Angthong National Marine Park Ko Samui

Today was Dips birthday so we planned a day trip to Angthong National Marine Park in the Gulf of Thailand. It was early start but the day was already beautiful, blue skies and sun shining. Dip woke to a homemade banner, card and some sweet treats (the best I could do in a place with no shops other than a 7/11!). The trip started with a speed boat …

Quand on pense a Koh Phagnan, on pense immidiattement au Full Moon et ça avec raison ! Le Full Moon est LE party qu'il ne faut pas manquer ! Quoi de mieux que boire des buckets ( ça si on se rend au deuxième bucket) entre amis, se peinturer avec de la peinture fluo, danser au bord de la mer, rencontrer des gens qui viennent de partout et voir d' …

Today was a properly active day as we went on an adventure to Angthong Marine Park.

Now we probably should have thought twice about going today, seeing as the speed boat tour we initially booked on had to be cancelled due to a bad weather forecast. That was error number one. But with only two days left, and both with rubbish weather …

We flew from Siem Reap on Easter Sunday. James skipped breakfast at the hotel in anticipation of the chocolate he was getting at the airport. I wasn't so sure Siem Reap airport would have chocolate, but James' confidence was well founded as there was a entire shop full of every type you could want from Lindt to Toblerone to Cadburys. There were no …

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So, we were up bright and early this morning, to head out on a Sea Safari by Speed Boat, this was quite the adventure. Thank goodness I took some gravol.

We left the pier around 9:00am to make our way to Angthon National Marine Park, it is about a one hour drive by Speed Boat, our boat was named James Bond, quite fitting …

So......I laugh and I joke......however.... the best buds, cherished cousin, related by blood status was nearly relegated to "how soon are you possibly going home (?)" when I lovingly offered my cousin, Kathryn, my tennis shoes on one of our little northern Thailand treks. She claims that it was a bad knee that didn't allow her the absolutely …

We flew in from Bangkok on Tuesday evening, not exactly sure what to expect when we landed. Only a week or so beforehand much of the island had to be evacuated by the Thai Navy due to flooding, and over on the mainland there'd been severe problems with landslides and lack of drinking water and facilities. We'd heard some beaches had been pretty …

Flight to koh samui flight 3602 with firefly. Most amazin relaxed paradise resort when landed. Old fashioned but lovely. Arrived at hotel checked in, 108 steps to the room!! relaxed by pool for few hrs, went out for food spend evenin relaxin. Went down to pool at 10, did bit swimming but started raining so cam back to room. Relaxed. Went to koh …

Today we woke up at around 6 AM to go on our Sea Safari tour. We were picked up at around 8 AM, and headed to the pier. At the pier, we waited 30 minutes, and then left in our boat, the James Bond. It's named the James Bond because one of the islands we went to was the filming grounds of Man with the Golden Gun, a James Bond movie. The boat was big …

Random thoughts so far:

- stray dogs in Thailand are generally bigger, calmer, fewer, cleaner, and less "mutt-ish" than those in Laos.
- the spirits in spirit houses must be very tiny (see pic)
- SO many people smoke and/or have tattoos (especially tourists that I see). I may have to join the majority...
- I have officially …

... die Strassen schlendert. ;-) Mit Timo und Joel hatten wir 2 sehr unterhaltsame Tage, einen Ausflug in den Angthong National Marine Park und einfach eine geile Zeit. Angthong Park: 42 wunderschoene Inselchen gehoeren zum Nationalpark. Waehrend unserem ...

... The chilled out day includes: the beach, the pool and of course the infamous Thai massages! We snorkelled and kayaked around Angthong National Marine Park on Friday 22nd September, which is only reachable by boat and is a 2 hour ride away from Samui. ...

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... who was in fact trying to sell some funky grass to us......totally oblivious!!! :D We took a tour out to Angthong National Marine Park (basically a cluster of 42 islands to the west of Ko Samui) We wanted to try some kayaking and ...

As mentioned in yesterdays blog, today was our date out to Angthong. The whole place was beautiful. Got a minibus to the pier, then a boat which round the islands and served breakfast of fruit and dodgy sandwiches filled with a weird bright green paste ...

We booked a tour to the famous Angthong Islands just off Samui s Westcoast. Wonderful sightseeing and to our surprise very little tourists at the time. Wonderful day ...

... to 'Bo Phut' harbour, where we board our large dive boat. It's a two hour plod out to the small twin rocks at 'Angthong National marine Park' and we kit up and enter the water. What!!!!!!! The visibility is less than five metres, just like a bad day ...

... only 6 or 7 sections, but was great fun none the less.  An hour or so was then spent once again at the Namuang Waterfall 2 to cool off. Tomorrow we’ve planned a trip to Angthong National Marine park – so it’ll be an early ...

Today has been a really good day. After getting to Nathon pier for 8am we began our 90minute journey towards the Angthong National Marine Park by boat.  The journey was nice and relaxing in the warm weather and we ate a small breakfast on ...

... sont aussi pires que les conducteurs de mobillettes.  Une fois sur notre bateau en direction des 42 petites îles du Angthong National Marine Park, on nous a servi un petit déjeuner et même des pilules pour le mal de mer pour ceux qui en ...