Thursday 23rd February

Eddie was told to come to the island to see the magical Emerald Cave so today, we set off to do just that. There were two hippies travelling with their two year old staying in the hut next to us. We split the cost and hired a long tail between us to head over to the cave. It worked out really nice beacuse we could stop whenever we wanted and jump in for a swim. The water was so warm and beautiful but not half as clear as Koh Tao, barely saw any fish.

After abouty twenty minutes we got to the cave. The driver pulls un in front of this small opening and tells us to jump in.
He leads us in, swimming in front with a weak torch which gave us brief glimpses of what was around us. 70mts later we literally see light at the end of the tunnel! Emerging from the cave into the tiny cove was by far the most surreal experience I've ever had. I can't explain, I really can't. Especially because we had no idea what to expect. We sort of thought you swim through the cave and emerge at another beach, but what we saw was beyond words. The cove is completely blocked off from all land and surrounded by sheer jungle torrain that was over 100mts tall. The pictures don't do it justice and neither do my words!

We begrudgingly left the cave, we wanted to get cans and stay forever! Hopped back on the boat and it took us around the entire island, swimming at different spots and stopping for a beer at a beach bar on the furthest tip.

this is where we enjoyed a ridiculously priced beer!

sailing back to the island at dusk

We went for dinner with the Sweedish hippies and ended the night with drinks on the beach.

An awesome day!