Friday we had fruit for breakfast in our room, then headed out on a 6 hour Mangrove tour. We travelled there with 6 Netherlanders staying in this hotel, then met an Egyptian couple at the boat.
Our driver and guide spoke really good English and was very knowledgeable about the local fauna and flora, stopping the boatman often to point out various birds, animals and plants-explaining how they were used locally or whether they were poisonous or just how the grew. He was informative, but not a pain in the arse know-it-all. The tripe took us through the mangroves, out into a river then out into the open sea where we could see islands of Thailand. It began to rain in the river and we had to take shelter at a fish farm. I spilled coffee all over myself when a thunder clap sounded right over our head! When we reached the open sea, it was quite rough, so we all ended up soaking wet from that anyway! It was lovely to see the young Egyptian girl sitting in the front of the boat in the rain because they rarely ever see it.
We stopped for lunch at the only restaurant in the mangroves-a Thai buffet place which was extremely ordinary. We figure they have a monopoly and don’t need to try too hard. It was a beautiful building though and we ate with monkeys looking at us and climbing across the glass ceiling. All of us were a little cold though in the air conditioning due to being so wet.
Next we motored on to a bat cave where we took a look at the various bats inside. It was interesting, but I didn’t like all those smelly little things hanging over my head.
The tour was amazing, we travelled through some really beautiful limestone islands and formations and getting wet just added to the fun. The group of people, guide and boatman were really fun too which added to it as well.
Feeding the Sea Eagles
Back at the hotel, we spent an hour relaxing in the pool.
Around 7 we walked to a Chinese seafood restaurant where we had veggie spring rolls (6 pieces) and sate chicken (12 pieces) then I had 1 huge fresh tiger prawn bbqued with salt and pepper and tom yam soup and rice and Russ had a whole grouper that he chose from the tank cooked Thai style and brought still cooking over a burner to the table. He also had mixed veggies and seafood and rice. We had 2 lime juices and two red wines and were almost in shock when it cost us a whopping 164 RM-then we figured out it was about $63 and not expensive at all for the great quality of the food!!!!!
Our driver and guide spoke really good English and was very knowledgeable about the local fauna and flora, stopping the boatman often to point out various birds, animals and plants-explaining how they were used locally or whether they were poisonous or just how the grew. He was informative, but not a pain in the arse know-it-all. The tripe took us through the mangroves, out into a river then out into the open sea where we could see islands of Thailand. It began to rain in the river and we had to take shelter at a fish farm. I spilled coffee all over myself when a thunder clap sounded right over our head! When we reached the open sea, it was quite rough, so we all ended up soaking wet from that anyway! It was lovely to see the young Egyptian girl sitting in the front of the boat in the rain because they rarely ever see it.
We stopped for lunch at the only restaurant in the mangroves-a Thai buffet place which was extremely ordinary. We figure they have a monopoly and don’t need to try too hard. It was a beautiful building though and we ate with monkeys looking at us and climbing across the glass ceiling. All of us were a little cold though in the air conditioning due to being so wet.
Next we motored on to a bat cave where we took a look at the various bats inside. It was interesting, but I didn’t like all those smelly little things hanging over my head.
The tour was amazing, we travelled through some really beautiful limestone islands and formations and getting wet just added to the fun. The group of people, guide and boatman were really fun too which added to it as well.
Feeding the Sea Eagles
Back at the hotel, we spent an hour relaxing in the pool.
Around 7 we walked to a Chinese seafood restaurant where we had veggie spring rolls (6 pieces) and sate chicken (12 pieces) then I had 1 huge fresh tiger prawn bbqued with salt and pepper and tom yam soup and rice and Russ had a whole grouper that he chose from the tank cooked Thai style and brought still cooking over a burner to the table. He also had mixed veggies and seafood and rice. We had 2 lime juices and two red wines and were almost in shock when it cost us a whopping 164 RM-then we figured out it was about $63 and not expensive at all for the great quality of the food!!!!!
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