Our Unbelievable Adventure

To celebrate Jake's birthday we went on a Phi Phi Island tour. The bus comes and picks you up at your hotel and takes you to the dock and then you make five or six stops and it takes the whole day.
*Disclaimer: To any mothers who may be worried about the content below, it is monsoon season, which is off season (that's how we have gotten great deals on tours and souvenirs ) and we have completed the activity and are completely safe. Only two of us got hurt and that was Alisha and me, Alisha tripped over a rope that came out of nowhere when the tide went out, and I cut my foot because I kicked a rock while snorkeling. With that being said here is our adventure.

We arrived just on time to board boat 19 and about 40 people piled onto our speed boat. The boys were excited to be on a boat. We start coasting out and the tour guide immediately starts handing out barf bags. We start getting out to sea and the waves are so big that we can see them out the side of our windows. The kids sitting up front, including my four year old Ford are getting bounced around and around. Every time we hit a wave they flew a few feet into the air.

It was so choppy that the first place we were supposed to stop at was too dangerous to dock and we just floated past. Then we went around the corner and the view was breath taking. we pulled into this cove and we got to jump out and swim in this warm water. It was so fun that even Adelynn jumped in.

Then we went to monkey beach and we got out and fed the monkeys bananas. Everett especially loved feeding the monkeys. We were told we had to keep an extra close eye on the kids because the monkeys do not like things their same size. Next we went snorkeling in the same bay and we watched as hundreds of fish swam around us. The Tsunami damaged a lot of the islands and wildlife out there but what we were able to see was amazing, although some of the guys did not like the fish swimming up their trunks!

Then we headed another part of the island for lunch, where we had some delicious international food and had a chance to do some shopping. ShaNae, Nate, Jeremy and Ford found a monkey that they were able to have sit on their shoulders and get a few pictures.

Now the rain was starting to come down harder and we almost did not get to go to the next island. The rain came down and pounded our faces until we were getting cold. The water was choppy and we kept bouncing and bouncing. Some of the kids from the front even came to the back because they were so scared to be up there. I have never seen so many terrified faces, every time we bounced on this 45 minute boat ride every passenger was grimacing.

We did make it and we enjoyed some more snorkeling and fresh fruit on the island. The kids were a little cold and it was warmer in the water than it was in the air. Adelynn was adored by the people on this sandy beach island and they gave her a banana. One of the passengers on our boat got stung by some jellyfish that were enjoying the swim. Then we all trudged back to the boat where we all climbed on ready to face the return home!

The weather was really clouded and the rain continued to drench us all as we sat shivering. The kids slept on almost all the boat rides but on this last leg where Everett was cheering each wave we hit! Collin and Jeremy feel like they will never walk again from the beating that their tailbones took an our crazy journey.