I Don't Believe It

Friday morning we got up at the crack of dawn and decided to climb to the highest point on Phi Phi aptly named Phi Phi Viewpoint. After 40 minutes struggle to the summit with several rests on the way where people overtook us, we put it down to a general lack of fitness on our behalf. But once we reached the top in the glorious sunshine with sweat dripping off us, barely able to talk for the first few minutes we realised just how beautiful Phi Phi island is.

The View As You Reach The Summit (the small island in the background is where 'The Beach' was filmed)



The View On The Other Side Of The Island



In This Photo You Can See Just How Close The Two Bays Are



Wish You Were Here?





Going down the mountain was alot easier than going up,and we were feeling quite smug and proud of our prowess until halfway down we saw a guy who must have been about 80 and when we were talking to him he explained he lived at the top of the mountain and he climbed it every day needless to say we didn't feel smug or proud anymore.

Later that afternoon I started to come down with a temperature, by teatime I could hardly move and had deep pains in all my joints and it felt like someone was pushing knitting needles through my muscles and to top it all off I had the mother of all headaches.
Fortunately we had been speaking to Leah a few nights previous and she had explained she had Dengue Fever a few weeks before. All the symptoms she described were the same as I was suffering from and they got more severe over the following couple of days. Even though at this point Helen was still a bit sceptical that I had Dengue and thought it more likely I had "Man Flu".
This morning the fourth day of fever we went to the hospital for blood tests and had it confirmed and are now required to go back for another two tests. Hopefully if the tests come back okay we should be able to continue on our travels to Railay as we are already a week behind schedule as it stands.

I'll be back.....