Long story short we had a great time but no piccies I'm afraid (good thing too - my camera would've been soaked). The trip ended with a visit to this surreal aquarium-cum-fish farm where a series of square nets containing turtles, sharks and other big fish were divided by walkways made up of wooden boards strapped to floating barrels.
Every time a boat passed the waves made the walkways rock. They were only about a foot and a half wide so it was very precarious and we were terrified of falling in with the sharks swimming just below. I felt that some of the turtles really shouldn't be there in these tiny 2 by 2m nets and was especially tempted to liberate a small hawksbill but I was wary of the number of people watching and the fact that they were a hundred times better than me at walking the sharky walkways!
I took a long walk along the beach that evening and it was phenomenal! The sun was setting and the sea was still warm, the tideline was littered with cuttlefish shells and little clam shells amongst wiry bits of driftwood. Butterflies flap along the beach here too - I always thought films romanticised these scenes with CGI but it really happens. The Thai kids came out in force as I walked along, sticking their tongues out and demanding that I show their friends the hand games. The little daughter of our hostel was introduced to me as "Entee" and her friend "Tun" follows her around. We went back to the hostel and I made them origami flowers and cranes which they demanded by flapping their arms and pouting - so cute!
Entee took a load of pictures with my camera.
They were still out running around the Muay Thai boxing ring in our bar at 11.30pm that night as I joined Tom on the beach to give him a frisbee lesson and do some yoga. He was sporting a new tattoo!
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