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... It aims to detail my 1st extended travel experience, and the reason I haven't yet stopped. Couldn't be bothered looking around? Fine, I don't blame you.... as I said it's crap. But at least check out the last entry where I attempt to do something that was ...

... from the roof at the front of the boat to the person steering in the stern, for the 6 hour journey to Don Khong, one of the four thousand islands. The captain was sitting on the roof since the river was very low and he had a better view that way. There ...

... any food and seeing stars. After just a few shops and gelato stops, walking down the same path on this tiny island was 'Captain Awesome' and 'Chuck'! Some shared screeches and hugs were made as they invited us for some drinks down at 'Ibiza Bar' on the ...

... we did some rock jumps and then made our way back to Phi Phi Don. On our way back to Phi Phi Don, the waves were up to 3meters high. The captain started off slowly but this wasn't giving him enough power to go over the waves, so in the end he ...

... by modified car engines attached to rotating pivot arms with a long drive shaft and propeller.   Our particular boat captain adjusted the throttle with nothing more than a string attached to the carburetor.  Unlike the boats in Koh ...

... some distant creatures he had found on a dead table coral across the bay. When we climbed back on board, our captain was obviously impatient to move because he had the engine running and was hitting the throttle before we sat down. He ...

... tipping completely over, we just prayed and prayed that all would work out.....and it did!  After about an hour the captain apparently got word that things were clearing off behind us, so they started up the boat and returned to where we ...

... the return trip, but it did not go by without incident. We did happen to run into (quite literally) a little problem. Our longtail captain must have misjudged the depth of the water in Ton Sai Bay, thinking that there would be a few more feet between the ...

... signed away our rights in case anything happens to us...then we get on the boat and receive a litany of safety instructions....the captain had us all introduce ourselves and say where we were from....the boat was sturdy and sea worthy....  Yeah. ...

... that, as he confirmed my suspicion.  My guess is, as is very often the case, the songthaew driver had a deal with the boat captain and dropped passengers off there for a much pricer trip to Don Det.  Anyway, we got back on the road, until a few ...

... yeah, we don't know how to pronounce it either), which was only about a 15 minute drive from the cabin. This is where the Captain Cook monument is, and is reported to have the best snorkeling in the state along with a resident pod of spinner dolphins. How ...

... real big waves. On our right is a shear cliff of limestone getting pounded by the aforementioned waves. Behind us are the "captain" (who was late to our reservation), and the old rebuilt 1974 automobile engine that refused to start back in the sheltered ...

Today we went on the Fair Winds II for a snorkeling adventure into the pristine waters of Kealekekua Bay and Captain Cook. The captain and crew were professional, competent and fun. They provided excellent instruction not only about the ins and outs ...

... it all to ourselves, as the dive school is only just opening and there are no other customers as yet. Accompanied by the Captain, Walter, his Thai girlfriend, and Henry the Dive school gopher, we cruise out into the sunshine in the direction of Phi Phi ...

... , gorgeous blue waters and soft sand made up for it. We had a tuna sandwich on the boat, which had been made by our captain (just a driver really). We saw some quite large boats going on out.....but our boat was small and contained the three of us, our ...

... other boat at a site. The boat sailed to Mosquito Island and we did some fantastic snorkeling there, lots and lots of fishes. Our "captain" threw some bread to the water which was eaten almost immediately by the fish. Then when we got to the water all the ...

... nashing away nipping you at the same time. As the tourists arrived and the lagoon became as thick with boats as fish, the captain took us around the remaining portion of the island where we saw loads more of the bamboo ladders and some massive jellyfish ...

... the sun and the sea, we got back into Red Van and continued on our way south.  Our destination was the Manago Hotel in Captain Cook, which Lonely Planet Hawaii recommended as a decent place to stay.  It certainly was, and as a bonus, we got to ...

... us if we want a boat taxi! We were persuaded by this Canadian guy on the street corner to go on his day trip: Captain Bob's drunken disorderly tour. Perfect! We waited for ages with another ten people for him to pick us up and he eventually rolled ...

... a nature preserve.  We were going to be the only ones staying on the island, besides our guides, which included the boat captain and his assistant and the cook and his young assistant.  There were other people snorkeling off the island when we ...

... "Teachings of the Buddha" book. Maman: C'est vrai! Tristan: The snorkeling was good.  I fell asleep at the beach.  I don't know for how long, probably only five minutes. Daddy: I think I showed both skill and courage in dealing with the ...