Friday January 8, 2016
First stop, Maya bay. No wonder they filmed “The Beach” there. It was absolutely gorgeous. We spent some time on the beach and then we hiked around the island a bit. As I recall, Leo’s character goes to a part of the Island to discover people growing marijuana. Except for the beach, most of the Island are limestone mountains. Where could they grow MJ? Sad that the studios brought in bulldozers to alter the beach to make it look more like paradise and it all ended with conservationists in law suits with the studios.
It was then off to several spots and snorkeling. This was the best snorkeling the whole trip. We saw sea turtles and we saw plenty of fish as well as Monkeys.
In our group there were 11 people, 4 non-speaking Asian girls, three Brazilians, a couple from Kansas City as well as myself and Sophon. In broken English, two of the Asian girls said they could not swim. I could not help but wonder, why they had taken a snorkeling tour if they could not swim? As we boarded the boat to leave Maya Bay, one of the girls who could not swim told Mote that she had lost her goggles. Mote was not happy, as the got of the boat, he told them that this was not a snorkeling stop and the girls insisted they bring the goggles with them.
The three Brazilian guys were very interesting. Two of them were a couple – ordinary looking guys, one extremely chatty both extremely nice. The third guy looked like a model and loved taking pictures of himself. Multiple cameras, selfie stick and constantly asking people to take his picture for him. He took over a thousand pictures and I am sure there wasn’t a single picture that didn’t have him in it. He was obsessed with himself.
Recent Comments