After a short ride from our hotel, we arrived at one end of Ao Nang beach for our tour. After a few minutes of ride, we reached Poda Island, with its pristine white beach and clear waters, it was a perfect setting for a relaxed time, IF NOT FOR the numerous other longtails and speedboats coming in to the island as well. Was attempting to snorkel but ended up getting out of the water ever so often to avoid been to near the boats. Frustrated, we ended up just sun tanning on the soft beach. Well, at least the tanning felt really good :) So after a short tan, we proceeded to *Cluck Cluck* Island.
Well, we did not really disembark at Chicken Island. We merely went near one side of a overhanging cliff, and took a dip into the shallow waters and snorkeled! A entire school of bright yellow fishes swam around us we threw bread crumbs into the water. The most fun part was holding a piece of bread underwater as the fishes fed from my hand. Simply wonderful, though my partner will beg to differ :P
We dried off on the boat as we proceeded to the next island hop, which was actually a group of three islands. At low tide, it was possible to walk between the three, though at the time when we arrived, only two were accessible. Compared to the beach at Poda Island, the beach here was even more marvelous. Fishes swim very near to the coast, and wading slightly further from the beach yielded schools of the same yellow fishes we saw earlier on. And we even noticed some fish which looked like a smaller version of the swordfish. Stopped over at this spot the longest as we had our lunch here as well, comprising of fried rice, fruits and chocolate coffee cake.
After lazing in the sun for a while, it was time to move on the Railey beach, which despite having many boats there as well, was also a fine beach, with very soft white sand and caves by the side of the beaches to explore (one of which involved the phallus- probably a symbol to pray for children). We disembarked near this Rayavadee resort, which looked rather nice, but was out of bounds to us. However, we did circumvent the premises and looked at some avid climbers doing rock climbing. And did I mentioned that my sandals gave up on me here? It was supposed to last for years! Well, it did for about four years, but how could it failed me here... ended up barefoot for the rest of the journey before reaching the hotel :(
Good times always ended early, and it was time to go back to the hotel. But this time round, we did not let the sunset go to waste, unlike yesterday when we were caught without a camera while we basked in the dwindling rays of the sun. So as per yesterday, we rushed down to the beach after we washed up at the hotel, not before grabbing some chicken wings, a drink and a beer. As we set up the sarong in anticipation of a beautiful evening, we heard a *plonk* beside us. No it was not an inconsiderate person who set up his place beside us, but a dog. Though we had to agree that it was docile and was quietly waiting by the side presumably for the chicken wings that we would offer it, we couldn't allow it to disturb our otherwise beautiful evening. Thus as we stood up and started to move away, the dog immediately left to find another prospect. Talk about efficiency. So as it was, we had a wonderful time watching the sunset, enjoying our food and drinks as we captured the sunset on camera. Breath taking.
Dinner was at an open air pasar malam kind of atmosphere place near our hotel, where we had our tom yum goong (what's new? *Roll eyes*), green curry, grilled squid and vegetables. All for about 400 Baht :) Nothing exciting was planned for the night and we retired to our rooms to do some simple packing. Our last day in Krabi...
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