Arrived at HatYai, transfer by minibus to Trang and hop onto another Minibus to Ko Lanta (took 2 car ferry to reach there)

Ko Lanta's dusty little Town , Saladan (where all the dive shop are). A view of the room in "Where Else"

Went snorkelling at Beach near Maya Bay as in "The Beach" Movie.

Trumpet fish & schools of Yellow snappers

Thought it will be another boring dive, but then Nick (the UK instructor) frantically pointed out the Leopard shark above us ! It swam right up to us before swimming away. Before we knew it, it came back to investigate on us further....nice :-)

My very first sighting of banded sea krait - very beautiful critters

BEAUTIFUL Sunset in Ko Lanta

15th Dec 2003 - 2nd day of Diving - Ko Haa 1 & Ko Haa 5 . Nice Site to see Cavern

Ko Haa - 5 small island

Went looking for a resident sea horse, but found these 2 giant moray instead

Nothing really much to shoot at Ko Haa 1, nice sloping reef, scorpion fish, blue colored crown of thorns & Sweepers at tunnel

Underwater Cavern Entrance/ Exit

Very Nice Cavern @Ko Haa 5 Light is magical !

Ko Haa (#?)

Elephants at Lanta

Day 3 Diving (16th Dec 03)
Hin Muang & Hin Daeng (Supposely one of the worlds' top dive sites) - to see Manta & Whale Sharks

Hin Muang (Purple Rock) - extremely crowded, homo sapien everywhere !!! Nothing really different, nice nudibranch & yellow snapper

Hin Daeng (Red rock) - did not manage to see Manta Ray, much less whale shark...but i suspect this is a cleaning station for for them (Lots of cleaner wrasse around)

	The Red corals which gives Hin Daeng its name
		Rich marine Life (L to R).. orange line trigger fish, Golden sergeant and Emperor Angelfish....most of them having their body cleaned by cleaner wrasse

Jelly Fish (Lots of them)

Powder Blue surgeonfish

Glass Fish/ Silver Side

Glass Fish and JellyFish

Black Spotted Puffer Fishes cleaned by Cleaner Wrasse

Moray Eel

Bat Fish at end of Dive

Last look at Ko Lanta