Phuket & other islands

The 2nd week of my holiday in October I went to the island of Phuket with my friend Emily. Phuket is the biggest island of Thailand, and is well known for it's amazing beaches. We were there for 5 days and we had a really nice time. The first day we just explored Patong beach and signed up for scuba-diving!

Patong Beach

It's hard to tell, but the horizon seamlessly blended with the sky... so beautiful

The next day we took a speed boat tour to the paradisal Koh Phi Phi islands. We went to all 3 of the islands which are considered Koh Phi Phi: Phi Phi Don, Phi Phi Leh, and Kai island. They were probably the nicest beaches I've ever been to, with white perfect sand and totally clear jewel blue water. We had perfect weather and it was a great day, but the beaches were all quite crowded and touristy. 

Maya Bay

Maya Bay

"Viking Cave"

Monkey beach

Kai Island

me

Emily and I

The next day, I had one of the most amazing experiences of my life which was scuba-diving! Emily and I went on two dives near the islands of Racha Yai and Racha Noi. It was surprisingly easy, you just have to be able to breathe out of the oxygen tank, equalize the pressure in your ears as you descend, and figure out your buoyancy. Our instructor said I picked it up quite easily actually, I absolutely loved it. At one point I totally flooded my eye mask and could hardly see anything but was able to stay calm and get all the water out.

You feel like you are in another world when you are 12 meters underwater. We saw lots of beautiful tropical fish and cities of coral, and at one point a school of beautiful silvery barracudas were encircling us, with the sunlight streaming through the crystal blue water.. it was awesome. I would love to go again and get certified sometime! 

On the way to our dive site

Where we went diving

In our gear

The last day in Phuket I ended up spending mostly alone, because Emily got bad food poisoning. I went to Kata beach (on Phuket mainland) and just had a relaxing day on a nice beach in the sun! 

Kata Beach

So we had a lovely few days on some really nice beaches. All too soon we headed back to Bangkok where I had a day to get ready for my trip to India! That's all for now, thanks for reading!