Tuesday, February 10, 2009

First anchorage in Thailand - Ko Tarutao.

Current Position: North 06*38'192 East 099*36'903

We've just left our first anchorage in Thai waters off the island of 'Ko Tarutao', the furthest south of Thailand's Islands and just 15 miles north of Langkawi. A beautiful spot with a long white sandy beaches in the national park and a great place for nature lovers with monkeys and huge eagles everywhere, there were even Buddhist monks camping on the beach...welcome to Thailand!

Checking out of Malaysia yesterday was an extremely smooth and free process and we now have 10 days before we need to officially check in to Thailand in Phuket. Today we're heading 50 miles further north to the island of 'Ko Muk' where we've been told the water is crystal clear so we can finally get back in to doing some snorkeling and check out the 'Emerald Cave'. We have very little wind so we're motor sailing while trying to avoid the hundreds of flags that mark the floats of long fishing nets, a difficult task as they're everywhere!

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