Sunday 26th January
Our Australia Day
was very beautiful… Five of us Tasmanians, on 2XS in and around the 99 islands
of Langkawi.
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| Hamish and Angus have tickets to Langkawi (April 2014...) WEEHEE! |
We spent a bit of
time in Kuah. Pete filled the boat with
diesel; Bron and I went to the post office – about $3 for me to send 6 birthday
cards, I do hope they get to their destination; Jabba and James went to the
servo where they bought petrol for the dinghy and Jabba also managed to score a
piece of bright green sponge cake.
(Don’t ask…a nice lady came out and on-sold this delicious item – he
could not resist.)
Off and away
around the coast, to the Hole in the Wall, a most beautiful destination on the
northern corner. We anchored, swam,
admired the view, scoped out the little floating restaurants along the
way. Our dinner was slightly strange
but…fun!
Pete and I took
the dinghy up the channel, past an enormous jetty full of tourist boats – we
thought we were alone in the wilderness but no – and along to a pier under construction,
full of naughty monkeys. We walked
through the Bat Cave, with many signs saying SILENCE. The other families, off the aforementioned
tourist boats, obviously did not know what SILENCE means so I think the bats
have a less than peaceful life.
Today I think we are leaving Malaysia, back into Thai waters.
Maybe Koh Muk? And I have no idea
when next I will get internet connection…it is always a challenge.
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| James, Bron, Jabba |
Friday 31st January
We are now in the
Most Beautiful Place in the World.
Or…one of hem. We re anchored in
a bay in Railay, mainland Thailand, and it is SO beautiful we can hardly
breathe.
Along the way we
have stopped at Koh Bulon Leh, which was very lovely indeed but…oh deary me SO
rock & roll none of us slept until about 4am when it calmed down just a
bit. We did get off the boat and onto
the island, which was very quaint and cute, with lots of adorable little cabins
to stay in, woven from basket and
bamboo, up and down from one side of the island to the other. We had a delicious dinner – oh my word, Thai
food is glorious… And then a very precarious trip back to 2XS via dinghy, in
two trips. We all arrived totally
drenched and slightly frightened by the waves, the wind, the entire ferocity of
the sea. Was the mooring going to hold?
Well yes it did…thank goodness…
Up sticks and off
to… Koh Muk! It was a most beautiful
island. Yet again! We had a delicious fabulous dinner at a
little restaurant on a small clifftop – yes Thai food is wonderful… My new
favourite food is massaman curry; it used to be (oh so last year) Tom Yum Soup.
In the morning we
had a quick catch up with Karsten and Mercedes, from Forty-Two, our long-term
(German) friends since Lizard Island (Northern Qld.) They are on their way back to Langkawi…
Before we left Koh
Muk some of us (Jabba, James, Marguerite) had a wonderful adventure - the
Emerald Cave! We stopped 2XS just near
the moorings surrounding the cave and the three of us swam in…through a long
dark tunnel, this way and that. Mercedes had told us we had to have flotation,
and torches – so glad we had this advice!
I was a long way to swim… I swam on Bronwen’s pink noodle, James and
Jabba used life jackets. Two of us had
had torches so we swam along together, feeling very adventurous through the
dark dark water… and then out into the
sunlight, a fabulous sunlit jungle beach!
WOW! There were a few people
there and within minutes…more and more…ferryloads of tourists - chanting,
counting, singing, yahooing…
Oh the serenity, sighed James…
Oh the serenity, sighed James…
It was just
beautiful…but on my way swimming back to the boat – OUCHYOUCH!! I felt as if I had swum into a barbed wire
fence…jellyfish… This was not good… I limped back onto the boat, complaining
bitterly. But…a nice cold shower, a big dose of Telfast, some bite ointment…no
more pain, no more need to complain.
By sunset we were
herein Railay/Krabbi…wherever we are which is SO beautiful…
Breathtaking!!
Wow, what an amazing trip!!!! The emerald cave reminds me of that beautiful cave used in so many films, Blue Lagoon being one of them.
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