More Phang Nga Bay

More  Phang Nga Bay

Having arrived late in the afternoon  at the Koh Hong group, we went for a quick 'reccy' around the island, after the daily tour boats had departed , to find the entrance to the hong.
The next morning, before the hordes arrived, we entered

somewhere ahead there is an entrance

in the lagoon

looking at the Eastern entrance to the Hong  from the  lagoon

the lagoon, through the narrow entrance in the rocks, then paddled our way into the hong. This one would be spectacular at midday. Unlike our adventure yesterday, this one opens into a towering chimney which allows light in. The walls  of the 'chimney' have palms and other vegetation clinging on for dear life.
Once in the hong , daylight is clearly visible on both sides at the bottom ,as well. The entrance we had come through,was relatively high

from the lagoon looking towards the high East entrance to the  lower Western entrance

exiting the way we came in via the Eastern entrance

  and the exit to the sea was definitely restricted to kayak height and then only at certain stages of the tide. No torch required in this one- just as well as it was back on board K'Gari.
From the Hong group, we decided that as it was still well before tourist daytripper time, we would set off for James Bond Island , about 10miles to our north. Buffy mistakenly posing for selfies in front of an obviously inverted JB island. It was only we  checked the tourist brochures the mistake was realised.

This is not JB island.Buffy had it all wrong as usual
-and wonders why he isn't allowed to keep a solo watch!

Yes! Correct it's  Roger Moores "son" Daniel - who just happened to be in the dinghy

So having anchored off “Jimmy Bond” island we went exploring in the dinghy for the real James Bond Island (Man with the Golden Gun)-  You see the photos of what appears to be a towering finger but in reality it's tiny.  Certainly all three parts of the island would have made a substantial headquarters ,but the iconic photo of the towering finger,
undercut at the base is actually the smallest part! On the beach, in huts, you can buy all the usual tourist essentials of thongs ,hats etc – undoubtedly logo-ised . We didn't go ashore just cruised past.

Just as we arrived, so did the the first of the countless  longtails, the ubiquitous superfast (3x 200hp outboards) speed boats. We had by then done our photo opportunity so we decided to hie it away to Koh Roi , a couple of hours further south.

the Eastern side of JB island- see the cleft in the rock face.

Anchored for the night in a channel between  Koh Kuda and Koh Kuda Yai. Excellent wind tunnel! One of the coolest nights sleep yet! An interesting lagoon, with a nice beach just around the corner and

The lagoon at Koh Kuda Yai

 a circumnavigation of Koh Kuda Yai, revealed  more interesting  rock formations ashore and in the water ,giant purple jelly fish,

giant purple jelly fish

one of which had passed by me  at the anchorage, when I was having a squizz underneath at the props and through hull water inlet for the watermaker, as  I planned  to give it a test run. We will have to make our water for the next few weeks.