Day 166 Jan 17 2015 Similan Islands on Choke Duang Ta Thailand

our boat for the tour

jumping from the top deck

yet another beautiful beach

David in gym class

honeymoon bay

fantastic food 

Day 166  Jan 17 2015  Similan Islands on Choke Duang Ta   Thailand

Breakfast was served at 8 am followed by snorkeling.  We dove at 4 different sites around islands # 8 and # 9.  We saw an amazing number of fish a 5 to 6 foot moray eel with the highlight for me being a turtle eating a fairly large jelly fish.  We had 3 fantastic meals that were magically prepared in a kitchen that is no more than 4 feet by 7 feet on the most basic of cooking appliances.  The cook was preparing meals for 17 passengers as well as the crew of 5.  We were also fed a snack of banana fritters that I will have to try to make when I get home.  I am pretty sure that I will be disappointed with the results when I try it as the ambiance does affect the taste.  Toward evening we were taken to island # 4 and were taken to the beach where we saw lots of fruit bats and some type of endangered pigeon.  We walked across the island to the beach on the other side where we were taken back to the main boat.  David and Evy decided to swim.  We went snorkeling on island #4 and saw an octopus that we followed for 10 minutes watching it change colors to match what it was swimming over.  When I would get close to it, it would change to a black color then back to the color of it surroundings.  We tied up to a boy on island # 4 for the night and I finished of the night again with the kids watching the stars from the sundeck.