Moving
around Phang Nga bay is easy and quick, mostly line of sight with
short passages of ten miles or less between stops. From Koh Hong we
moved to Koh Roi which isn't on the tour boat itinerary. A beautiful
island with wrap around cliffs and a large colony of fruit bats and
just right for exploring in the kayak. There are two small beaches
and we were on a falling tide so both were accessible. We chose the
more northerly because there is a hong here. The water level was too
low for the kayak. We left this on the beach and walked through a
large rock arch into mangroves which fill the lagoon. In fact they
have taken over the hong and while we could see the cliffs above the
plants we couldn't find a path through to the middle. I liked this
Koh Roi for the solitude, watching the sea eagles flying low over the
water and at sunset hundreds of bats taking to the air.
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| Koh Roi |
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| Koh Yudu Yai low water |
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| Yudu yai high water |
From
Roi it's another short hop to Koh Pak Bia. Pak Bia is one of a
group of small islands on the east side of Phang Nga north of Krabi.
The anchorage here is between a large rock / small island and the
beach. Another very pretty place. During the day there's a lot of
long tail boat traffic bringing out holiday makers from Krabi to
enjoy the beauty of the islands as we do. After 5 o'clock when it's
cooler and they've left is the perfect time to lower the kayak for a
paddle around the island. There aren't any caves or hongs on this
island instead we had a beach spit to walk on. While David went off
along the rocky shore (too sharp for my little feet) I sat and
watched a brilliant cobalt kingfisher darting from ledge to branch
and back and a sea eagle riding the up draft above me. Throughout
Asia we've seen so many sea eagles. A few days ago I counted twenty
plus following a day boat which was throwing them food.
This
was a quiet place overnight, very comfortable and only us and a
Sunsail catamaran there.
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