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OMG we picked the perfect day to head out on a 4 island tour! Yesterday the weather was perfect – not one drop of rain, the temperature hit the high 30s...beautiful.
We chose Baracuda Tour Operator for our 4 Island Tour by Speed Boat. Last time I was here, Mum, Eril and I headed out on the Hong Island Tour by Long Boat – I swore that would be the last time I went on a Long Boat for a looooong distance in Thailand!! We were picked up from our hotel early yesterday and taken to a marshalling area where they could sort everyone into groups according to the tour that you had booked. Everyone with a yellow sticker – that was us – headed in the tuk tuk to the Ao Nang pier. Make sure you check out the piccie of the pier – there were hundreds of boats crammed in there.
We jumped on the speed boat with about 15 other people and headed out to Railay Bay to pick up some more people. Railay Bay is considered to be on the mainland of Krabi Province, you can only get there by boat. I wouldn't recommend staying there, not much to do except lying on the beach and drinking cocktails. Its great for a day trip, you can catch a long tail from Ao Nang off the main beach or hire a kayak at the Last Fishermans Bar is Ao Nang and paddle around.
We headed straight out to Tup Island. Tup island is 2 small islands that are connected by sand when its low tide. Its absolutely beautiful!! Although during low season the water is a bit murky, you can see in the pictures the water was throwing beautiful blues. So refreshing
Next we headed out of Chicken Island for a bit of snorkeling. We jumped off the boat straight into the water and were immediately surrounded by hundreds of fish. They actually started nipping at us – ouch! We saw heaps of parrot fish, clams, and other fish that remind me of coral trout and snapper (although I will have to look them up in Dad's fish books when I get back).
We headed to Poda Island next for a long lunch and swim. We chowed down on some vegetable stirfry, chicken curry and rice. Then we finished off with some fruit – lots of pineapple and watermelon and a cornetto. Whats lunch in Thailand without purchasing a chocolate cornetto whilst lying on the beach!!
The guide took us down to the end of the beach for a walk and showed us the local monkeys (ling lings) on Poda Island. They were so cute!!!
To finish off the tour we headed to Phranang Cave – Princess Cave. This spot is on the far end of Railay West – again if your going to stay in Railay make sure its the West side (the east is Mangrove Forests). We took a walk across Railay from West to East, walking next to the massive limestone cliffs that make Krabi Province famous. We had a quick swim then jumped back in the boat to head back to Ao Nang.
I may have bashed my head getting back in the boat and experienced an excruciating headache – but after some panadol and a sleep we were ready to head out and book out transfer to Koh Lanta. Another travel trip for Low Season in Ao Nang – the boats to Koh Phi Phi, Koh Lanta and Phuket don't travel everyday, in fact its more like once every 3 days! The boats aren't headed to Koh Lanta today so we are booked in to travel by van, then the local ferry's to get us onto the island.
We have both just realized that we are over halfway through our trip! Its going so quickly!!
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mum got back into Brissie this morning after an all night flight on Virgin. Very uncomfortable ride, although the flight was quick-must have had a strong tail wind. Had an absolute ball! can't wait to catch up on Sunday. We fly out at 2:00PM. ps: How's your nails going?