We walk up to the ladies restaurant and have breakfast there. As always, we're the only ones eating in the restaurant. Eggs on toast and muesli. The lady takes a picture of us before we leave! She's so sweet!
We head down to the Pak Up Hostel, where we organised to get picked up because it's more central and closer to all of the cafes and restaurants. The tour drivers are already there and we hop into the back of the ute and wait for them to grab more people. They end up being the Canadians that took the Tiger Cave Temple tour with us! It's so funny when you bump into other tourists you've seen before.
The driver is different this time and he drives a little crazy! When he goes around corners the ute tips to one side and it nearly fells like you'll tip over.
We arrive and Sabre immediately recognises us and yells out 'Sam! Sam!' He's happy to see us!
Once everyone has arrived we're all called together and Sabre goes over where we'll be heading to. He says we'll visit a place where there are a lot of monkeys but we won't stop there because the monkeys can get crazy. He says if you have a banana the monkey will snatch it out of your hand. "Monkey can swim....! They can dive, and even fly!"
We all had a good laugh. He was a good tour guide. Once when had finished the talk he says, "Walk this way to the boat, it's about 10km!" When it was really only 500m. I wish I had videos that intro because it was so good.
We hop into the boat and grab the best spot, right at the front. The Canadians join us as well as another girl that's travelling solo.
It's a beautiful day and the ride is amazing. It's not too hot and mostly cloudy.
I loved the boat ride, the bumps and the wind in my hair.
We walk to the beach but there aren't many people swimming, there are hundreds of people but only 5 people in the water. It's crazy. It's hot so we get in.
There are like rocks beneath me, I go in deeper and it gets smoother. The water is good, there are a few waves but you can easily float over them. I dig into the sand and discover that it's not rocks that I stood on but coral!
It's so beautiful I find one and keep it with me.
Next stop is Viking cave. We're not allowed in it as it's privately owned but it looks like it would be awesome to explore.
Viking Cave is one of the most notable sites on Koh Phi Phi Leh. Located at the bottom of a tall limestone cliff on the northeastern side of the island, it takes roughly 30 minutes to get there by long-tail boat from Tonsai Bay (the main pier in Phi Phi Islands). Known as Tham Phaya Nak in Thai, Viking Cave owes its name to the paintings found on the eastern southern walls of the cave: they represent various types of boats, including what resembles a Scandinavian drakkar. These paintings are certainly quite recent, and were possibly realised by sailors taking shelter in the cave during a storm.
Visiting Viking Cave also allows you to discover one of the most profitable local industries: the hunting/harvesting of swiftlet birds’ nests. Particularly prized in Chinese culture, these edible nests are believed to promote good health and to be specifically good for the skin. A local legend says that long time ago, sailors lost their boat during a storm and got stuck without food on one of the limestone islands lying in the mouth of the Phang Nga Bay. A cave located on this island was home to a colony of swiftlet, and the men could survive by eating their nests which gave them enough power to wait for rescue. The harvest of bird’s nests is rather a risky job: scaffolds are built with bamboo on which the hunters climb in the darkness to collect these precious items. Bird’s nests are sold, on average, for US$2,500 per kilo!
Read more at: http://www.phiphi.phuket.com/attractions/viking-cave.htm?cid=ch:OTH:001
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