Thailand -Day 14, Krabi islands tour

Day 14 was a free day in Krabi. Some opted to explore the shops and/or get a massage. John ordered a couple of custom made shirts that were ready that evening.

8 of us took the island boat tour. Luckily it was a calm day to wade out to the boat and clamber aboard.

 

Looking back at the beach.

Our boat load reflected in Gaetens glasses.

We were all provided with a snorkel and mask

to use at the various beaches we stopped at.

Our "mottly crew". Most of the pictures on this post were taken with my phone. For this one Ammy used the panorama, but vertically to get the palm trees.

The snorkeling wasn't great - too many people stirring up the water and scaring away the fish, but we saw some. The swimming was lovely though, so warm.

Here we went through a narrow gap into a lagoon. Most of us up at the bow to get pictures

the rest relaxing in the boat. It was a very "chill" day. We were all enjoying the sun, swimming and leisurely pace to the day. This second week, in the south of Thailand, was much more relaxed than the first.

Of course Ammy was promoting portraits on the bow

and this time I co-operated.

In fact wanted to stay up there.

At the next island we had lunch and then I guarded our stuff while

the others hiked up 100s of steps to that lookout at the top of the cliff.

Views were worth it I gather. Nic wasn't worried about the hike up but with help (takes a village) she made it back down. Photo by someone else.

Then it was time to swim and enjoy the beach.

Fresh pineapple on the return journey.

The ride back gave us more fabulous scenery

of the many islands.

Some with beaches.

The mountains and islands in southern Thailand, particularly the prominent karst formations, were primarily formed by the uplift of ancient limestone seabed deposits caused by the collision of tectonic plates, where the Indian plate pushed against the Eurasian plate, leading to folding, faulting, and the subsequent erosion of the uplifted limestone rock by rainwater, creating the distinctive karst landscape we see today; this process happened over millions of years. AI generated.

Just time to get out of my bathing suit and changed for our last dinner.

We all went to the beach for Ammy to play with sunset shots.

Cousins - Nicola, Mark, our cousin John (from the UK) and myself.

From there we went to a beachside restaurant

with a fire show.

It was another very full, quite tiring day but luckily I was finally shaking the cough and could really enjoy it.