Our tour started bright and early at 8am and we didn't get back until 6pm.
We had purchased little snorkel sets for the kids before we took this vacation, crossing fingers that Grant and Maddie would actually participate. They practiced in our pool at home, so they knew how to use them...and that was the best thing we could have done.
Upon arrival at the first island, they both jumped right in!!
Madeline is currently studying oceans in her 4th grade class, so she was so excited to be swimming in a coral reef.
I could hear both Grant and Maddie squealing through their snorkels at each cool fish they saw.
We saw some amazing islands, one of them had Viking Cave located on Ko Phi Phi Leh Island. It is currently under renovation/restoration, but inside the cave are prehistoric murals of Chinese sea going junks and misc. figures.
We also went to the beautiful beach where they filmed the movie "The Beach" with cutie Leonardo DiCaprio. We were told that it is ranked as one of the 5 most beautiful beaches in the world. It was fabulous.
Ko Mai Phai (Bamboo Island) is where we had lunch and the kids really enjoyed collecting coral and shells. The collection that they came home with is pretty amazing.
Off of Bamboo Island, the reefs were really close. So close that the fish come up to the beach to swim with the people. We were told that the fish LOVE fruit and were given watermelon to feed them. Here are the kids feeding the fish. Grant's little fingers was "nibbled" on a few times and he thought it was the coolest thing.
Our tour guide James, from Laguna Tours, was so great. Here he is greeting us with fresh fruit as we board the boat going to our next stop.
The other highlight was the stop at Monkey Beach, located on Phi Phi Leh. It is exactly as they call it, an island that is inhabited by lots and lots of MONKEYS!
James recognized one and called it by name as we docked. He took out bananas for us all to feed them.
We had such a fun time, and look forward to snorkeling on our next trip. We were so happy that the kids loved it as much as we did. 4 stops to snorkel, saw 6 different amazing islands surrounding Phuket, all in all...A GREAT DAY! Here is the last photo of the day, the kids with "Spiderman" one of the crew from our boat.
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