After hearing from many Thai's raving on about Trang and how the snorkeling was excellent, I thought I better go see what the difficulty is everything about and also heard fantastic testimonials in a couple of Thai forums. My spouse and I went to a travel expo in Bangkok and reserved a package deal that included 2 evenings accommodation, consisting of all meals and 2 days of snorkeling.
After a 1 hour flight we landed in Trang, it is located south of Phuket. Our resort picked us up from the airport and took us to a pier for our ferry to our resort which was on a small island. At the pier I could not help however notice all the rubbish that was around, the place was unclean and I was starting to think this trip is not visiting live up to the hype from my Thai friends. However after the ferry to our resort I was surprised that the rubbish had actually disappeared. Our bungalow was located about 10 meters from the beach which was nice.
After we dropped our bags off we went to have diner, where we were welcomed with 6 dishes of fish and shellfish. The quantity of food would of feed a household. After supper which we didn't come close to finishing we returned to the bungalow for some rest to get prepared for a full day of snorkeling.
In the 2 days of snorkeling, we had an outstanding time, there was a lot fish and they would consume rice right from our hands. We also went to a location called the emerald cave, its a small opening in the side of a mountain which we swam as a group into (with life jackets). The cave was really dark, however if you looked down the water was light blue and was giving us a few light from the representation from the sun. After about 30 meters in it just went pitch black for about 50 meters. When we got to the end of the cavern, the water brightened as there was an opening at the end of the cavern. Our guide informed us there is a little beach surrounded by high cliffs on the other side of the wall. However to get there we would have to swim under the wall for about 5 meters. I am a quite strong swimmer and it was simple for me, but we had one guy who couldn't swim at all. We needed to make him hold his breath and 2 of us swam and pushed him under and through to the opposite.
When most of us got through we were on a beach that was about 50 by 50 meters. It was a spectacular place. I was told by our guide, that long times ago this is where pirates utilized to hide there valuables.
Once we returned out we visited lots of other areas to snorkel before we went back to our resort. It was an exhausting day.
After each tiring day we were greeted by a huge amount of seafood for supper. I have to say this trip did live up to the buzz. Trang is a lovely place to check out, I would advise it to anybody. If you like the sun, great meals and snorkeling, then Trang is the place to go.
After a 1 hour flight we landed in Trang, it is located south of Phuket. Our resort picked us up from the airport and took us to a pier for our ferry to our resort which was on a small island. At the pier I could not help however notice all the rubbish that was around, the place was unclean and I was starting to think this trip is not visiting live up to the hype from my Thai friends. However after the ferry to our resort I was surprised that the rubbish had actually disappeared. Our bungalow was located about 10 meters from the beach which was nice.
After we dropped our bags off we went to have diner, where we were welcomed with 6 dishes of fish and shellfish. The quantity of food would of feed a household. After supper which we didn't come close to finishing we returned to the bungalow for some rest to get prepared for a full day of snorkeling.
In the 2 days of snorkeling, we had an outstanding time, there was a lot fish and they would consume rice right from our hands. We also went to a location called the emerald cave, its a small opening in the side of a mountain which we swam as a group into (with life jackets). The cave was really dark, however if you looked down the water was light blue and was giving us a few light from the representation from the sun. After about 30 meters in it just went pitch black for about 50 meters. When we got to the end of the cavern, the water brightened as there was an opening at the end of the cavern. Our guide informed us there is a little beach surrounded by high cliffs on the other side of the wall. However to get there we would have to swim under the wall for about 5 meters. I am a quite strong swimmer and it was simple for me, but we had one guy who couldn't swim at all. We needed to make him hold his breath and 2 of us swam and pushed him under and through to the opposite.
When most of us got through we were on a beach that was about 50 by 50 meters. It was a spectacular place. I was told by our guide, that long times ago this is where pirates utilized to hide there valuables.
Once we returned out we visited lots of other areas to snorkel before we went back to our resort. It was an exhausting day.
After each tiring day we were greeted by a huge amount of seafood for supper. I have to say this trip did live up to the buzz. Trang is a lovely place to check out, I would advise it to anybody. If you like the sun, great meals and snorkeling, then Trang is the place to go.
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