When I was here in March - I went on a 4 Island tour with maybe 12 other people. Each place we stopped was full of people. The water was not clear and snorkelling was awful. So I decided to try again - hire a boat and say go here and go there and stop here - and here is the story.
I started in the morning with a walk down to the beach and explore the area - just looking for interesting photo opportunities. Started at the Ao Nang Terrace - and their fountain
An elephant fountain
Three white flowers
The texture of a palm tree
A tree skeleton
Frangipani and my hand.
A bee harvesting.
A mini temple
Then some people photos - workers here
This man wanted me to take his photo - so I did
Welding
A fleet of longtail boats
A boatman
Where Kerm and Noi and I had dinner
A white flower
A red flower
A farm of long tail boats - low season
A boat lady - actually later I decided she was the boat driver's girlfriend
And off we go - battery and extra petrol
Our team
As we approached this island - lots of huge jellyfish
A huge jellyfish - maybe 1/2 meter in diameter. These are much bigger than what I saw in Greece
Taking photos of them underwater was a challenge. Autofocus clearly has problems and here is the best I could do
A pinkish jellyfish
Here was good detail - and you can see the trailing hairs that I suspect will sting you
This is probably the best photo I got
Another view
Coming to the surface
A rock island - I really like the colors of the limestone(I think)
Then more jellyfish
Swimming
A boat coming towards us
ANd a wave
And more jellyfish
Popping up to the surface
ANother well focused image
Interesting play on the light. I'm using a circular polarizing filter to try to eliminate as much reflected light as possible
Pink jellyfish
Another rock island
Three hills
A group of tourists
Island colors
This is Chicken Island - but looks more like a camel
From the other side - a one hump camel
Time for a coka cola break
Longtail boats
Too many people for me
A deserted beach
A lonly rock island
Longtail boat in action
Clouds over Ao Nang
Island colors
Three + mounds
More colors
A narrow passage
Island rocks
A large and colorful rock island
Nearly empty beach
Two hills
Driving by knee
Chimney Rock
Ao Nang
As we arrived, stuff was being loaded on another boat
Spa Lady
White flower
C. Frank Starmer