Tuesday, November 04, 2003
THe first day of doing trips - the 17th
We had booked the 4 Island trip
So we were up pretty early - a Son Tal took us to Ao Nang beach and from there we took a long tail boat over to 4 islands - Tup Island - with a thin stretch of beach connecting two points - some OK snorkeling - a few fish and stuff was pretty good - first time id snorkeled so didnt really know what to expect but it was quite fun.
Chicken Island (which supposedly has a rocky outcrop that looks like a chicken) where we jumped off the side of the boat to snorkel - unfortunatley i had a dodgy snorkel and didnt think to take a life jacket - so i didnt stay in long.
Poda Island had a nice beach and calm warm sea - but not a lot to see with the snorkel
Finally Pranang Cave is a big beach with caves at either end - worshipped by local people
After all this activity we were all pretty knackered in the evening - we did pop down to O'Malleys but didnt stay long.
We had booked the 4 Island trip
So we were up pretty early - a Son Tal took us to Ao Nang beach and from there we took a long tail boat over to 4 islands - Tup Island - with a thin stretch of beach connecting two points - some OK snorkeling - a few fish and stuff was pretty good - first time id snorkeled so didnt really know what to expect but it was quite fun.
Chicken Island (which supposedly has a rocky outcrop that looks like a chicken) where we jumped off the side of the boat to snorkel - unfortunatley i had a dodgy snorkel and didnt think to take a life jacket - so i didnt stay in long.
Poda Island had a nice beach and calm warm sea - but not a lot to see with the snorkel
Finally Pranang Cave is a big beach with caves at either end - worshipped by local people
After all this activity we were all pretty knackered in the evening - we did pop down to O'Malleys but didnt stay long.
SO the morning of the 16th we were up early for the minibus across to Krabi (a suprisingly quick journey this time - although we were left at a bus station in the middle of nowhere and suddenly realised we had no idea where we were going..)
We found a hostel though - the extremely clean and friendly Chan Cha Lay (no idea)
The decision had been made that we were going to be active down here since we had done so little in Samui - so the various tours were checked out and we decided on a few we were going to take
In the evening we popped round the corner to O'Malleys Irish Pub for some food and entertainment from the mad landlady
We found a hostel though - the extremely clean and friendly Chan Cha Lay (no idea)
The decision had been made that we were going to be active down here since we had done so little in Samui - so the various tours were checked out and we decided on a few we were going to take
In the evening we popped round the corner to O'Malleys Irish Pub for some food and entertainment from the mad landlady
