Friday, March 28, 2008

Similan Islands Diving Trip, Day 5

Woke up on my own about 6:10, at 6:30 Stefano and his bell came along. I had an amazing sleep!

Toast and tea, then the first dive at Koh Bon. Saw a big leopard shark, 5-6 feet long. Awesome.

After the dive, had breakfast, then boated to Boon Sung Wreck. This was a dredger "ship"...not a ship in the traditional sense, it had no engine, the dredger was towed around by other boats, dredging the ocean bottom for tin. In strong winds, it overturned and sank in the mid 1980's, and sat on the bottom floor upside down. In 2004, the tsunami tore it apart, so it's no longer in one piece.

It was cool, wreck dives are always more interesting because they're different. And the fish like it very much too, tons and tons of fish swimming around it.

This was our last dive. After the dive, we packed and motored back to the pier in Khao Lak. I bought Tom's DVD of the trip. Expensive, but what the hell, it's very good.

We got back to the SDS office about 3:00, Katrin and I exchanged photos, while Alexa found out about buses to Ranong. One will be coming through town about 3:50, 160 baht.

I used internet for a bit, then met the girls at the bus stop. The bus came. It's an A/C bus, but all the seats were taken, so we had to stand for a while. After about 20 minutes, people started getting off, and we got seats.

Got to Ranong about 7:30 and took a songthaew taxi to the Blue Crab Guest House. Alexa knew about this guest house, it's right beside the pier where the boat to Koh Chang will leave from. Alexa and Katrin got a room and I got a room, we showered, then went to the internet (15 baht/hour at an internet place close!), then went back to a restaurant for supper, but they were done with food. We didn't eat supper that night, and went to bed.

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