Andaman Sea Kayak Adventure

This is a must do event if you travel to Thailand.  We started off on the large boat pictured below....there were about 5 couples and one had a kid.  

The boat ride lasted about an hour and they took us to this small little island, Koh Naka Yai Island - there was a hut with a bar that served drinks.  They had beach chairs set up and you could rent them for 150 Baht (just shy of $5) per chair.  The water was completely clear, calm and the perfect temperature.  I dove right in and could have stayed there all day.  We were the only ones there except for those working the bar.  I think they were the only people on this island and they lived there too.  I thought how simple a life they must have - no stress, no worries, no commute to work, no traffic/road rage etc.  I imagine they have very little possessions but are still quite happy.  

Wild chickens on Koh Naka Yai - there were tons of them running around the place.  I suspect they eat lots of chicken for dinner there!  

Lunch is served on the boat.....

Another shot of the lunch....

This is tempura - they will deep fry anything and call it tempura here.  They had various items deep fried on this platter - my favorite was pineapple!  

And another shot of the lunch - anyone hungry yet?  Obviously Joe was - he took lots of pictures of the food!  

A view from our boat of Phang - Nga Bay, a shallow bay with 42 islands.  It is most known for it's famous James Bond Island as they call it.  

Joe and I on the boat with an island in the background.  Do we look hot?  It was a scorching hot day on the boat!  

Joe and I on our kayak with the James Bond Island in the background - quite a view - and the best way to see it I must add.  The kayak ride was very calm and peaceful and relaxing.  

So we kayaked through caves on the side of the islands - you have to wait until low tide so that you can go in through the caves.  At some points we had to lay down flat in the kayak to get through.  Inside there is a lagoon with all forms of nature and animals.  Here you can see a full shot of the kayak's we were in - unfortunately we don't have a picture of ourselves in one where you can see the full shot of the kayak.  The couple in the kayak here were a part of our tour and they were from Germany.  Each kayak has a guide who does all the work.  Our guide was Pek and he was great - he was always pointing out things to us and would stop the kayak to take our picture for us.  

This was in a lagoon inside the island - Joe and I really like this picture as you can see the sun rays coming through!  

Look real hard and you can see a little creature here.  Weirdest thing.  It has a head on it like a frog and has legs and can walk.  It has a tail like a fish and swims underwater.  Sort of looks like a tadpole but they never develop into a frog - they always stay this way.  They are called Mudskippers.  

Joe and I ventured out of our kayak in the middle of the lagoon where it was very shallow to pose for a picture.  

This is what they call bat cave.  It was totally dark in here and I had to hold a flashlight while laying down so that the guide, Pek, could see his way.  The flashlight barely worked I might add - no idea how he got us through there.  Anyhow, at one point he told us to look up and we did and with the flash light we could see likely thousands of bats hanging from the ceiling.  If you look at this picture below that is what you'll see.  Later we saw some flying around the lagoon on the other side.  It smelled some kinda bad in there too!  

Another picture inside the lagoon....

This is our view from the kayak while going through the cave - pretty amazing!

That's all for tonight - Joe took one hour of video and is still working on getting it down to a short 4-5 minute clip - I'll let you all know once we update the blog with the video!  

Hope you enjoyed the pictures!