Ko Phi Phi Don Local Customs

To beak a silent, then he ask me, why i am there alone without a friends, so i told him that sadness bring me to phuket and to phi phi, i came witout a friends because, i dont need friends to have fun, they just a knife for me who likes to stap me from the back.. kills me slowly, then he just nodded his head and understand what i mean. then he ask me about boyfriends (special) i said i did not meet anyone special so far, then he reply with shock face, how come a beautiful girl like you dont have a boyfriends.. so i told him, doesn't mean someone who are beautiful can have everything they want... or they supposed to be happy and such... i told him, the honesty that i look for in someone, their humounity, loving, caring and rinsponsible... he totally agree about it (im happy he agree about it).

Then we sit again at the stairs where we sat earlier, and we continue to talk, he said, before this, he have a lots of friends, but now, his friends can be count, and that canadian guys are friends of him since a few years back, that what he have, and other 3 of his local friends. I was asking him where he was when the wave came, then he said, he was on the boat on that time, he can't run anywhere, so he just look at it and pray, he depent on his faith for what will come to him soon.. then i said, you are lucky because you save from the big wave.. then he just silent and i can see he look so sad.. then he said, im not lucky.. i don't feel lucky.. then i understand what he meant.. we always try to break a subject just to wash away the sadness that he felt... because i can feel it too.

This little girl, she is so cute, and when she saw me for the first time at her house, she so shy, and she did not stop from looking at me (now she made me shy too). she talk alots and she really talk active kind of person.. she is a baby sister to ibrahim, my tour guide... she likes me to be in the family but ibrahim told her, i cant speak thai, so i cant be in the family (as inbrahim translate it to me), so i just laugh at her... that is so funny of her... for the last night i met with her, we walk to the small town and she walk with holding my hand.. she so wonderful and cute person.

Takraw is a game similar to volleyball. You play with a rattan ball, and you cannot use your hands. It looks like fun, but it's very difficult!

Lets hope that one day soon the people of Ko Phi Phi will be able to enjoy a game as they rebuild their lives.

The local currency is baht (1 THB = ca. 0.02 EUR/USD). There is a couple of banks and an ATM in the village.

Note: Do not handle the local currency disrespectfully (e.g. do not step on it), since it has the image of the King’s head on it, and the Thais are very sensitive to any disrespect towards their monarchy.

The local people living in the Tonsai Village are muslims, so please do not go to the village wearing just bikini - they find it offensive. If you come straight from the beach, you can cover your bikini e.g. with a large scarf.

The survivors now dedicate their days to rebuilding the island. We must not forget. We must do our part to help.

Everybody on the island made his or her living by working in a tourist related job. They were waiters, shop owners, scuba instructors, taxi boat drivers, speedboat drivers…