Surin Islands #Day9

What a day! Over 8 hours of travelling but so worth it! 

We got picked up at 6am and arrived at the private pier at 8am. Here we checked in and had a super nice breaky! 

We got introduced to our guides and had a quick debrief. Our guide’s name was Zach, who was hilarious informing us to keep an eye out for mermaids! 

It was over a 2 hour boat road there, further than Similan Islands. 

Our first stop was straight to the reef! The underwater world was spectacular! We were lucky that the water was shallow and clear so we could get up really close to the fish but you had to be so careful not to step on the coral! 

We saw some Nemos! (Clown fish) 

*all my underwater photos on GoPro 

We travelled 5 minutes around the corner to our second snorkelling location for another hour of snorkelling whohoo! 

Then we went to Surin National Park for lunch: 

We had 1 and half hours to explore the island. Absolutely beautiful and barley anyone around! So peaceful. 

We travelled to our third snorkelling location which was just as amazing as the other ones. So great to have three opportunities to jump in the water! Was pooped by the end cauz we didn’t have any flippers! 

Just when we thought we were all finished for the day, they took us to visit the Morgan Village to explore the traditional lifestyles of the communal people. Here lives 4 generations of people. 

At 3:30 we headed back to the mainland. 

We had some ice-cream and fried rice for dinner and hoped into the taxi to take us the long journey home. 

This tour was so much nicer and smoother running than the other company we went with! Surin Island was a million times quieter than Similan which made so much of a difference. 

Was such a perfect day! 

Patong Beach #Day8

After getting home at 4am we spent half of the day sleeping and watched a movie in bed! 

I got up and went for a 1 hour walk, did some shopping and got a burger for lunch. 

We headed out together and had a massage and some dinner. I got a scrumptious Massaman Curry! 

We had an early night ready for a 6am shuttle up the island for our trip to Surin Island! 

Patong Beach #Day7

We had a huge sleep in after yesterday’s adventures and went for a massage. I got a Shoulder and Head massage which was glorious! 

We booked our next snorkeling trip to Surin Islands for Thursday. Whohoo! 

We headed to the beach for a swim and smoothie. 

By the pool: 

We had Italian for dinner and set off for a night out on Bangla Road! 

Similan Islands #Day6

Today was our day trip to Similan Islands! 

Here is the itinerary: 

This morning we woke up at 5:45 ready for our transport to the pier from 6 onwards. 

The taxi picked us up at 6:30am and we made the 2 hour journey. 

We arrived and was marked off and given a number to collect our snorkel and mask, flippers, towel and put it all in a nifty bag: 

There was a very basic breakfast supplied, some toast and biscuits. We made sure to have some ginger tablets! 

Everyone got given a coloured wrist band to be split into groups. We were red group! 

Unfortunately our group was the last to leave so we didn’t set off until after 10am. 

We set off on the speed boat for the 1 hour and 20 minutes ride to our first stop. 

Our guides name is Emmy and she was so sweet! 

When we arrived we set anchor and jumped in the water for the first time. 

The water was dark blue and quite deep but straight away I saw my first sea turtle! Yipee! We saw schools of fish and I saw a tiny shark. 

There were tinyyy jelly fish on the surface of the water and I could feel them stinging me. Luckily when I got out I didn’t have any red marks or anything. 

*(All my photos are on the GoPro which I’ll have to upload later!) 

After 40 minutes we headed to a beach for lunch. 

The beach was absolutely packed. Lunch was lots of rice and chicken. We walked 10 minutes across to the other side of the island for a swim before the boat met and picked us up again. 

We went to Christmas point. The water here was an amazing light blue and this spot was full of coral and not as deep so we could see sooo many fish nice and close up. It was absolutely spectacular. We duck dived and swam right up to the fish, every colour of the rainbow. 

I did not want to leave after only 40 minutes! 

We jumped on the front of the boat which was super bumpy but so fun! 

Our last stop was at Sailing Rock. 

We climbed up the crowded path. Laura came here just 2 years ago and said there were barely any people so it has become a lot more popular only recently. 

The views at the top were stunning! 

Our guide Emmy, started taking photos for us which turned into a full blown photo shoot haha she got us posing and getting all the different angles, it was so funny. 

Walking back down: 

We headed the 1:20 minutes journey back arrived at 5:30pm. We returned all our gear and had a small bite to eat. Our taxi picked us up at 6:30 and we arrived home tired but more than eager for another trip soon!