Early start - Danny & I met up with our long tail boat operator at 7:30 a.m. and headed over to Bamboo Island first, 5 km from the northern tip of Phi Phi Don. Water was much calmer than the trip over to Phi Phi Ley. Bamboo Island was very pretty - almost deserted; a couple of other snorkelers there and a few Parks workers (this is part of the Koh Phi Phi Marine Park). The island is only 500m across and has beautiful beaches virtually all the way around and coral surrounding it. Walked the beach and snapped a few pics then left for Mosquito Island - named for the shape, no problem with mosquitos because, like most of the other islands, there are tons of bats here. You never see them, but you often here them. The sound at times reminds me of automatic sprinklers everywhere. Another description that is right on is the sound that you would hear if there had hundreds of those metal New Years noise-makers twirling on a stick!
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When we first arrived at Mosquito Island, there was only one other long tail boat so it was really nice - quiet except for the sound of the bats when you had your head out of the water. The water was super clear - saw lots of really neat coral and huge shells, many of the same fish we'd seen before but more of them and bigger. Tons of black sea urchins and some striped ones. I saw a moray eel - not sure how big as it was winding in and out of the coral - never saw the tail end of it and, truthfully, wasn't crazy about getting in too close. We hardly had to swim, there was so much to see just slowly floating around. The camera, unfortunately, was a bust. Battery died after 2 pics - neither of which turned out :(
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