As you can see, we explored the northern part of the Andaman Sea, between Phuket and Krabi, see inset below. Now, the careful reader may ask, "Isn't that close to Kuala Lampur and Penang, Malaysia, where you have already been?"
We would have to answer that careful reader with, "Yes, but Penang is not Phang Nga Bay, and Malaysia is not Thailand! We chartered a gorgeous catamaran to explore a few of the hundreds of islands!
And here's a chart (below) of some of the islands (more than 300) in Phang Nga Bay and beyond. But, the choices of stops and anchorages in this area are truly, endless. How did we choose?
For an interactive preview of some of our possible beach stops, lunch stops, and anchorages, click on the map below. After the new window loads, click on some of the possible destinations (pale blue circles) we have to choose from. Where would you go? Try it:
After flying from Ulaanbaatar into Beijing and filling up on Starbuck's coffee, we flew into Bangkok, and gorged on delightful mixed fruit drinks and barbeque at the airport. The last leg of flying put us into the Phuket airport late at night, but not too late to take a refreshing dip in our little resort pool. Lit up at night, the Palm Garden Resort seemed nice...by day, it was breathtaking!
Those aren't sharks in the pool, those are divers. This cute little resort caters to people who want to get certified in scuba diving. What a classroom! Outside of the "classroom" you have a few choices of fresh local foods!
After flying from Ulaanbaatar into Beijing and filling up on Starbuck's coffee, we flew into Bangkok, and gorged on delightful mixed fruit drinks and barbeque at the airport. The last leg of flying put us into the Phuket airport late at night, but not too late to take a refreshing dip in our little resort pool. Lit up at night, the Palm Garden Resort seemed nice...by day, it was breathtaking!
Those aren't sharks in the pool, those are divers. This cute little resort caters to people who want to get certified in scuba diving. What a classroom! Outside of the "classroom" you have a few choices of fresh local foods!
All of this was available just across the street. There were so many other vendors everywhere you turned. You would think that shopping for supplies would have been easy, but it is hard to shop or carry anything when you are too busy eating!
The Palm Garden was almost too good to leave, but after provisioning our catamaran by dinghy from this beach below (you see our boat "Charro" behind the shrine, right?) we couldn't wait to start our cruise!
Here's a better view. Here, Chris welcomes you (and us) aboard Charro, our floating home for the next week! She was bobbing at anchor, just a few hundred yards off the beach, waiting for us.
