-We arrived at the super busy and chaotic boat harbor where tons of people were waiting to go on their various tours. We were told ours would be smaller, but nevertheless we had 35 people crammed onto one small speedboat. Only the people sitting at the very front could see the water.
-We snorkeled off of Khai Nai island. There was surprisingly a lot of fish and most of the people only snorkeled right next to the beach, so once you got out there were even more. The tour gave us bread to feed the fish and Marco loved to throw it at me so I was swarmed. We walked around the island some and had a beer, and ended up being 10 minutes late to the boat (somebody heard the time wrong and wouldn't believe me...).
Views of the island:
-We moved onto another island- Hin Klang- where we snorkeled from off of the boat. This place was almost better because other tour boats weren't there. We saw some beautiful fish and everything from my marine biology tours came back to me.
Hin Klang island:
-It was still a little too early to go to lunch so we boated over to Bamboo Island to lounge around on the white sands and enjoy the bright blue water. This time we were back to the boat on time and managed to sit right at the front.
Marco and I in front of the water:
Me:
-We scooted on over to lunch on what I believe was Leamtong Beach (I lost my itinerary so am trying to piece this together). There was a buffet full of pretty gross food if I'm being honest. I stuck with plain white rice and spaghetti.
-Monkey Beach was next. The tide was too high for us to go onto the beach so we fed the monkeys from the boat. They just sat in the trees and we handed them bananas. One of them tried to jump onto our boat but was pushed off (these monkeys swim apparently). This was Marco's favourite part of the trip hands down.
Marco feeding the monkey:
-We made our way over to Phi Phi Ley. We passed through Viking Cave, where locals apparently collect bird nests to make bird nest soup. Then we went through Lho Samah Bay and Phi Leh Cove, both of which were gorgeous.
Viking Cave:
The bay:
The cove:
-Our last stop was Maya Bay, which is where The Beach was filmed. Unfortunately it was pretty touristy and tons of boats were there, but if you looked past that you could see how beautiful a place it was. Marco and I swam most of the time and waited early for the boat so we could get a place in the front for the final journey back.
Marco and I in front of the bay:
-On the way back our boat ran out of gas so the crew pulled over to another island until another boat arrived with fuel. We didn't want to bob along on the water since many people, myself included, were feeling a little sea sick. Lets just say there are worse places to be stranded than a beautiful island. All of the tourists had left also. The only downside was when the guide mentioned this is the island with sharks around it. Right after we had been swimming of course and at sunset.
Our deserted island:
The impossible dock to walk on:
-We finally made it back to the pier, and after a terrifyingly fast car drive we made it back to the hotel. Unfortunately we were just a few minutes late for the sunset, and for happy hour.
-We took one last swim in the pool and booked our van to the airport the next morning. Yet again we ate at the same restaurant. Italian for me, and a seafood buffet for Marco- his heaven.
Marco's heaven:
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