Friday, November 23, 2012

Day 31 - Snorkel tour of Koh Tao

At about 8:30am we met up with the tour group and hopped on a catamaran with about 15 other people.  The tour took us to Shark Bay, Mango Bay, Aow Leuk Bay, Tanote Bay and Nangyuan Island and included lunch!


Paparazzi Shots from our Captain
 














Pics from the boat


At Shark Bay we unfortunately didn't see any black-tip sharks, but later in the morning at Mango Bay I did have a 2 meter black-tip shark cruise underneath me...which both scared and thrilled me!  Apparently black-tip sharks don't usually bother with humans but have been known to nibble on people's ankles if wading in deeper water.

At Aow Leuk Bay we were lucky enough to see about 2,000 medium sized silver fish schooling just outside of the bay which was just amazing!  After lunch we visited Tanote Bay and again were impressed by the number and variety of fish...but never did see the elusive Clownfish!

At about 2pm we landed at Nangyuan island, and we were sternly warned that if we were to bring any plastic bottles onto the island we would be charged 200 baht per bottle.  Apparently they have had a big problem with tourists drinking out of bottles and tossing them from the peak of Nangyuan - that was sad to hear... I found it hard to believe that people would want to ruin such a beautiful place!




Gorgeous beach on both sides with plenty of fish to see







View from the top of Nangyuan


Boat ride back to Koh Tao

Dinner was at the hotel and exhausted, we turned in for the night.



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