More Phuket and a Liveaboard to the Similans

We arrived back in Phuket with Tracey on 27 February for more beach and more partying, with plenty Thai food and lots of massages.On 13 March, we headed up to Khao Lak to join Rena and Menon on the MV Parawa for a 5 day dive trip.It was our first liveaboard experience and we loved it. Our cabin was small but airconditioned but the lounges and decks on the boat were great, so we had no need to spend any time in our room and the days just flew by.Our routine was as follows: 630am Wake up and coffee. 730am Dive 1. 900am Breakfast. 11am Dive 2. 1pm Lunch. 2pm Dive 3. 4pm Snack. 530pm Dive 4. 730pm Dinner. You were lucky if you found any time to nap in between. The dive leaders were very experienced and knew the dive sites well. My favourite site was Richelieu Rock and our highlights were the Mantas at Koh Tachai. On some dives we had to contend with quite strong currents. We saw so much coral and so many types of fish.Clive also showed us Yellow Frog Fish,Leaf Fish,Tigertail Seahorses,Tomato Anenomes and Harlequin Shrimps.I couldn't possibly list all the fish we saw but the list includes 4 different types of moray eels,octopus, lion fish and scorpion fish and many different trigger fish. Then it was back to crazy Phuket for 1 more week.We met up with Nikki and showed her all the Patong and Phuket highlights in 4 days, including a day of sailing with Andries to Koh Rang Yai.Time really does fly by when your'e having fun. We do love Phuket and this year was the first time we had the feeling that there is just to much construction and development going on at the moment.Beware Thailand before paradise is spoiled forever!

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