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A few more from Sunday's trip... Thaling Ngam area of Samui, still

Little Miss Bee has had a haircut!

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No..... I'm not moving back anymore!

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Finding a shell ... it took a long walk with no brother or uncle to help!

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(I did help a little too! ) darn thing was quite heavy~

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OMG!

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strong grandma has taken over ...

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It now has a new home on the other side of Samui!

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Here is a day trip to Angthong Marine Park....off Samui and Phangan, It's a whole different world and well worth the trip...thumbsup.gif

Zooming off from Samui...

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There are about 40 islands in the park, stops are made at three or four... there are some interesting rock formations!

I call this the "Big chief"

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First stop is usually for snorkeling to see the fishes!

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off again...

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pass more islands

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Interesting how nature can carve out rock formations
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second stop.... many different companies do this tour.... all different kinds of boats too...

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Part two Angthong Marine Park

Some of the tour boats are Long tails.... not much sun protection, but an experience!

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Climb to viewpoint... facepalm.gif

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That's Samui in the background

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Emerald lake... it's tidal... water flows in and out from the sea.

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More steps!

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Almost down again!

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On to the next stop!

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off our boat again!

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Lunch is served!

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Nicely kept stopover area....


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End of part two!

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Angthong Marine Park, part 3 !

Wild Monkey business!

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Walk up to the caves...(not on every tour schedule) I knew they were there, so hoofed it up!

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and down... not so easy in some spots !

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Off to next island!

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Optional paddle!

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and they are off!

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A few general views

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Swinging!

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Kayakers are coming back!

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Paddles aboard then the group

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A few tired tourists!

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and back to Samui!

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Perfect day! Need to do it again! thumbsup.gif

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I 've not managed to get out with the camera lately.... facepalm.gif

A few scenes taken today, Ban Rak area of Samui, very low tides around Samui still..

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Koh Phangan in the background

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Amaryllis in bloom, seems late this year, I thought usually April. (?)

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Tomorrow weather permitting I should be doing a "Safari" trip around Samui... thumbsup.gif

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Today, I went on a Safari around Samui....! thumbsup.gif Worst thing about the day was they whited out sky, which are the worst for trying to get good images, in some situations! sad.png

Everyone on the truck got a turn of "front row seating" .... All in all an interesting experience .... We saw some things riding around on my PCX I have not seen before, but many areas it was a different perspective!

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Well, I was glad he is behind the fence... not a nice pussy cat!!!!

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Elephants are a lot more agreeable!

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especially when feeding them bananas!

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view from the ride

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Fourteen men against one elephant

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You want massage? whistling.gif

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More soon! ... it's been a long day... need to close my eyes!

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A few more images of the "Samui Safari tour" ...

This was gratis for me, as I am generally averse to paying for things, most of which I have or can see for free by riding my bike around! At the start of the trip, I actually had no idea where we were going.... my neighbour set it up as a "promo". I like promos!

Some of what we saw was far removed from the "jungle experience" But the tourists on our truck thought it was worth the experience... Brits and Italians!

Plaelam Temple

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This is one of the nicest Temple experiences on Samui, far better than the overrated Big Buddha, about a kilometer away!

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even the pigeons like it there!

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Even a Cannon ball tree, the first time I had seen on Samui.


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Really good lunch!

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oh the darn white sky, it will be like that most days until about August... facepalm.gif sad.png

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On the road again, this sort of reminded me of what is more common in the north of Thailand.

Shanty huts!

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opps!

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The waterfalls, but not the best part... sad.png I guess not enough time, to allow people to walk up and down hill to see the best!

(probably one hour)

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Jungle snacks!

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Our tour guide gave several people a head massage thumbsup.gif Very friendly... a great guide.... He's Karin.

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on the road again!

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Next stop how they process the rubber...

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oi don't fall off

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Love your shots SamuiJimmy..

how did you hold up on the Safari?

Amazingly well thanks Bundy... I was afraid I might do my back in again, but it seems to be fine for now! Gotta get out once in awhile and live dangerously!

I always thought sitting atop the cab was crazy... but it's actually fun!

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sexy legs eh! tongue.png

Bugger off kid!

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You commented on me do Daily Life ,it would look just like yours ,only diff it would be from Krabi same same..[emoji227][emoji571]⛴[emoji437]⛱[emoji188]

No No!!! same same.... but different!

So come on then let's see Krabi from the eyes of Ace, we'd love to compare what you see and what I saw! tongue.png

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A trip around northern Songkhla... a few years ago...

birds of a feather, flock together!

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Rice paddies, late afternoon, with good example of snail damage (for ASTX)

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Cattle headed to bed..

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Piggies off to market..

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Rain storm in Ranot..dive for cover!

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Piggy head for sale....

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Market, Ranot

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Automatic dish washer!

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Still in Ranot area of Northern Songklha

Plastic bags do grow on trees..... whistling.gif

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a bit of gun practice!

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scarecrow was the target... he missed!

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Canal, and farm miles up a dirt road.

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rice a few weeks from harvest

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Lunch stall .. not a hole in the wall, but a hole in the ground. Soup 5 baht!

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a trip on Thale Noi lake

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No fish today!

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This is where I spent part my afternoon today!

It's a pretty fancy hotel, that is not far from my house... (my neighbour works there, and I Asked her to call if a clear view.....)

Infinity Hotel, it has 68 swimming pools... now that's a lot of pools to keep clean!

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Pretty impressive view of Koh Phangan

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I can see my house...

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A little hazy, but this is Koh Toa, about 2 to 2.5 hours away by speedboat..... Very rare to see from Samui

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Lap pool!

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More pools!

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It's a maze of swimming pools!

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Up the workers!

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Beautiful, but a bit of my budget range!!!

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I see these seem to have uploaded at 1024 x .... I don't understand this varying size problem facepalm.gif

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A few more images of what I saw today!

Central Festival... yes on Samui!

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Puffy clouds over Koh Phangan

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Great they are widening the road on the hill to Nathon

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Nice specimen of a Bird's nest fern...

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High rise! I guess the stairs collapsed!

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Rubber tree farm

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So a summation of things I saw today!

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ugh! I've been under the weather the last few days, cold / flu bug ! bah.gif I think it's getting better! whistling.gif

I've been trying to find images of "little madam" from over the years, since the famuiy were my first neighbours when I moved to Samui, still good friends!

This was 2009 our first annual beach picnic!!! I can't find images from 2008 when she was learning to walk!

Give me money!

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Learning how to garden 2010

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Dec 26 2012 ..... little angel.

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2013 Christmas card!

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2014 starting to learn how to make faces!

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2015

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Thoughtful, 2015

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2016 I think this is my favorite!

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Fun watching kids grow up thumbsup.gif

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