For the last week or so the rain on Phi Phi has been more persistent than normal for the time of year. At several points the streets in the town were more like rivers. But even on that scale last night took the biscuit! The Tonsai bay side took a real battering - the walkways in front of Don Chuket have crumbled under the force of the high tide. The longtail boat used for seating in front of Carpe Diem broke away and is now half wrecked on the beach. Many of the other beach bars have been half buried under sand from the beach. There are a couple of broken longtails which didn't survive the waves and there are reports that the big Taksin cargo boat on the west side of Tonsai broke away from its mooring. The island is not this weather proof, so this morning there have been businesses flooded and an electricity fire caused by water getting into the box.

Most tourists seem oblivious including the one that asked me to recommend a beach to him while i was in the middle of clearing flood water, but then there are those like Katie and Harriet who restore my faith in human nature. Two girls from London, they came and asked the owner of Carlitos bar for black bags so that they could help clear the beach in front of the bar from all the debris and plastic that the storm had thrown up. Such acts are rare and the smiles on their faces while they were doing it were were as welcome as the sunshine is today.
What can i say - cheers to Katie and Harriet and hoping that more people like this visit Phi Phi Island.- who see it - see us - and know that the world only remains beautiful (even on paradise islands) if we all care and do our bit.