has nothing to do with reggae. There's a boxing ring in the center and you can fight other bar patrons. Win or lose you get a bucket filled with liquor, Bryce wanted to fight me but I refused. A chubby English dude wanted to fight but no one volunteered. Cam and I convinced Bryce to fight, after an offer of 100 baht each and a little coaxing from the Thai promoters. I was his corner man and had him convinced he could beat the English guy. He was fatter than Bryce but he was fast, Bryce landed more punches but his opponent had more style. He could duck and weave pretty good for a big guy. In the end the English dude was given the decision. Him and Bryce talked afterwards they both had some impressive bruises and patted eachother on the back. A couple girls were yelling at eachother in the the bar and decided to head into the ring, one girl was in trouble. She fought like a girl while the other stood in a proper stance and beat the shit outta the other girl. They had to stop the fight.

The next day Cam got a traditional tattoo done with a bamboo needle. It was amazing to see the work being done with just a single needle.

At night we went to the beach which is lined with bars, they had jump rope on fire, and some fire dancers. Other than that it was a typical nightclub.