Cruise to Phuket

The last day we were just sailing thru the Straits of Malacca and before we knew it the trip was coming to an end.

View of Phuket island from our cabin as we sailed home
The next morning we arrived off the shore of Phuket. As there were no docks at Patong beach we had to transfer to smaller boats to take us to shore. It was still early for the shops to open. we had been to Phuket before and decided to go on our own to Kata beach in the south. Did some snorkelling and got footages of a Pelagic Tunicate. By 4pm we had to return to our boat. We had BBQ dinner by the poolside.

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The islands around Langkawi looks stunning early in the morning

When we woke up early next morning our boat had arrived at Langkawi. We signed up for a tour to the Pulau Paya marine park. Did one dive at a dive site called Coral Garden. Lots of Groupers. We had lunch at the beach and snorkelled with the juvenile Black Tip sharks that we fed with the pieces of chicken that came with our lunch.

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Cruise to Langkawi and Phuket

We embarked on a cruise to Phuket on the Super star Virgo. The boat leaves sunday evening from the the Cruise centre and we were supposed to be back on Wednesday afternoon. I have been on the Cruise to Nowhere package before and was familiar with the facilities on the boat. But this trip we booked a Balcony class cabin so that we don't feel claustrophobia. The boat departed on time but was travelling slow as we were still within port limits. As we neared the Straits of Malacca you could feel the speed picking up. The announcement over the PA system that the casino was opened signalled that we were in international waters.

There were a couple of places to have your meals on board. We decided to have our dinner on the Bella Vista which served western meals.After that it was off to the casino to take a look