Day 6 - Kong Island and surrounds

After dinner on day 5 we had been accosted on thh way back from the markets by a bar guy who assured us that he would show the champions league game between Liverpool and Barcelona at 2.45pm, so we went down to his bar only the find he was just closig up. On the way we ran into two 'fighting' cats. the fight seemed to be mental, as they rested their heads together adn constantly made this 'harroooooow' like noise. Ask walshy for the video - it is gold. this made the trip down to the pub worthwhile.

Nevertheless , we were able to watch it at our hostel after we showed the girls how electricity works. Safe to say - LIVERPOOL RULE!!! 2-1 victors at barcelona - can't complain.

During the day we went to kong island. It probably took about an hour or so to get there on a largish boat that smoothly cut through the water. the entry point in to hong island was a nice lagoon area which was pretty picuresque, although the water was not as clear as some we were to see at other islands.

We kayaked 1st. Although we didnt get to kayak up any caves, which for some reason we all expected, we did get to go all the way around the island and including kayaking up into a lagoon for a swim for a while. The kayaking was good fun. We had team 'same same', consisting of Lucy and I, and team 'but different', which was Matt and AJ. the part that was different was probably their slow pace...

After the kayaking we got to 'snorkel' around the original lagoon. there some small schools of fish but the water wasn't very clear so you cuoldnt see that far and it was largely dissapointing. neverthless, just being in the water is great in thailand!

In short, most of us got burnt - AJ just stayed the same colour. we crashed pretty early cause of all the burn. See picture.

Nick