Daily Photo – Spraying Farewell

September 26, 2012
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I guess you could get to the Phi Phi Islands by sea plane but boat is the norm. And that's the normal way to leave too. I took this image as the ferry carried me back to Phuket. The sea was relatively calm but the occasionally the boat would crash through the swell as captured here as I watched the island disappear in the wake of the boat.

Daily Photo – Undercut

September 25, 2012
Landscape

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On the way back to Koh Phi Phi Don from Koh Phi Phi Ley, having cruised by one of the caves from which the locals harvest swifts' nests for birds nest soup, we got some up-close views of the base of the limestone cliffs. The cave action is clearly undercutting the rock over the course of the years.

Daily Photo – Swift’s Cave

September 24, 2012
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This overhang in the limestone rack face was a significant swift nesting site. Out of harvesting season, there was no one working on this day. Bird's nest harvesting is a regulated industry and there were signs above the jetty here warning trespassers off. All the bamboo poles you can see here are used by the harvesters to reach the rock ceiling where the swifts build their nests.

Daily Photo – Koh Phi Phi Ley

September 21, 2012
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I'm going to go out on a limb with the name of this photo. I'm about 80% sure it's somewhere on Koh Phi Phi Ley and not Koh Phi Phi Don. I didn't note the distinction on the notes on my slide label on this one. I'm also going to guess that I took this from a boat, by virtue of the deeper blue at the bottom of the frame. The shallow water is that lovely aqua color while the deeper water is a colder blue.

Daily Photo – Loh Dalam Bay 2

September 9, 2012
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Having photographed the fishing boats tied up in Ton Sai Bay I walked back across the isthmus to Loh Dalam Bay and took this shot. The sun is on it's way down - certainly within and hour of sunset. The boat on the left is the same boat I photographed earlier that day from the lookout point in my photo Loh Dalam Refractions.

Daily Photo – Koh Phi Phi Don

September 2, 2012
Landscape

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Back in the late 80's there wasn't a whole bunch of development on Koh Phi Phi Don, the largest of the Phi Phi Islands. The deeper bay is Ton Sai Bay to the south (left in this photo) so this is where the ferry boats pulled in to what was then a fairly circumspect pier. Loh Dalam Bay, the bay on the north, was quite shallow and at low water you could walk a long way out on the sand.