On the right you can see the mountainous other half of the island we were on (Koh Phi Don). In the background you can see Koh Phi Ley, the smaller uninhabited island where Maya Bay (made famous in the movie The Beach) is.
And here's the view from the top! See how thin the strip of land that separates the ocean? (This is the reason the death toll on this island was so high when the tsunami hit - all of the high rise fancy resorts that used to be on Phi Phi where built on this tiny strip of land that's only like 200 yards wide. When the tsunami came through, it pretty much bowled right over these buildings without anything else getting in the way.)
After we'd finished hysterically laughing and we'd caught our breath, we decided to hike up to the highest point on the island to watch the sunset. Here's a view of one of the beach areas from about halfway up the really long steep path to the island's scenic overlook.
After stopping back out our hostel and lazing around a bit, we wandered down the road a bit and ended up eating lunch at another hostel down the road that had a tiny little restaurant on a huge, sprawling porch that looked out onto the mountains.
...we rounded a corner and our driver pulled over to the side of a the road so that we could check out one of the most breathtaking scenic overlooks I've ever seen!
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