Jun. 2017 Phuket and Ha Long Bay     

Summary Annual event to visit to Thailand in January.
I always stayed at Patong in Phuket six or seven times from the biginning.
After that I have been in Khao Lak, Phi Phi, Lanta and Khao Lak.
Staying in Patong for the first time in five years.
Two days diving and the Surin Islands day trip.
I came back to the Bangkok Airport. Then I left my luggage at a locker in the aiport.
I got on the airplane bound for Hanoim, Vietnam. One night in Hanoi, I took the Ha Long Bay 2D-1N tour.
After that, I came back to Hanoi and stayed one night there.
Next day, I retrurned to the Bangkok Airport by air.
Picking up my left luggage, then I got on the airplane at night and came back home next morning.
Dining Hoboya 1st day Racha Noi Banan Bay   Rcha Noi Banan Rock  Racha Yai No.3 
2nd day 1 .Koh Doc Mai   2 Koh Doc Mai   3 Maiton Island 
The second day of diving, I always have went to the Marine Park when I was in Puket.
Though the tour operated by the South Siam Divers dives at King Cruiser, Shark Point and Koh Doc Mai.
The Wind and the high waves prevented us to be the Marine Park, so the first dive was held at Koh Doc Mai.
Then we tryed to see how it would go after finishing the first dive.
Unfortunately, it wasn't getting better. We were not able to be the Marine Park.
So we dived at Koh Doc Mai again. It was verly hard to exsit on the boat from wavey surfave.
We dived at the Mai Ton Island for the third dive.
Though we are not able to dive the island, since it is the private island.
I heard that they explained the matter
Surin
Islands
 
I booked a surin tour operated by Wow Andaman at Patong in Phuket.
I was picked up at eary morning in the hotel.
Moving to the Baan Nam Kem Port by minubus. Then we got on a speed boat.
We headed to the Surin Islands, a few times snorkeling.
After that, Landing in the islands, being on the beach,
having lunc and visiting the Moken sea gypsy Village.
Came back to the port about 3PM and the hotel 6PM.
 Officially, the name is the Surin Islands(Mu Koh Surin) composed of some islands, which is the national park.

Bam Nam Khem Port

Snorkeling site

Snorkeling site

Snorkeling site

Beach

Beach

Beach

Beach

Snorkeling site

Snorkeling site

Moken sea gypsy Village

Moken sea gypsy Village
Ha Long Bay
I came back to the Bangkok Airport from Phuket.
Then I put my luggage at the airport locker before I got on the plane.
I moved to the hotel from the airport by carpool taxi.
Next mornig, a minibus picked me up and headed to the port.
The bus had a break in a huge souvenir shop midway
that looked like a factory, many people made products of paintings and sculpture.
We reached the port about noon, then boared.
Schedule 1st day 12:30 Check in >> 13:00 Lunch >> 15:30 Kayaking >> 18:00 Wine time >>19:00 Diner   
  2nd day 6:30 Tai Chi >> 7:00 Breakfast >> 7:445 Landing a island >> 9:30 Check out >> 11:00 Lunch >> 12:00 Disembarkation   
It was overcast during the whole time.  Photos was not able to express vivid colors due to no sunshine.

Where we droped midway to the port

The boarding pier

Many ship on the way

Ha Long Bay

From the summit of the island

From the summit of the island

After sunset
 
After sunset

After sunset 

Limestone cave

Limestone cave

Limestone cave

From a island

Ha Long Bay

Ha Long Bay

Large cruise ship

Ha Long Bay

Many ships come back to the port
Hanoi After disembarking the cruise ship, a minibus brought me to the hotel.
Evening of the day and next day morning, I looked around neighbor of the hotel.
I got on a bus operated by the Vietnam Airlines.
When I arrived in the Bangkok Airport, I picked up my luggage from the locker.
Then I came back to home.

St. Joseph's Cathedral

Hanoi city

Hanoi city

St. Joseph's Cathedral
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