Phuket Day 2 (2)

We reached Monkey Beach, so-called for the huge population of monkeys inhabiting the beach. The boat would not drop us off because the monkeys are wild animals and Jacky did not want us to get near them in case they might hurt us. So we could only view them from the boat. Jacky handed all of us bananas to throw to the monkeys. The monkeys could swim!

Monkeys at Monkey Beach

One of them was audacious enough to climb onto our boat to demand for more bananas. Jacky fed it 7-up instead, which it happily sipped from the bottle. As it came further on board, I took a chance to confront him with my camera.

This was the audacious monkey

The monkeys were everywhere, on the beach, on the trees, and even up on the cliffs. I saw one big one standing at a high corner of the steep cliffs looking down at us, and one angmoh said "Oh, that must be the chief." Jacky said that it was the lifeguard.

After that, the boat took us to the bigger island, Phi Phi Don for lunch. We were seated together at a table with the six tourists who were in the same minibus as us earlier. Sluggie and I were delighted because the lunch was sumptuous! There was stir-fried mixed vegetables, chicken with cashew nuts and dried chilli, fish with sweet and sour mango sauce, seafood tom yum soup, deep fried fish fillet, sotong and onion rings, and also spaghetti for picky angmohs who would not take rice. They also served fruits which were always watermelon and pineapple.

After lunch, we were given some time to walk around the shops before we were called back to the boat. Our next and final destination was Khai Nok Island, and we reached there after a forty-minute ride. One happy thing was that the sun was finally out!

I was freaking happy because Khai Nok was beautiful! It really matches the description of pristine white sand and clear aqua waters! We were given about two hours to rest and relax on the island, like snorkelling or simply sunbathing.

Beach chairs and umbrellas on Khai Nok Island

Jacky our guide cutting up watermelon for us

Everyone of us rented the beach chairs and umbrellas and threw our belongings there, Jacky and Co. helped look after them. Sluggie and I coveted loaves of bread from Jacky's station and went to a nice bay to snorkel and feed the fishes!

The water was very clear and we could see the fishes. They were predominantly yellow with black stripes, but there were also other colourful types around. We threw bread pieces into the water and they zipped to their food in no time. We learnt not to be stupid to feed them by hand beacuse they bite.

It was fun being surrounded by the fishes

Hungry and aggressive fishes

After we ran out of bread, we went back to our chairs and sunbathed. The atmosphere was just so right for lying there and sleeping ...

We were grumbling as Jacky called us back to the boat which would take us back. I just could not bear to leave this place. On the boat, Jacky showed us magic tricks and his final trick made me want to box him. He asked us how to make a yellow box turn red, and we were like clueless. Then with the yellow box in his hand, he inserted a hundred Thai baht note (which is red) into it and cackled "This is how you make the yellow box red, hyuk hyuk!" We were like "DUH!" but we tipped him anyway. He had been a great guide.

The boat took us back to Chalong Pier where the minibus took us back to our hotel. There we washed up (our feet were full of fine sand) and watched a documentary on Discover Channel on spiders. Yuk.