On Sunday we left from Chalong Harbour in a huge 75 person speedboat, 4engines, 225 HP each and raced to PhiPhi (pronounced Pee pee, I kid you not). We had an excellent snorkel, quite a few boats around but everyone was feeding the fish (bread) and there were plenty to see. Incredible visibility and of course exceptionally warm water. Not much colour in the coral, and you had to be aware of other boats around when you surfaced. Back on the boat and arrived at another beach on Phi Phi for our lunch. Happily the tables were under cover as the sun was very strong. Lunch was Thai food and some spaghetti and meat sauce as well, very good and plenty of it. Beer was available for a price so we availed ourselves of it! In the afternoon we sped to another, much smaller (5 minutes to circle it) island for an hour of swimming and snorkelling if you wished. We tried it but the visibility was much less and the water not especially clean. We were back at our hotel by 5:30 and enjoyed a hot shower before heading out for dinner.
Monday, our final full day in Phuket and Thailand, we spent at the beach in the morning. We got a front row umbrella this time as we went and staked our claim early. After lunch I had a Thai massage, very nice, for $8.50. Won't find prices like this back home. Tonight it is dinner and then a careful packing of our belongings, which have multiplied during the trip!
4 comments:
Sounds a little like a Mexican snorkelling tour with all the boats.
That's what it reminded us of too, Ernie. Better visibility and more variety of fish though.
What a trip!! Great blog, mum! Nice little picture of Dad sipping on a coconut, too. I really like the sunrise/sunset pics. But, I must agree with a recent email from Neil - where he questioned why Dad was complaining about crowded beaches in Phuket, while he and Carl, Ontario and Quebec, readied themselves for the second major freeze of the Canadian winter!!! Quite the juxtaposition, no??!!
Yes, life is 'rough' here too! I was body surfing yesterday at Coogee beach (this was the beach where u, Dad and I ended our marathon walk!) when I came about 5 feet from a blue bottle stinger...man, did I get the heck out of the water double fast!! I was surprised i actually saw it...but the lifeguards repeated the same line we heard at Manley beach in North Sydney!! The conditions were uncharacteristic for Coogee beach: 8-9 foot swells and breaking right on the sand...not great conditions, but even with all that, the Aussie Pacific is too tempting!
Hi there Mama-E, just to let you know I have posted on myblog the bolster pattern you requested! Looks like you had a great time in Thailand, thanks for stopping by ;-)
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