second stop: krabi to phuket (day 3)

again the ship anchored in the middle of the sea as there was no port deep enough. joined a tour. travelled from krabi to phang nga bay to phuket island. phuket island is connected to phang nga via 2 bridges (the old and the new lining side by side).

• sunrise at krabi... about 7 a.m.

• krabi: a hilly island made up of limestones

• tour bus

• the local's waterfall at thanbok khoranee marine national park. very clean but the waterfall was nothing to shout about
  

• phang nga bay
  

• primitive drawings on limestone
  

• james bond island
  

• koh panyee fishing village where lunch was served. so so only lah. a tribe of sea gypsies live here.

• phuket museum. quite a small one where u get to see the lifestyles of the locals and a bit of their history.
  

• the tourism award winning cultural theme park : phuket fantasea. not like genting highlands in malaysia. the focus of the park is palace of the elephants where a famous cultural show: fantasy of a kingdom, is performed every night to a packed auditorium. kinnaree buffet restaurant opposite is equally impressive. the cultural performance was quite impressive with pyrotechnics, arobatics, dances, animals performances (the hens and goats were awesome) and mock fightings. however, i find the performance lacks narration and the audience are left guessing the plot. there was only a short narration at the beginning of this 90-minute show. famous personalities have graced the show as seen in the numerous photos on the walls. most of them made up of thai dignitaries. i recognised hk personalities twins, edison chan and shawn yue among the many photos.