My Personal Account Of The Sea kayak canoe trip in Phuket Thailand that explored the caves

As the anchor slipped in the Andaman Sea, a silence of expectation rose to the boat. Here we were about a dozen tourists from the look of limestone karst that punctuate the landscape of lakes between Phuket and Krabi on the southern coast of Thailand the shadows made us on our adventure.
For my part I do not really know what to expect, as the crew loaded the bright yellow kayaks. I need to paddle? Can I find my way into the dark caves?
My questionswere soon answered at the head guide has the briefing. Once we had on our life jackets, he said that we would pair and take on one of the guides are waiting in their kayaks and share that from now around the boat like chicks distributed to her mother.
Stepping gently smiled at my allotted kayak, I nervously in my guide, a typical Thai-beaming smile. If you know Thailand will you know what I mean: the kind of smile that can be seen from space. Our guide was
"Nit" his name,We paddled easily removed from the mother ship, and from now on, closer to the imposing cliffs of the island, the first of many, we would get to know with certainty that day.
This trip was a pioneer of Caveman 'American John Gray. It was in 1989 that John the "Hong" Phang Nga Bay in Thailand: discover the Thai word "hong" means space and refers to the open space within this limestone islands. If you can imagine that some of theseIslands in the Phang Nga Bay are shaped like donuts, the guy with a hole in the middle. John discovered that at low tide it is possible to follow a network of caves through the limestone rock into an inner world.
In the same year John set up his company, Sea Canoe, and so successful was his concept that he brought forth many imitators companies, including more than a few sea canoes. To avoid confusion, John has re-named his company John Gray's SeaCanoe.
"Nit," said in his very good English, have at certain points in our journey through the caves, we are flat on his back because of the low ceiling would be. You can imagine at this point I was beginning to reason about my decision to pull me out of bed in the morning, you simply put yourself in danger of asking. At the same time I was to find out which way the tide was running. If these caves only accessible at low tide, how much time we havehave to get out into and before turning the tide?
"And when you inside," Nit voice interrupted my thoughts, "to protect the environment, there are no speeches and no smoking" Excellent. Now I remembered why I put life and limb at risk. It was this idea of visiting a pristine environment, the first had attracted me.
The caves were ever closer now than Nit maneuvered our kayaks through the darkness. "Lie down," as he whispered his flashlight recorded a slightHanging Rock. The ceiling of the cave came closer to my face and I had to turn my head to scratch my nose on the sharp lime to prevent it. This was really exciting again, although I was not sure how long I could crawl with this claustrophobic feeling that starting to deal with was for me.
But within minutes, began to open the cave again and a hint of light caressed the cave wall.
As I squinted into the bright sunlight, however, we, in a land that time forgot.Trees were hanging on the steep scrub-covered walls of the "Hong" and reached for the bright blue sky. A sea eagle plunged low to see, were these intruders. And all was peace and tranquility.
The family of the kayaks paddled slowly through the hong, the inmates in awe of this magical, secret location in southern Thailand. The only sounds were the lapping of the water, the cry of cicadas, the clicking of cameras and whispers of excitement.
TooSoon it was time to head back. John Gray's professional leaders were probably the movement of the tide and make sure that we can make caves in his time.
The excitement only increased with each 'hong' we have investigated, and the memories of this day will never leave me.
The Sea Canoe day trip from Phuket, Thailand available: it is a relatively expensive, but for me it was worth.