6 November
Today we went on the Baracudas four island tour. The four islands were Koh Tup, Koh Poda, Chicken Island and Koh Yawasam. It was an all day tour and included lunch, fruit and water. The price per person was 600 baht but we went free because Mina used to work for the tour company.

They picked us up from my apartment at 8 o’clock. The songtaw truck was already full of people, all westerners. The driver drove us to Ao Nang and we boarded a big long tail boat.

The islands were all very beautiful. You can see some pictures below.

We stopped to snorkel at Chicken Island. As soon as we moored the boat, thousands of brightly coloured tropical fish gathered around. They were evidently expecting food. We donned our snorkels and masks and jumped in. The fish were not put off. Everyone got nibbled. We were lucky that they had no teeth.

There seemed to be jellyfish in the water as well. Mina and I both got stung and were left with marks resembling mosquito bites on our bodies.

That evening, Mina developed an itchy rash all over her body. She has very sensitive skin. I don’t know whether it was caused by pollution in the sea water or the jellyfish. I advised her not to scratch. So of course that’s just what she did.

Today was a first for us in that for the whole day from start to finish, we did not argue once!