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Today’s trip down memory lane is to the unforgettable time, way back in 2012, when we went sea cave kayaking in stunning Phang Nga Bay in the Strait of Malacca. This awe-inspiring bay is filled with majestic limestone cliffs, hidden lagoons, and mysterious sea caves, some of which we were lucky enough to explore by kayak.
After paddling under the overhanging sea cliffs, you enter the squishy tunnel through the caves, lying flat your nose nearly touching the ceiling, only navigable at low tide. Then you glide out the other side into a magical place! A place that takes your breath away and renders everyone silent Beautiful secluded natural lagoons surrounded by lush greenery, wild monkeys chattering in the trees, and the gentle lapping of the waves. A place lost to time and civilisation. Magical.
Later, after recovering from the day’s adventures, you make a traditional Krathong (offering). Imagine putting together things like banana leaves, flowers & candles trying to make something that floats. (Lucky my daughter was good at it, me not so good😉) Then as the sun is setting, you climb back into your kayak and head into a dark cave with your Krathong where the candles are lit, and the offering set afloat. Watching the flames flicker in the dark was a mesmerising experience.
To finish the day its back to the boat for the trip back to port drifting on an ocean, and past islands, painted shades of orange and red by a stunning sunset. It has to be the most beautiful natural wonder in Thailand 😊
Thanks for bearing with me while I bared my thoughts.
Nga Phe Kyaung is a Buddhist monastery in Ywama surrounded by floating gardens.
It was built in 1844 with teak wood.
It used to be famous for the cats that do tricks and nicknamed “jumping cat monastery.” The new priest, however, stopped it recently for the welfare of the animal.
Phang Nga Bay National Park offers spectacular scenery showing amazing limestone islands set into clear emerald-green water. The most famous spot is James Bond Island.
A juvenile white-bellied sea eagle (icthyophaga leucogaster) flying across the face of a forested mountain. Photographed near Phang Nga Town, Thailand.
Used a Mamiya 80mm Macro lens mounted to my Sony A7R with a Mirex tilt shift adapter. I shifted away from the plane of focus to isolate the centre
Typically sheer limestone karsts form a spectacular backdrop to a freshwater lake in Phang Nga, Thailand.
I turned around quickly in a gallery and saw this great and beautiful face. It was just a second and then gone. I turned around again in the underground connector between the East and West galleries and saw her again. I asked to take her picture and she agreed. She told me her name and,,, I forgot it.