Changwat Phangnga

Yesterday was quite the long day as we went on an excursion! The day started as any other, with some breakfast. We walked down to the breakfast buffet and piled up on the food selection. Once we had finished breakfast, we waited at the resort lobby for the excursion van to pick us up.

From there, we drove off of Phuket Island and to a Longtail boat dock that would sail onto Phang Nga Bay. The first part of the excursion was kayaking along the rock face of mountains and paddling through the tunnels that are submerged during high-tide. We went in expecting to be the ones paddling, but that was not the case as they had guides do that for us. After sitting on the kayak for a few minutes in the beating sun, we were all glad we didn't have to paddle as we were sweating enough by just sitting there. It was cool to get up close and see all the cracks and crevices these mountains contained!

Once finishing off with the kayaks, we then headed towards the main attraction of the excursion, James Bond Island. The actual name of the island is Khao Ta Poo, but ever since being featured in "The Man with the Golden Gun" it has been coined as The James Bond Island. Its signature shape was created by years of erosion and waves, and we all thought it shared similarities to our own Flowerpot Island. After taking some pictures, we both jumped in the water to swim around the island. We wish we could've stayed there longer, but unfortunately only so much time was dedicated to this location on the excursion.

The next stop on the excursion was the Floating Muslim Village on the bay. Here we received our lunch and were given about 30mins to explore. The main things we wanted to see were the Mosque and the Floating Football Pitch. We weren't able to get the best view of the Mosque but by walking a bit further we discovered the pitch! It was pretty cool and interesting to see, but I can only imagine there'd be as much swimming as soccer when games are played on it (but that actually sounds right up my alley - Noah). We rallied back to the Longtail boat and set sail once again. This was the final stop of the boating portion though, so we returned back to the docks.

After getting off the boat, we loaded back into the van and went to the last destination of this excursion, Suwan Khuha Cave, or the Monkey Cave. This was a Buddha Shrine within a cave and featured a large Laying Buddha which was cool to see. The only issue was that this cave seemed to trap all the heat inside it and became extremely muggy. Even though we were out of the sun, the cave ended up feeling hotter than outside! We were happy seeing everything within the cave and getting out so we could breathe some fresh air!

After that, we were done the excursion and the van brought us back to the resort. Upon arrival, we immediately changed into our swimwear and hopped into the pool for some relief from the cave. We discovered a swim-up bar where we enjoyed a couple drinks before hopping out and grabbing some dinner. Once we finished dinner, we got ready for bed and hit the hay!Baca selengkapnya