Day 1
Minibus to the ferry port, the driver was a completer lunatic. He stopped and picked us some wild fruit on the way, it tasted like shit.
The boat from the ferry port to the islands was BEAUTIFUL. We were in paradise.
We found a little basic chalet on long beach, we had sea views, pretty luxurious, it was the most expensive accommodation we'd stayed in at 60rm a night, but even that was only 12 pounds a night. (The keyboard on this netbook doesn't have a pound sign, grrr)
We spent the day swimming in the amazingly clear and warm water, in the evening we took a walk to 'Coral Bay' which is on the other side of the island. I was freaking out because I had seen an absolutely massive spider hanging above my head in the jungle which you go through to cross the island.
We ate on the beach watching a lightening storm in the distance, i will never forget how beautiful this was!
The return back was the most horrible experience, we hadn't thought to bring torches with us and so we had to walk through the jungle in the dark. Olly was fine, obviously having seen a spider the size of my face earlier that day I was actually squealing like a little girl. Olly has never laughed so much, I don't think I've ever been that scared and he definitely hasn't seen me that scared, every movement or sound was freaking me out. In hindsight it's hilarious, not so much at the time.
Day 2
Not so much to report, we wen't missioning across the rocks that boarder the islands coast. Olly had to carry his bag above his head to stop it getting wet, we bought a waterproof bag the next day.
Mr coconut.
This guy joined us in the evening he was munching all the moths by our light.
Little and large.. haha. The little moth is UK size
In the evening we had a few drinks on the beach, Olly was with a couple of guys playing with a fire staff. I regret having no photos of this, it was wicked. :(
Day 3
We rented snorkel equipment and wen't off in search of some underwater magic. I don't think either of us were prepared to come across 5/6 baby black tip reef sharks. One guy said he'd seen 11, we all agreed we were glad we didn't bump into mummy and daddy.
It was a little frightening but mostly just amazing.
This was the single most amazing evening EVER.. why? Well we crossed over the island again (this time actually equipped with our head torches) to go and catch the sunset.
These pictures say it all...
Olly got annoyed with the cloud blocking the sun, i actually thought it was quite cool. We decided it was like the sun getting changed and quickly popping behind the cloud for some privacy :)
The evening ended with a BBQ, I ate Kingfish and Olly had Barracuda, YUM!
We leave tomorrow to go to Penang. The islands were beautiful, but neither of us really sunbathe (and that's pretty much all there is to do apart from drink and eat) and they were quite expensive in comparison to everywhere we'd been. I would love to come back here with friends on a holiday though. It was breathtaking.
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