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Cuttlefish Sighting in Thailand

Saturday morning was an early one. We all were getting picked up for our weekend on phi phi island! It was a two hour boat ride to the island and so we arrived on the island around 11 and it was pouring rain. We met with our Guide who would take us to the hotel and it was about a 15 minute trek down the streets in the rain. Needless to say we all got wet. One could even say soaking...

We got to our hotel and spent a little bit of time relaxing and drying off before meeting for lunch. The host suggested a snorkel tour for the afternoon which we all jumped on. So we ate a quick lunch before heading out on the boat. We practically had to run after our guide through the streets to get to our boat. We got to take a wooden long boat on our trip with a few other people. The motor on the boats comes off the back on a long stick which helps them to maneuver really well. It also is super weird looking and very loud.

Our first stop on the boat was monkey beach where monkeys were roaming free and were very photogenic. Unfortunately, many of the other tourists were feeding and even petting those poor guys. Don't feed wildlife!!!! But that's for another discussion...

After that, we did some sightseeing around the beautiful islands. If anyone knows the geological phenomenon that made this cliffs and beautiful places, please let me cause I'm curious to know!


Then came the snorkeling. We went to two locations and the first was a pretty sad reef... but we still saw a few things. I SAW CUTTLEFISH!!!!! They are my favorite animal the way that they can change the color of their skin to camouflage so well. They're also so dang cute with their little tentacles and arms! Squeee I was such a happy camper. Still can't believe I saw those guys in the wild!

The next reef was a little more healthy and exciting. There was a cave that we all explored into which was fun. Then ty and I broke away from the group and saw some more interesting things. Giant clams and large schools of fishes. My Ty is such a little fish himself diving everywhere and taking great pictures on his new GoPro.

Because it was overcast (at least the rain stopped!) it was quite chilly as I got out of the water. I was shaking on the boat ride back and couldn't wait for a nice hot shower when I got back to the hotel! (Which wasn't actually as hot as I would have liked that shower to be)

All in all it was a fun snorkel trip and a success... I mean, I did see cuttlefish!!

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