We've been here in the Surin Islands for over a week now and are loving their beauty both above and below the water. The Surin's consist of two main Islands managed by Thailand's national Park, roughly 35 miles off the west coast of Thailand and 5 miles south of the Myanmar (Burma) boarder. Thanks to the National Park the islands are pretty much untouched except for two ranger stations and camp grounds for tourists and a local 'Sea Gypsy' village which is home to the 'Mokan' tribe.
There are loads of Mooring balls provided for both us cruisers and the many dive boats that frequent the islands which helps to protect the pristine reef from badly placed anchors. The water is crystal clear and the beaches pearly white fringed by dense green rain forest stretching up to the tips of the islands high peaks. We've probably seen more species of coral fish here in one place than anywhere else we've been and all this can be seen by jumping off the back of the boat with snorkel and fins!!
The ranger stations have a small restaurant for the workers and campers which has allowed us to stretch out our diminishing food supply as we are almost out of fresh and making the most of our stored up cans. We're low on petrol for the dingy engine so we've been kayaking everywhere which has actually been a lot of fun and allowed us to sneak up on monkeys and huge lizards on the beach...the exercise is pretty good too! The Park fee for seven days for us and the boat is 500 Thai Baht which equals about $15 US or 10 British pounds and well worth every penny. Tomorrow we'll be heading 50 miles south to the Similan islands, also a part of the national park, consisting of nine islands and supposedly even more abundant in marine life!
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