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Cool cave exploration
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Yesterday we went back to see our local restaurant owner and again he gave us a free water refill. We asked to have a picture of him and suddenly he ran inside and brought out a massive tripod with camera attached so he could have a photo with us also.
Had breakfast in the Thai pancake shop which had at least 50 different varieties and we thought we'd died and gone to heaven. We paid the obligatory 50 baht for the longtail boat and got on the tiogerli9ne ferry headed for our next stop, Ko Mook. I had the bright idea of getting my mattress out and we were soon lazing the hours away ion our swimmers sunbathing on the roof of the boat - bliss! Got chatting to a couple on there and turns out he was an ex Leeds Met student but now owns some kind of massage business -shame they weren't coming to Ko Mook as a massage would have been great!
On Ko Mook we managed to find a place to stay called Mookies which was owned by an Aussie called Brian. Our accommodation was kind of a permanent tent complete with table, fan and light and a proper mattress so it wasn't that bad, plus Brain gave us a free drink in his bar (an alcoholic one too!). Again our first port of call was a dip in the water - this time emerald green so not great for snorkeling but picturesque none the less.
That evening we had dinner in a little restaurant perched on the cliffs but the location superseded the food unfortunately. Back at Mookies bar we met a young couple Abbey (from Thetford, Norfolk of all places) and Joseph (a Kiwi). We also met a nice Swedish coupe who told us we should go and kayak into emerald cave (the sole reason why we'd come here actually) as it was so beautiful that they'd got engaged in there - how romantic. In the bar that night was also Dawn, Brian and Brad from the UK. Brian had been a truck driver in the UK (even knew metalbox in Wisbech!) and had since retired, made a boat and 5 years ago set off to sail around Asia - lucky guy!
Today I got my lazy bum out of bed early and went off for a run around the island, I had no clue where I was going but it's a small place so I figured I couldn't go too wrong. I followed a path which seemed to lead all the way around the edge of the island but unfortunately it turned into a tough scramble over rocks but I managed to get back so it worked out OK in the end. Brian told us he owned the kayak hire place on the beach and we should go and reserve some for the afternoon, especially since some others we'd met were keen to come along so we did just that. However, when we went back to pick up our kayaks they seemed to have no clue about this and just laughed and there were only 2 single kayaks which would cost more than us renting a double. Ollie got a bit angry understandably but we had no choice and off we went. The coastline was amazing and soon we came across the cave but since it looked busy with tour boats we ventured further around the coast and went to a beach for some snorkeling where I saw some nice fish and tons of fat red and beige sea stars. We returned to the cave entrance and ventured inside into the darkness. Suddenly it opened up into a huge hole in the roof of the cliff with a beach inside and was beautiful. There was hardly anyone else there, just a couple of kayakers but soon we were joined by some more backpackers from our place. On the way back the tide had dropped considerably so it gave us the chance to explore all the small tunnels and overhangs along the coastline which was brilliant.
Dinner tonight was in the Sawadee restaurant, where we'd eaten breakfast and we had a great meal yet again and played with the cute puppies they owned. Tomorrow we're aiming to head to Phuket which is supposed to be a tourist ghetto but my friend Kate (who I met in Singapore) has invited us to stay for a few days.
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