| Summary | I chose the Andaman Sea this time, considering the season and easily to
enter. Lanta: be able to go Hin Dean and Hin Muang. Phuket: I wasn't able to be Shark Point area 6 years ago due to bad sea condition, though I have booked beforehand. For the first time in 10 years this area from Phi Phi Island. |
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| Itinerary | I was no able to plan the round trip from Phuket to Lanta since there was few information. | ||
| Air | Almost of all airline tickets were expensive as a result of fuel surcharge
and weak yen. Then I tried to book the Singapore Airlines via Singapore. I hasitated to book because I found out the fleet from Singapore to Phuket was B737MAX. Actually, each feet was B737-800NG between Singapore and Phuket. |
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| After Corona |
Tourism in Thailand restarted around July. So it was easy to plan when I have been Samui, Pangan and Tao island in September. But it was hard to plan because high season in Andaman area starts late Octorber. So I struggled to arrange the itinerary. |
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| One night in Phukettown |
It turned out that I needed to stay one night in Phuket town, because all means of transportation to Lanta were over when I arrived the Phuket Airport. |
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| To Lanta | Regarding marine traffic, there is no large ferrys just small speed boats
for THB1500. There were mini buses from Phuket bus terminal to Lanta for THB500 by 12GO at web site. The imformation says the duration is four and half hours, actually it took five and half hours. |
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| Diving | Lanta Dive Center | 1st day | Koh Haa | 1 | No.5 | 2 | No.2,4 | 3 | No.3 |
| 2nd day | 1 | Hin Muang | 2 | Hin Deang | |||||
| Koh Haa | Unfortunately, cloudy wether, we were not able to see beautiful Koh Haa. There were many diving boats and liveaboard boats. |
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| Hin Deang, Hin Muang | The place is all for us at Hin Dean and Hin Muang differnt from Koh Haa. We were not able to see Manta Ray at Hin Dean but stunning soft coral at Hin Muang. |
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| Back to Phuket | I booked the bus ticket bound for Phuket by 12Go same as to Lanta. The bus picked me up in front of the hotel and some local people in city center, then about 20 almost full. After a few minute later landing a small ferry boat from Lanta Island, Car trouble happened: don't start the engine. About 30 minutes later, another mini bun came there and we moved the cars. We are instructed to get off the car at the Krabi Bus Terminal, then they gave us tickets to the Phuket Bus Terminal. Though they told us the bus is departing at 11:30AM, the bus didn't come at the time. I guessed the bus start the Krabi Bus Terminal, but the bus droped there from Trang. About two hours later, however the bus arrived in Phuket Town not the Bus Terminal 1 but the Bus Terminal 2. Changing the buses to the Bus Terminal 1. Though the bus bound for the Termnal 1, it didn't stoped there. It arrived the place to get the truck taxi bound for Patong directly, because all passenger go there. |
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| Diving in Phuket |
For the first teme in 6 years departing from the Chalong Pier. We were not able to go the Shark Point just Doc Mai deu to bad sea condition at that time. For the first time in 9 years to go the Shark Point from the Phi Phi Island. I have already been these standard sites many times but never to be the Anemone Reef. So I tried to book the day trip diving tour at there. |
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| Choosing Dive center |
I tried to serch a day trip diving tour to the Anemone Reef by internet. I found some tours at the Anemone Reef, but I asked details by email, there were some diffrence with web site. There was no guaranteed tour at the Anemone Reef after all. I booked the two days tour 2 dives in Phi Phi and Shark, King Cruiser Shark and Doc Mai with the Sun Rise. |
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| I predicted the tour wasn't held their own boat because they required payment in full beforehand. In addition, my dive guides were boat owning company called Mandarin Queen: Phuket Divers. So I had to take back my equipment with me everday. |
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| Diving | 1st day | Phuket Divers | 1 | Bida Nok | 2 | Tertle Rock | 3 | Shark Point |
| 2nd day | Local Dive Thailand | 1 | King Cruiser | 2 | Shark Point | 3 | Doc Mai |
| 1st day | Diving with a person who run out of air in about 30 mintues.So the guide changed the dive groups. | ||
| Shark Point has no less stunning soft coral than Hin Muang, barracuda, leopard shark and macro. | |||
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| 2nd day | Diving with two persons who run out air in 20 or 30 minute same as the
day before. But not changed the group defferent from the day before, the guide exited with them and restarted diving. |
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| Tour | I have already taken day trip tours at Phi Phi twice, around Krabi and
Surin Islands until now. So I chose the Ao Phang-nga tour in this time. Though rainy or cloudy wether in the first half of this trip, it was getting better when I back to Phuket. Then I booked the tour at agency in Patong after I finished 2days diving. |
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| The tour was held by the Cristal Sea Marine. We were picked up at hotels in the morning, and gathered at the Royal Phuket Marina then cheking in. After departure, firstly stopping the Pontoon in Hong Island and getting on canoes. we were guided around by rowers. Next dropping on the James Bond Island, Khao Ping Kan, and Limestones. After that we headed the Panyee Island where we had lunch and bought souvenirs. The guide told us almost of all people around there are muslim. Dropping on the limestones island where we were not able to see in dark cave. We took free time for one hour in last stop, Naka Island. Then we were dropped off hotels from the Royal Phuket Marina. |
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| Back home |
I relaxed all day long in Patong. The day after, I headed to the bus stop
at Bangla. I got on the Smart Bus boud for the Phuket Airport. I came back to the Kansai Airport via Singapore next morning. Annoying corona process was still continued there. |
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