Thailand - Part 2

On Tuesday, March 29, we started the day off with a half-day tour to Khai Nok Island for snorkeling.  It was about an hour drive from our hotel to the other side of the island where we boarded a powerboat that could accommodate about 20 passengers (although our boat was not that full) for a 15 minute ride to Khai Nok Island.

We spent a couple of hours swimming and snorkeling there.

Later, Hannah (my 7 year old grand-daughter) and I got on a boat that went to another small island close by where the snorkeling was even better because most people didn't do that so it was less crowded and the water was clearer.

In an earlier post I mentioned that some Asians are quite taken with our little blonde girls. Well, the fuss a group of middle-aged women were making over Whitney and the other girls when we were on Khai Nok Island was unbelievable. I was taking some pictures of Whitney when a group of Asian women came by and started yelling "Beautiful!" with ear-to-ear grins and giving me the thumbs up sign.  Then they crowded in to take their own pictures of Whitney and to have their pictures taken with her.

We finished the day with a late afternoon at the Swissotel pool. The hotel had a special Thai buffet that evening followed by dancers doing traditional Thai dances by the pool.