I had already made some arrangements to visit Phi Phi Island and Phuket for about 2 weeks in the second part of February, much before this horrible disaster struck Asia.

It's actually a part of a surprise Asia trip I'm taking my parents on, so I would like to make the most of it.

I've booked the Holiday Inn on Phi Phi Island, which claims that everything is "back to normal", although there may be limited touring to neighbouring islands - something I wanted to do.

http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/6c/1/en/hd/PHUPB

I have also found this web site which lists the status of many hotels in the area:

http://www.sawadee.com/tsunami/hotels.htm

Does anyone else have any plans to visit the area in the near future? Any thoughts as to how long it might take to stabilize things?

Any suggestions? Should I go elsewhere? I really wanted to take them somewhere beautiful, like Phi Phi. Although at this point, I could go almost anywhere out of BKK.

Thank you in advance,
Peter.