Koh Pra Thong - Kuraburi: Catalogue making, dolphins and a hot shower! Olivia headed off early in the morning for a bird watching walk (and by early she was up and about at 5.15am!), but Michael and I decided that our vantage point from the dining table at Anh's house offered us just as good a view of the local fauna, as a bird flew into view and a few butterflies fluttered past, than we would have had by walking for several hours. It was all very civilised. Th...

Koh Pra Thong: Seagrass, gardening, lunch and a long walkAfter breakfast (Anh tells us she normally has toast and jam for breakfast so we followed suit), we headed to the Community Conservation and Resource Centre (CCRC) for a discussion with Ning & Jim from Mangrove Conservation Project, and Barry who does seagrass monitoring. We learned about the importance of these habitats on the island and to the community, and about turtle research from Por. The CCRC is...

Kuraburi to Koh Pra Thong: Markets, Monks, Rain and Tie-Dye Rain has been the theme of the preceding 24 hours so any gap - however small - in the weather has been appreciated by us all. An early start (7.30am) ensued and we headed from the Greenview Resort into Kuraburi to attend the morning market for breakfast. The Andaman Discoveries team introduced us to a range of local delicacies including rice soup, some delicious coconut cream buns, iced red tea, rambut...

Today has so far been a bit of a quieter day for Liz and myself. Mel headed off this morning to check out Ban Talae Noe then off to Phuket and back to the real world of GAP. Liz and I have checked into the Greenview Hotel - check out the pictures - where we will spend tonight with the rest of the group. The group are currently on their way up from Phuket to Kuraburi and we expect them to be here in about 30 minutes or so. We're all out for a group dinner thi...

At 8.30am Liz, Mel and I headed over the road to the market for breakfast. Liz grabbed the last of the waffles which she'd been hanging out for since her last visit, whilst Mel and I opted for fried noodles - arroy mak mah! (or very delicious! in English). Then we jumped into Nat's car and headed for the pier where a longtail boat was waiting to take Liz, Mel, Nat, Tui, Bodhi and I to Ban Lion - where our homestay is to be later in the week. They were keen th...