We got up at 6:30, packed up and checked out, and wandered b
ack to the Ton Sai area, and checked into a guesthouse we spotted yesterday. Not quite the beachfront bungalow we had, but it was a bit more central. That being done, we then signed up last minute for the snorkel tour of the surrounding islands.
The first spot we
stopped at was Maya Beach on Ko Phi-Phi Leh, made famous (and now imfamous?) by the movie 'The Beach'. (I find it amazing how once a place is in a movie, it all of a sudden it becomes more interesting. On an interesting tangent, whenever we tell non Canadians we're from Calgary, they always go 'Oh yeah, you guys had the Olympics'. It really shows the power of these events of putting you 'on the map' in peoples minds).
Anyways, snorkeling at Maya beach was incredible, the water was clear, and the highlight was seeing an Octopus. The next brief stop was Viking Cave, where they collect birds nests for soup (yum), then we snorkeled again at Shark Point, and yes, there are sharks there... we saw about 10 blacktip reef sharks. The next stop was Bamboo Island, where we snorkelled a bit, and hung out on the beach. We finally went to Monkey Beach, where sure enough, there is a tribe of monkeys that harass tourists for food handouts.
That evening, after a great dinner at Cosmic Pizza, I wandered around, and found a bar that had a Muay Thai (Thai Boxing) match going on. It's quite the national obsession - what hockey is to Canada.
ack to the Ton Sai area, and checked into a guesthouse we spotted yesterday. Not quite the beachfront bungalow we had, but it was a bit more central. That being done, we then signed up last minute for the snorkel tour of the surrounding islands.The first spot we
stopped at was Maya Beach on Ko Phi-Phi Leh, made famous (and now imfamous?) by the movie 'The Beach'. (I find it amazing how once a place is in a movie, it all of a sudden it becomes more interesting. On an interesting tangent, whenever we tell non Canadians we're from Calgary, they always go 'Oh yeah, you guys had the Olympics'. It really shows the power of these events of putting you 'on the map' in peoples minds).Anyways, snorkeling at Maya beach was incredible, the water was clear, and the highlight was seeing an Octopus. The next brief stop was Viking Cave, where they collect birds nests for soup (yum), then we snorkeled again at Shark Point, and yes, there are sharks there... we saw about 10 blacktip reef sharks. The next stop was Bamboo Island, where we snorkelled a bit, and hung out on the beach. We finally went to Monkey Beach, where sure enough, there is a tribe of monkeys that harass tourists for food handouts.
That evening, after a great dinner at Cosmic Pizza, I wandered around, and found a bar that had a Muay Thai (Thai Boxing) match going on. It's quite the national obsession - what hockey is to Canada.
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