Poda Island
Chicken Island
Tup Island
Pranang Caves
Today, we island hopped by long boat. It's a lttle bit slower than speedboat but all the islands are close together and the sea was calm.
Our day began from Ao Nang beach...
Poda Island
By the time we arrived at Poda the sun was already high and it was only 9.30am - perfect for a little snooze, I mean sunbathe... This island also has monkeys but they hadn't come down from the mountains and anyways they're also really wild and pretty nasty, apparently.
Chicken Island
Chicken island, as it's name suggests is not full of chickens, but in the shape of one! It's got a head & beak formed by the cliffs, a body and wing shaped by the mountains. We stopped in the sea for snorkeling (at which point I shredded my hands on the oysters when I tried to grab a rock as a wave went over my head, slipped & twisted my toe climbing back up the ladder onto the boat and fell and banged my knee - all the bad karma catching up with me for being grumpy at breakfast). We also went to the beach on Chicken island but walked across the sea from the next island, let me explain...
Tup Island
Tup island was actually two little islands connected together by a gorgeous little beach which forms when the tide goes out. It was like being back in the Maldives. The sea is light blue and clear and the colourful schools of fish swim circles around you in their large numbers. You can also walk on water!!
You can walk across the sea from Tup Island to Chicken Island. Under the sea, a natural sand bank has formed with coral walls each side allowing you to walk across the sea between the two island!
Pranang Caves
The final stop before heading back. The Pranang caves are on the same coastline as Raleigh beach. Our tour guide took us through the caves - what he didn't tell us was that it was pitch black in the middle and you litterally have to crawl under some tiny openings to get back out. Thank god for the good old iPhone flashlight!! Visions of a few bumped heads, with nobody telling you where you can walk & where you have to crawl, they didn't provide torches so you either have to feel your way or be lucky enough to already be carrying a light source.
We made it through safe and sound. A bumped head trapped in a cave would have just been my luck and a great way to end a day full of cuts & bruises!
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I think the Tup Land is Bow Land - it is shaped like a bow tie!
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