Sailing Day 3 - Dec 30 - Ko Pharya Nak & Bamboo Island

On the third day we went to Ko Pharya Nak where they filmed the movie the Beach. It was very beautiful. The first cove we visited had some tourists, but it didn't keep us from enjoying the incredible scenery. Gillian, Charles, and Chip snorkeled and John wasn't feeling well so he and I decided to go kayaking. I immediately flipped us both into the water but John was a good sport and climbed right back on. We met up with the others and ventured to the beach where we hung out for a while. We even saw a toilet plumbed right into the ground.  Weird.  Next we visited monkey beach where the kids fed some monkeys - mom might never get over that one! Scary!!! We ended the day on Bamboo Island where there were loads of tourists. We walked away from them and had a nice time shelling. Charles found a large spikey one that was really beautiful. We headed back to the boat and John started  to feel really sick. He spiked a fever and we took him to the "hospital" where they gave him Tylenol and nausea medicine. He threw up most of the night but felt better in the morning.  Poor little guy. As soon as he felt better he jumped up and asked to go fishing... What a guy!

This was the first cove we went into.

Chip saw a couple of these starfish while he was snorkeling.  It was bright purple and apparently poisonous.

This was where they filmed The Beach.    Its a little hard to see from this distance. There must have been 1000 people on the beach.  This was a close as we decided to get as we don't like crowds.

This was our fearless captain Nong driving us on the dinghy to anther Monkey beach.

This was the end of Bamboo beach where there weren't any tourists.  The other end was a whole nother story.  By the evening they had all cleared out though.

The beach is that way!