Day 8: Phang Nga Bay is Bae

Michael Luo
A day in the life of Azianmike
4 min readNov 3, 2016

Woke up bright and early at 5:30 AM to get on a bus for a boat headed towards Phang Nga Bay National Park. Passed out on the bus obviously.

Woke up to this on the dock. So breathtaking.

Our boat and our crew were awesome. It’s called two sea tour and I HIGHLY recommend! The captain and crew were all really energetic and loved playing jokes. Language barrier or not, it felt like I was hanging with some fun (and goofy) friends.

For breakfast they provided us with sticky rice and crystallized coconut flakes. A super delicious way to start the day.

Obviously had to do the Titanic.

The start of our spelunking adventures.

The little alcove/lagoon we popped out into.

Hiding in mangrove trees. Right now its low tide and high tide takes the water all the way above the roots!

A little fiddler crab. He has to rip off his claw if he loses a fight (it regrows though).

Super beautiful “island” standing rock formation.

James Bond Island. Part of the movie “The Man With The Golden Gun” was filmed here and now its overrun with tourists and fake souvenirs.

Liz kicking the shit out of the island.

Liz kicking the shit outta me.

So beautiful. It’s one of those places where pictures really don’t do it justice.

Kayaking around a hidden lagoon. Once high tide hits, you can’t reach these. Which is why we left so early.

Just floating around.

Lunch was REALLY good!

A spital shell I found.

Our kayak captain, personal tour guide, and picture taker! He went above and beyond and was SUPER funny even though he barely know English! I’ll remember you forever, “Jacky” :)

He said we were a super fun couple and took some pictures to remember us. And gave us this handmade souvenir 😭 so cute. It’s made of straws!

The rest of that day consisted of it raining really hard, trying to go to a Muay Thai fight but all the gyms bring closed due to the king passing, and watching random Thai television.

Day 8 was amazing.

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