Koh Hong and Environs, 2

Continuing our January 16th cruise to Hong Island and environs...

So we are headed for the island on the right, which has a small beach on the
other side: Rai Island, or possibly Paradise Island, or maybe Pakbia

Our vessel, #14, anchored for lunch

The view

Setting up for lunch, Vicki resting in the background

Which turned out to be two curry dishes, chicken and maybe pork,
a veggie dish, and rice; all Thai-flavored, but not too spicy

Vicki testing the waters; I do not go in water with less than
1% chlorine content

I think the meaning of the rock hanging here might have been
"mind your head"

Adjacent island where we were to have lunch--no parking space ("uninhabited");
"nobody goes to the Silver Slipper anymore, it's too crowded"

Anyhow, with the water rising, we long-tailed back toward
Hong Island

Now on the other side of Hong Island, Vicki swimming

Us, there, beneath a humongous stalactite

Looking up into a giant cave

The view; the Andaman Sea, part of the Indian Ocean, was calm as a lake that
day

Now in Hong Island's famous lagoon

Selfie in the lagoon; no sign of Leonardo Di Caprio; nor of
The Creature (wrong color lagoon)

Looking toward the narrow inlet, about two boats wide

On the homeward leg; the pilot is siphoning fuel out of the
reserve tank while the guide steers...just a little more
excitement

We made it back in fine order, an excellent outing