Our target for the day was a boat/canoeing tour around Phang Nga Bay & its strange limestone atolls. We set off in the boat and headed out into the bay. There were maybe 12 people on the boat (mainly Aussies, but who would have guessed?...).
First stop was Koh Panak (Koh = Island) but we weren't alone. There were already 3 similar boats moored at the island.
Our guides set the blow up canoes in the water for us to climb aboard. We weren't given paddles but were instead chauffeured about the islands. Our chauffeurs paddled us into a cave in at the bottom of the cliff. You'll be able to see the cave entrance between the left & middle boats in the photo above. Below you can see that the cave is much larger than it looks in the wider shot.
Inside the cave was a bit like one of those rides at the amusement parks, but without the tacky decorations. This cave was decorated with stalagmites & bats.
We popped out into the light & into this strange lagoon in the middle of the island. The photo below is only a small part of the picture.
Inside the hong (island lagoon) the local inhabitants were there to welcome us. These Long-Tailed Macaques were going about their noisy business around the water's edge picking off mollusks.
As nice as it was we had to leave this little haven. So it was back to the slot where we'd come out of. We did the canoe limbo again & we were back in the cave with the bats.
