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| Rawi island |
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| our adopted dogs |
Twenty
five miles NW from Langkawi are four islands called the Butang Group,
a national park belonging to Thailand. We didn't have a lot of
information before we arrived so it was a pleasant surprise to find a
decent number of park mooring balls dotted around, clear water and
quiet and peaceful place.
South
of Rawi island I went snorkelling which was nice but strangely not
many fish. In the same spot we took an easy walk into the island
following a stream up to a small waterfall accompanied by two local
dogs. They were our guides, happy to show us the way.
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| local park warden |
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| new park warden |
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| clear water of Koh Rokkoi |
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| sea urchins and giant clam |
Our
last night in Thailand was spent on the north side of Koh Lipe which
is the smallest and most developed of the group. The park mooring is
a long distance from the beach which we didn't think anything of at
the time. North side of Lipe is a as laid back as Koh Phayam, some
bungalows, a dive shop and a couple of places to eat. However, less
than a mile away on the south side of the island it was all
happening; many more restaurants and guests house, many dive shops
and lots more people because this is where the ferry comes in and
where the dive boats are based.
By
the time we'd walked back to sunset beach the sun had gone down and
we noticed so had the water level. Low tide was revealing the rocks
and reef which extend out from the beach. We planned to have dinner
at the bungalow restaurant, now there was no need to hurry; we'd have
to wait for the water to come in before we could paddle ourselves
back out to deeper water. In the end it wasn't a problem and we
skimmed over safely without drama or grounding.
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