Hoh Phi Phi Leh’s beauty is objective.  It’s the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen.  Going to this island is alot like what happens when Michael Jordan used to play basket ball.  It’s the feeling a man gets when he sees his first born smiling up at him for the first time.  It’s a knee buckling, heart stopping emotion that most of us only get one or two chances at in a long life time.

This is the same island that “The Beach” was filmed at.  It isn’t photograph-able in the sense that it’s scale and contrast is much too bold to be anything but experienced in real life.  I’m calling it now.  This is the most beautiful place in the world.  It’s not just some lime stone freak of nature, draped in luscious tropical jungle.  It’s not and accidental amphitheatre made by billions of years of chance.

This place is deliberate.

I started my day rock climbing on the main island which is only a 20 minute boat ride from the island I speak of.  There was a considerable amount of rain in the morning so I didn’t bother to take my camera.  Of Course, the afternoon would turn out to be perfect weather.  It’s ok though.  This occasion is not meant to be filmed.  It was for me and if you want to really live, I suggest you get on a plane some time soon

My boat driver was a sweet and caring man who really took it all in like it was his first time every time.  This island is very crowded as you can imagine, but or boat driver took us to an arena like cove just before it was too late due to low tide.  We were the only boat in the place.  The next day, I grabbed a boat again in a second attempt to capture pictures of this place, but it rained the entire time.

The second day though the tide was much higher and I was able to swim in this natural amphitheater.  The second day it was crowded with tons of boats and giggling kids who didn’t seem to share my stoic reaction.  Fortunately I was able to cross my arms behind my back and lay back in the water (forming a natural ocean hammock) and lower my ears just low enough in the water to drowned out the sounds of the spring breakers.  I was still able to enjoy this place as if I were all alone.

Tomorrow I’m off to Malaysia in a 18 hour marathon bus ride

Hopefully someone might be able to fix my computer there!

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