We were all picked up early from the beach this morning by our very own long tail boat and taken 45 minutes off the coast to a small island where we could snorkel. Karl seemed to enjoy the boat ride and we did the best to entertain him on the way. Once anchored off the beach of a tiny island we took turns snorkelling and looking after Karl and even the boat man entertained him a bit.
After about 30 minutes we pulled the anchor and 15 minutes later we dropped it at another small island, jumped in the water and looked for fish. And a third time, this time anchoring off the coast of a place where the big speed boats drop off Chinese day tourists from Phuket mainland and from our own island. When we got there it was already busy - before 10 AM, and more and more 40 person speed boats parked just off the beach and off loaded until it looked like the island was going to sink from the weight of the people. And more boats kept coming. When we left to go back to Koh Yao Yai we counted more than 30 big speed boats. Busy busy.
Nothing to do in the afternoon except hanging out on the beach and at the lawn at Jeppe and Katrines resort, having a couple of cold beers and reading Weekend avisen and some books. Koh Yao Yai is one of those islands in Thailand with limitied ATM's. Three in total - one in our own village (didn't work) and two other ATM's a bit away. We hired a taxi and headed for two other ATM's given that we had been some days on the island and cash was running a little low. No luck though, not even getting a cash advance at the local pharmacy. So we ended up exchanging some USD to keep us afloat for the next days until being back on the mainland and closer to working ATM's.
It's a story we have learned over the past many months - when you have it, you do not need it, and vice versa. It's like that every time. Food, drinks, money, transportation, everything.
Tonight was also the celebration of the Chinese new year with fireworks on the beach. It is now officially the year of the monkey. We like that.
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| Heading for morning snorkelling |
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| Our nice long tail boat captain |
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| Back in the boat |
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| Ready for the Chinese invasion |
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| Bye bye |
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| A few pictures from Chinese New Year |
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