Nine of us from AsiaExplorers had an enjoyable and exciting time exploring Phangnga Bay National Park and snorkling at Similan Islands on 12-14 May 2006. Phangnga Bay is a bay with many islands, caves and rock formation. Similan comes from Malay fishermen who named it 'The Nine Islands'( Sembilan is nine in Malay). Similan located about one hundred kilometers northwest of Phuket, are composed of nine granite islands covered in ... (more)