Hong Island

Went on an Island tour today to Hong Island, this also included shorter trips to the lesser known Daeng Island, Lading Island and Hong’s Lagoon. Hong is a small uninhabited Island off the Andaman coast, close to Krabi where I’m staying (the south west of Thailand). The beaches were fantastic! We also got the opportunity to do some snorkelling and see some great fish.

On Hong Island there was a trail which took us into the jungle (didn’t meet King Hong). I went with three Chilean guys I met on the boat. We saw some interesting wildlife including some enormous spiders.

What was fascinating was that there were some boats a fair distance in land it turns out they had been swept there by the 2004 Tsunami. I also noticed that on the beach there was a Tsunami warning system in place and instructions on what to do, should a one happen basically you run into the jungle as quick as possible.... simple.

On the way home our speedboat broke down, the warning signs were there earlier in the day when we were at the Lagoon and the engine cut out. The guide, who didn't tell us the boat was broken, suddenly told us we could get out and have a swim which wasn’t on the schedule.

This was good as we got to dive off the side of the boat, however whilst we were doing this the boatmen had all the floorboards up trying to fix the problem. Fortunately when the boat finally did give up for the second time it was close to end pier and another boat arrived quickly. We all moved to the new ship which got us home safely. It was a cracking day.

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