Thailand - Deeper South!

Will you Sandersfields please conduct your internal communications within the confines of your own house please - really, the blog is no place to be discussing who is or isn't suffering from 'dialectitis' (what??).

Now, moving on to the business in hand and then items under 'any other business' (w have some cups of tea issues to sort out). We are now even further south and again, yet another beautiful island - this is Koh Ngai - very small but possibly the best stretch of beach we've ever clapped eyes on - and we've clapped on a few now (that's clapped by the way).

A day out on a snorkeling trip from the island. We came to this - it's the emerald cave and one of the most fantastic things ever!! We swim through a pitch black cave for 80 metres, then you come out into the middle of a secret lagoon that looks like something from the set of 'the land that time forgot' - it was truly gorgeous. It reminded me of a 'lagoon' I used to visit as a kid in Leyburn North Yorkshire - except we could only look at it from above - this one you emerge in the middle of it. Elvis was extremely brave I must say - not being a fan of dark caves or swimming in the dark!



This is inside the lagoon, a full eco-system is going on inside the island.

Another picture from inside the lagoon - the sides were about 200 feet high of sheer cliff all the way around, the only way in (unless your adept at rock climbing) is through the under water cave tunnel.

I know, I know - it's freezing at home and the sod keeps showing pictures of gorgeous beaches - well calm down will you - we'll be home soon freezing with you.

This is the small group we went on the cave trip with - Dave and Sue from England and Joseph from Austria. We had a great couple of night dining - and wining with them.


You won't notice looking at this picture, but we've just moved to another island - Koh Lipe which is a few hours on the boat from Koh Ngai and very close to the Malaysian border. This is the very aptly named 'sunrise beach'

I won't say anything - it only gets you all mad!

Well now, if you buy something from this shop and it's crap, then you only have yourself to blame don't you!

One of those long tail boats parked up on sunrise beach.

Oooh you're a hard lot to please - I can almost hear you making your jealous snipes from behind those frost covered windows.

What do you mean - a posed photograph - rubbish - Elvis really did want to have a swing looking into the rising sun - who wouldn't.

Later that day we left Ko Lipe for a long journey by speed boat and hired car to get to a tree house named 'Tarzan and Jane' - somewhere in the oldest rainforest on planet earth - but as we used to say - that's for another blog!

Cup of tea hysteria - before I try to sort out what's being going on - get your thinking hats on and tell me what this fruit is then (I'm sure I've asked before) - no it's not a pineapple!!

Last questions - I'll try to remember. Well done Mam Elves naming the 'Red Dragon' I'm not sure I asked what it was called but your fortitude in these matters is worthy of a cup of tea indeed!!

The outsourcer has taken leave of her senses!! The cup at the tree is harvesting rubber - not olives - we're not in Italy! The tree is not a mangrove - they grow by the waters edge and have very complex root systems and Sissy Ginny had to put you right on the birds nests! Ginny - 'Git big steps' was obviously right and Outsourcer, thank goodness you got one in the end - the rock formations are called Karsts!! And finally the boat man with all the lights on the boat assures me he's after squid and not the prawn!! Don't worry y'all - rest your brains- the trip is nearly over already for Pete's sake go figure. However - if time permits in Bangkok airport, we might just have time to squeeze in another blog about the aforementioned rain forest.