Didn't sleep too well, but oh well. Grabbed a breakfast at the hotel and then headed down the volunteer center. Today we would be laying bricks and building a wall. We didn't bring extra clothes since we thought this was going to be a day trip, so I washed our clothes in our outdoor shower.
After the tsunami, there was only 1 business that stayed open. Now there are almost 100 businesses that are re-opened. Things are happening. We bought some clothes and stuff here. This area really needs the cash. So few tourists right now, but it is an incredible place.
We didn't know exactly what we were doing, but we did an okay job I think.
Met a Canadian couple who are on a 6 month trek from Indonesia through Malaysia up to Thailand and then they will head north east to Laos, Vietnam and on into China (I think that's the intinerary they told me). Cool people... got to talk about a new kind of Christian that is out here in Thailand. Good stuff.
Took a look at some of the other beach. The tsunami hit hardest there on this island. It literally knocked the top off some of the palm trees.
After lunch, we helped wash dishes for a restaurant owner who was trying to open tomorrow. Much work had been done to her place by volunteers, so it was about ready to re-open. Here is Holly in hyperspeed-wash-mode.
Caught the 2.40pm ferry back to Phuket. Beautiful weather. Rained just before we left, so it was nice and overcast. Ahh...
Had some coffee on the boat and chatted with some of the workers on the boat. I tried out my Thai, they tried their (much better) English (Ang-grit).
Bye Bye to Phi Phi...
Once back on Phuket, we picked up Chris and Vicki and family and headed up to take them to the airport. On the way, we met up with Suvit and Dok for dinner. Mmm. Then Nong and Mr. X joined. After dinner (which was really very good) we headed to the airport.
Suvit and Dok...
Some pics of Chris and Vicki's kids...
Suvit owns a massage chair company and they have several of their chairs in the Phuket Intl Airport so he comped us some free minutes on the chairs... yah...
Our friends here... just a few really...
We then went home and got our clothes washed from the week... Tomorrow we leave the kingdom of Thailand... sad.
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