On day two of our TAT trip to do product testing for quality tourists, we checked out of our hotel in Trang and drove 90 minutes further south to Satun.
Our destination was Pak Bara Pier which is the jumping off point for people who want to take a boat to Tarutao National Park. This was the first marine park in Thailand. There are 51 islands though only 7 are of significant size. As it is the weekend there were a lot of Thai people there.
These first two pictures were taken at Koh Rawi. Everyone was here on a day-trip as there are no places to stay. We were there to eat lunch and also to snorkel in the crystal clear water. The coral was impressive even though it wasn’t far from the white powdery sand.
After Koh Rawi we went back on the boat to explore some of the smaller islands. Many of these were used in the old days as bases for pirates. We stopped in about three locations to go snorkelling. Including this beautiful stone island below.
As expected the crystal clear water, the colourful coral and fish gave us all a wonderful experience that we won’t forget for a while. We are now staying at a resort on Koh Lipe.
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better than KFC and McDonalds lol but the name...
Andy
26/04/2010 at 12:21 am
That stone island is named Ko Hin Ngam – beautiful stone island. Looks like Tarutao did not change much since I went there nearly 10 years ago, and hope it will stay such a mostly undisturbed nature area.