The hotel has a really great breakfast so we enjoyed it.
At 9AM we were at our pick up point for the tour to the Phi Phi Islands. This is something that was on Caro’s bucket list so we were looking forward to it.
We got picked up in a bus and taken to the local marina.
Yesterday I mentioned about longtailed boats. I took a photo today. These boats are very common here and we could have done the tour today on one,but we chose a tour on a speed boat with three 250 Horse power Honda outboards.
Our tour today included quite a few stops at wonderful beaches.
The first photo above is a screen shot of our location Ao Nang while the second is further south showing the Phi Phi. Islands
Our first stop after 45-50 minutes blasting across the ocean was Bamboo Island. Wonderful scenery here (actually everywhere was wonderful). These islands are top tourist attractions (and we saw MANY people and boats today)
We next went to another island and here we went snorkeling. I wasn’t going to join Caro in the ocean
but I changed my mind. There was some wonderful coral and beautiful fishes there.
Next was lunch on Phi Phi Don Island. This place is large enough to have small hotels, cabanas, and a lot of restaurants and bars. It was a very good meal
At some point after lunch we stop at an inlet called Monkey Bay and yup, we saw a wild monkey.
We went to Pi Leh Bay as well (I think this photo is from when we were entering the location-getting mixed up a bit with so many wonderful places we saw today).
The next stop was probably the best, Called Maya Bay it screams “take photos” so of course we took many. At this beach there is absolutely NO SWIMMING (there are some kind of security to prevent anybody going into the water above the knees). The sand is so powdery many people just remove their footwear before stepping on to the beach. It is really a wonderful spot.
There was a place we stopped for swimming (just Caro actually) and a final stop and photo op at Viking Cave
The tour cost us only $C65 each which included the National Park entry, the snorkel gear, the buffet meal and bottles of ice cold water (much needed today). A great price for what we got in my opinion.
We were back in Ao Nang at our hotel before 5:45.
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