Tour: Koala KHAO LAK, the SIMILAN Islands + pioneering travels Milan

With regard to the SIMILAN Islands, yearning for a long time, the world's 10 best diving sites, one of the four last went to Thailand, have not gone, the last is at the end of October, while waiting for there on the island, there is no catch, this time the trip after the Spring Festival has finally let me pass.

SIMILAN Islands by a total of nine small islands, is Thailand's National Park, the annual November-opening April, other times the waves will pass it to the Mainland, size vessels will not be able to rely on.

Read the introduction of Hong Kong friend, SIMILAN is not only a Mecca for diving, snorkeling, you can see in PHIPHI dive sights, further down to see the spectacular marine life, stretches of corals.

The scenery, the beach, coral reef, tropical fish, are much better than PHUKET, PHIPHI, is also a dream-like paradise.

After the Spring Festival and going to Thailand for a month, the top 10 with some friends in PHUKET, RACHA, PHIPHI play, I was also serves as a guide, package shipping, rental car, and take them on vacation or something.

And so they went away, I began my diving courses.

First day diving course, morning teachers in the teacher explains, in English, it is said that the Chinese school can be found, just look at the DVD, knowing a few diving points.

You can find Chinese diving course materials, but the teacher explaining when quickly, even if you think the Chinese book in advance, to the swimming pool, a teacher's face to face, if your English is not passed, is still very troublesome.

So, English is not good for friends, be sure to report on a Chinese teacher of course, I remember PHIPHI.

Day 1 afternoon in the pool, basic exercises all need to have seen it, and went home at night, one afternoon in the pool, soaking in the evening back in KARON BEACH

In the hotel until midnight 12 points is waking, upstairs at the afternoon a ablaze, upstairs look underground on music is like a HOUSE, would like a ROCK, excited.

Dressed to ride the bike will find along the sound of music. To a later found to be caught up with one of PHUKET's what Festival, with the Chinese temple, everyone jumped in a DISCO, a table placed in the early 1990s China DISCO music. Depressed bad I, took some powder, drank beer, killing two.

Two days later in the day, a day in RACHA PHIPHI diving, basic difficulty is not too large, very happy to take the PADI OPEN WATER diving licence.

Immediately going to SIMILAN began swiftly.

SIMILAN Islands in the North West side of PHUKET, PHUKET from the first to do car to KHAO PANG AN over KHAO LAK LAK, from a pier near the PIER by boat to the SIMILAN TAPMALU.

KHAO LAK from or you can walk, you can start the morning directly from PHUKET, sat 2 hours car to TAPMALU PIER dock, from the Terminal and then 1 hour speedboat to SIMILAN.

PHUKET full street tourism agent point has a lot of SIMILAN line, one is diving, live aboard, 7 2 day left submerged 10000B also preferable, anyway, is the number of days the more economically viable.

Then is the 1 day SIMILAN, 2 days, 3 days tour.

Including pick-up, tickets, park fees, snorkeling equipment, food. For many small island, 1 day, basically is a catch, morning first 3, 4 hours of travel back to a point over there, snorkeling, dinner, 8 Island activities, and snorkeling, back, too catch, serious is not recommended. 2 days 3 days is live on the island's tent or bungalow, play better, do not miss. The price of 1 day, 2 days 3600 2600B, 4600 almost three days. This is the price of living in tents. Can McCain.

KHAO LAK is a famous Thailand's Backpackers tours focused, many people go to one won't go to PHUKET, KHAO LAK directly to, here are many travellers in Europe, particularly in Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, majority, many travel magazine also focuses on, cheap, quiet, scenic world-class, long coastline road.

However, a tsunami, here is the whole Thailand's largest disaster-affected area, 10 metre high wave front sweep the KHAO LAK shoreline, the number of victims is Thailand, most places, like a beach there are thousands of people are away.

KHAO LAK was a heavy blow, more than half of the hotel are the volume into the sea, tourism also has just been restored.

From KARON BEACH on the island to the North of the first junction, 15 minute trip to PHUKET TOWN bus (PATONG also), bus to the bus station 20B. PHUKET

In PHUKET bus station, every day many cars to KHAO LAK, 100B. 12: 30 a, it is very good.

Two hours later in the afternoon to KHAO LAK.

The first feeling is disappointed!!

There is only one 500-metre-long main street, in the sides of the road, some shops and hotels in KARON BEACH than so prosperous.

Scattered around the circumference in many hotels, there is a very central area of

Far away, so will feel very quiet, the landscape, the price is cheap.

There is also a 5-star luxury hotel.

More SIMILAN diving shop.

Consumption than PHUKET cheaper, eat anything, diving price is cheaper.

Trunk there are 500 m away from the seaside, seaside new fixes some of the hotel.

Remember that there is a very nice new hotel, beach cabins, not a luxury, it is very warm and comfortable, a fairy tale, 34-Star standards, a night 1200B.

I live in a newly opened hotel, GUEST HOUSE, also written in Chinese, but new hotel, very nice to be able to catch up with domestic 4 star.

Invincible sea view. 1000B, air conditioning, breakfast, HBO, very good.

KHAO LAK backpack aggregation areas actually is very small, the shop is not too much, but the basic enough, 1 711, numerous diving shop, a bar, 10 to some Cafe, hotel most can't go online, there are Internet cafés on the street.

KHAO LAK I just went off the accumulation area near the beach, the beach does not know why the sand is dirty, black.

The sea is not very good, walk away, the sand can also, but is not very fine, not very good, only the water products, PATONG seawater and PATONG, PATONG but no foul odor.

So, I basically KHAO LAK will no longer go, unless you go to it's original forest or something, or go to SIMILAN, if you live in PHUKET, don't want to get up to 5: 00.

2 days, 8 am to SIMILAN, took the big box of luggage.

To the PIER, this very TAPMALU dirty Pier, mostly fishing boats, docks have a naval base. With warships.

I was 3 day 2 night trip, take a speedboat.

Single person lucky enough to meet the seven sitting across from France to girl. Therefore, the first day was very cool.

It is strongly recommended that tastes like diving or snorkeling, necessarily next to PHIPHI, SIMILAN previously, in PHUKET to buy a better mask, what is more than the standard? 2000B.

Submarine world, be sure to use good mask to see more clearly.

Why do I end the PADI OPEN WATER diving licence. without going to the divers.

Because I also like snorkeling, I do not go on anti-submarine with equipment to 8 meters. And I know the island can also be set to SCUBA DIVE, but cheaper, time mobile. I have a lot of vacation time.

Snorkeling I suggest that you use Web feet that can be put on the belt buckle.

Comfortable, mask must be appropriate.

First day to 11: 00 first superficial, like 9, island, near the excitement of water, coral, but fish than PHIPHI, beautiful, a little wave, seawater as RACHA and BANGBOO clear.

Noon came to the famous 8, island, famous for the peak of the island of stones, the sea, hopeless, too beautiful, sand and no difference with flour, I went to Thailand and Indonesia in all of the beach, here is what I've seen the best of the beach.

Food good, in the open-air seaside dining restaurant, the food is not too fine, but higher than domestic travel belt to hundreds of people.

After climbing the famous peak of the upright stones large eggs, overlooking the beach with art.

2: 00, departure at 8, island snorkeling after resident 4 Islands.

Tomorrow will continue in the SIMILAN island of savage, 4, 7, island life perfect superficial, 5, 6, island SUCBA DIVE.

(SIMILAN island overlooking the weather, no. 8, not lit)

(KHAO LAK sunset)

(SIMILAN National Park)

(Camping tents outside the 100-metre underwater)

(8, island giant egg)

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