In one day we accomplished so much - those sort of days don't happen too often, so even though it was a non-stop whirlwind, it felt extremely satisfying. After the crazy visa-run, our timing was perfect and we jumped on a bus to Khao Lak on the West coast mainland - probably the hardest hit place in the tsunami in Thailand. We arrived late, but knew we wanted to go to the Similan Islands about 60 km off the coast, so we quickly organised a snorkel trip for early the next day. The Similans - a string of 9 uninhabited islands are renowned for their great beaches and diving. They are stunning, with beautiful turquoise waters, and even though we don't dive, the crystal clear water made for some excellent snorkelling, or 'snorking' as our tour guide would call it! In the first 2 minutes off the boat, we practically landed on a sea turtle and spent the next half hour following him around. We were able to swim down to him and touch him while he suspiciously eyed us up!! Very cool!! There was also some great wildlife on the islands too. Flying foxes, chicken crabs, plenty of large hermit crabs and one very confused hermit crab that had made his home in an old tin can. Check out the photo page for this guy! So instead of camping one night on Island number 4, Koh Miang, we ended up spending 2 nights. It was fantastic, especially when all the day trippers left and then we had the beaches to ourselves. It was great to just be peaceful and chill out; we lazed in the hammock, did some 'snorking' and combed the powder-soft sand for cool, funky-shaped shells. As you can imagine, we really didn't want to leave! *Stub and Mush
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