Beaches, pools, islands, and fun!

Well we would love to post more, but we've been so busy working on our tans! :) Actually we have had a lot of fun resting, relaxing, and exploring this beautiful place. We have so many wonderful photos to share when we get back to Bangkok tomorrow!!

Wednesday we took a tour of the Phi-Phi islands by speed boat. We were shown such beautiful places it is hard to write about. One of the islands is where the movie "The Beach" was filmed. There were quite a few people at the beach area all swimming around in the fantasticly warm waters- not like our beach in Oregon! Then we were moved to another island called "Monkey island". Yes, it got it's name from all the wild monkeys that live there. It was really crazy. One of the guys on our boat even got bit by one of them. Thank goodness our group decided they would keep their distance. We were taken to two more islands, one for lunch were it started a tropical storm that was absolutely insane. We just had to laugh and walk around in it until our boat could leave again. At least it's hot, and we were wearing swimsuits anyway! The last beach we stayed at for over an hour and just enjoyed the nice weather again. Some of the group did scuba. Petch tried it, but the stuff was a little big for him. He seems to be pretty adventurous!

Today is our last day here. We will be going to see a popular show called "FantaSea". I think it has lots of elephants, dancing, and dinner. We will see soon.

We have continued to have some stress working with the immigration department in Bangkok on our case. Today they contacted us and set up an appt for Monday morning which we were told will now be our "interview". It's all long and complicated and boring, but this is very good news!! We have a few more steps to do to be able to leave the Country on Friday, the 23rd and we need this interview before the rest can be completed. Thanks to all for your emails, posts, and prayers that things will come together for us!

Love to all,
Hollie & the family