Phuket Vacation -Snorkelling around Similan Islands

After our snorkel around Phi Phi Island on Thursday, Tony was hooked! So we saved the best for last and ventured out to the Similan Islands... it was worth the 6.15am pick up and 2.5 hour travel time one way (1.5 hours by van and hour by boat). Definitely worth it!

Approaching Island No.8 of the 9 small Similan Islands

We got in two snorkelling sessions... it was absolutely amazing!!! There were fish everywhere... vivid, vibrant, animated fish... the kind that undoubtedly inspired characters for "Finding Nemo" (though we never actually found Nemo) and "The Little Mermaid". We were blown away at the beauty and variety of the underwater world! God is so fantastically creative!

Unfortunately we don't have an underwater camera so if you want to see some of the fish we saw... click here: http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLR,GGLR:2005-39,GGLR:en&q=fish%20similan%20islands&sa=N&tab=wi

Like the Taiwanese, the Thai people have great imaginations. This bay is called "Donald Duck Bay"... can you see it? I thought it was a dog! I would've named it "Great Dane Bay" or "Marmaduke Bay"

All the way home we chatted with 2 Austrian guys who'd been out on the diving boat. Fascinating hobby... Tony was all ears! Don't know what that means... but our golf clubs are already a bit dusty...

If we go back to Phuket... we're keen to go back to Similan...

Here's some info if you're keen:

http://www.phuket.com/island/similans.htm