The weather was good to us on Day 3. We had planned for our island hopping trip to Phi Phi Island, organised by See Sea Blue Marine Co. Ltd. The bus trip from our hotel to the pier took about 45 minutes and along the way, Caden had motion sickness and vomited in the mini van 9we had prepared a plastic bag). Thankfully, by the time he threw out, it was near the destination so all of us in the van did not have to smell the stench of his vomit!
The pier was beautiful so we took some pictures while waiting for other groups to arrive.
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| we bought the fish food from the company to feed the fish on one of the islands |
We were then briefed by the local guide on the day's itinerary and the dos and don'ts when we are on the various islands. We decided to follow the Mandarin speaking group because we gathered that it was a smaller group and it will not be too cramped in our speedboat (which turned out to be a wise decision, as the English speaking group's boat was packed with people). Our group made up of 3 Singaporean families (including us), 1 HK couple, 1 TW couple, and 4 Chinese nationals, plus 5 employees of the company.
It has been quite a while since ah lou and me had taken a speedboat, so my ah lou loved the entire journey!
It was the children's first experience on a speedboat and Caden seemed to enjoy the breeze alot.
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| Ethan was enjoying the ride and admiring the view |
We first alighted at Phi Phi island after a 40 minutes ride on the speedboat. The boys were so excited about their upcoming snorkeling experience!
The beach was really crowded at 10 plus am...
With the fish food (which is bread), you get the fishes coming to you up-close..
After feeding the fish, they decided to swim...
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| Super hot day for snorkeling! |
We were given about 45 minutes to 1 hour at Phi Phi island before our local guide brought us to another venue.. When we were wet, the journey to another island was really cold given the wind that was brought onto the boat..
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| Ethan was shivering! |
We were then given about 30 minutes to snorkel in the middle of the sea. I think this is near the Viking cove.. I swam in the water for a while but my eyes were stinging painful after the swim. Winnie had the same problem too.. so we gathered that it's the sea salt content that is causing this.
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| the life jackets helped us to stay afloat! |
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| Ethan was so comfortable in the waters |
Lunch was served at a restaurant in Phi Phi island. Honestly, the selection wasn't good but food was edible. The kids had their spaghetti and its enough to keep them full. Besides our tour company, this restaurant also catered to other tour companies so the crowd was massive.
After lunch, the photographer took some pictures for us (btw, we paid THB 1400 for a full day's photography done by them!)
At Khai Island, which is my personal favourite spot for the day, it wasn't too crowded near 3pm but it was extremely hot and sunny..
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| 1 guy falling on me |
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| 2 men falling on me! |
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| the boys were playing on their own nearby us |
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| on our way back |
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| Ethan was exhausted |
Phi Leh Cove
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| Monkey beach |
Last picture for the day
We were then sent back to our hotel near 4plus pm and after our shower, we headed to a nearby restaurant for our dinner - we were too exhausted to head over to Jungceylon for that day. The dinner turned out to be really good, including the pasta that the kids had ordered
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| he ate the whole pizza by himself again |
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| good thai food |
The sun made us all tired and exhausted and we were asleep before 9.30pm on that night!
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