2008-04-27 Koh Samui

We get up very early today at about 6am. Today we go on a day trip to Koh Nangyuan. The islands are the property of the finance ministry of Thailand, so every person who visits Koh Nangyuan has to pay a fee of 100 THB. The trip to the islands takes about 1.30 hours by speedboat from Koh Samui. There are three small islands connected by a Y-shape beach. The water is glass clear and warm. It is also a good place for snorkeling, lots of colorful fish swim in between the coral reef.
We are lucky in organizing some snorkeling equipment, cause all are already rented out for the day when we arrive. We see a tour group and think we could ask nicely if they have spare ones, and guess what we are lucky enough that they have two sets left, so we rent from them for 50 THB each. Snorkeling in Nangyuan is great! The colorful fish gather around the people cause some feed them with bread. Sin Sze even get bitten and licked a bit. We take some pictures with a waterproof camera which hopefully will turn out great (and they do).
After sometime, a gray cloud appears and it starts to rain while on the other side of the beach there is still some sunlight, which I think is kinda cool. We get out from the water before it rains too hard, and shelter under the roof for a long-waited lunch. A cute light cat joins us and makes herself comfortable on Sin Sze’s bag. During the lunch time, the sun comes out again and is much brighter than before.
We climb up the nicely-constructed wooden stairs to the mountain viewpoint. The view is fabulous there, with a clear picture of how nice the three islands are connected and how clear green and blue the water is. We take some pictures and walk down hill before it gets too crowded. We have a short nice swim, I lift Sin Sze up and walk back to the sand, before we get on the speedboat back to Koh Samui.
I’m pleased that the boat arrives on time this time. We get on a bus back to the Sundays where we take a relaxing swim in their black-tiled pool and enjoy our dinner there. We fly back to Bangkok in the late evening and stay at the Reflections again for our last night in the Thailand trip.