Tag:Phuket
Today’s photo, Phuket Sunset moves away from the recent desert theme to an ocean one but stays with the lack of green in the image. Taken in the early 90s, Phuket was transitioning away from the back-packer’s paradise of the 70s and early 80’s to the resort style place it is today. This photo was taken from Patong Beach. The main roads were in place by then but there were no mega resorts, the concrete for the earliest of those […]
Having explored another hong it was time to paddle back to the boat once more. The rain had moved out some time prior but the sky remained overcast.
Having arrived in Bangkok I transferred to Phuket and from there took a trip into Phang Nga Bay.
I guess you could get to the Phi Phi Islands by sea plane but boat is the norm. And that’s the normal way to leave too. I took this image as the ferry carried me back to Phuket. The sea was relatively calm but the occasionally the boat would crash through the swell as captured here as I watched the island disappear in the wake of the boat.
The ferry also stops by some of the local attractions on it’s way into the islands. Here it’s pulling up to the limestone cliffs so the passengers can see some caves where locals gather swift nests for birds nest soup. Quite why a soup made from bird spit is so sought after I don’t know. I’ve never tasted it myself. But I’m left wondering…
Below is a view of how the jetty in Ton Sai Bay on Koh Phi Phi Don used to look. The crystal clear aqua water looks so inviting. This is a view to the south-west so looking at the way the sunlight plays on the limestone hills in the background, I would have taken this later in the afternoon.
