Hong Island

... after my little accident we had a big breakfast at our hotel and set off bright and early as we boarded our private Long Tail boat which Dadda had negotiated for THB 1,700 with the sole inconvenience of having our Thai boatman who couldn't speak a word of English...

...he obviously knew what he was doing though as we were told that the scenery would speak for itself!  In fact he took us to visit some amazing beaches on Hong Island and the few islands around there just about a 20 minute trip off the North Western coast of Klong Muang Beach.  

The Thai boatman handed us snorkelling equipment, bananas, water and lots of stale bread which he indicated somehow would help us get a better idea of the fish variety that populate these waters... the man was right.. .there were thousands of colourful fishies all over the place!  They could eat off Mamma's hand!!

We also saw an amazing lagoon with beautiful colours as well and as the tide was low we could walk around the whole lagoon with the water at Mamma and Dadda's knee height... I didn't want to try walking though as I could see there were crabs, rocks, shells of all kinds and star fish too!

 There was a little island where I was happy to take a few steps until the tide came in and washed the little island away...
 

... and Mamma even picked up a star fish and made me hold it... 

... you didn't tell me this bloody thing is all prickly though... and why do you call it a star-fish anyway.. this thing isn't a fish?!  It doesn't move!!  Get the hell out of here...

We saw other lovely sandy beaches and islands throughout the day and couldn't be happier...

... even my Dadda deserves a kiss!

Again again!!