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The
Similans or Similan Islands are a archipelago of nine
beautiful islands
approximately
100 kilometers northwest of
Phuket - in the emerald
waters of the
Andaman Sea.
The Similan Marine
National Park is a clean, -sometimes not so clean,
due to the laziness of National Park
Headquarter employees, see below,- pristine
environment full of beauty – above and under the
water surface, a top spot for scuba diving on this
planet.
For
Similan
diving and Similan scuba you
can do a
live
aboard trip or a Similan day trips.
Similan islands are only a day trip away from
Phuket and are a Thailand national park, Similan
photos and pictures are below.
Accessible either by boat (live aboard tours) mainly
out of
Phuket or by speed boats from the Tap Lamu
pier (very easy to reach via coastal highway No. 4).
Huge
granite boulders form a dramatic environment.
Beaches are plenty on Similan island Thailand and you probably will easily find
a deserted beach to call your own.
It is very
exiting to snorkel or just swim around the smooth
rocks and use the currents to drift through the
shallow water into the gaps between boulders.
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The
Similan are a world class prime area for scuba
diving due to the status as a national park. On Ko Miang -
island no. 4 - is a camping ground and some Thai
style bungalows. |
If you are interested in
traveling
there -the best is a live aboard tour within a
diving package,
go to a bigger travel agent on Phuket and
book your trip. Prices can vary from around US$100
to over US$3000 for a few days live aboard scuba
diving, depending on your demands.
Met Sine Travel,
just before the pier can do booking for
speedboats and accom - modation on island No.4.Tel: 076
443276, 443340 fax 595164
Avoid the National Park Headquarter before
the pier. This is a disaster zone, extremely
infested with mosquitoes and nobody works at all.
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Similan beach clear sea white sand
granite boulder |
Similan beach, clear emerald sea, white sand,
granite
boulder. |
See the rubbish on the beach
picture below its there since
several month, its their job to get
this cleaned, but no one cares... as
usual and if they get caught they
blame the "farang-this
are the tourists" to make the problem.
Which is as
everyone know pure nonsense, which farang will leave
the castrol motor oil canister at the beach ? and
the empty plastic bottles of the detergent liquid
plus debris coming from the long tail boats etc. ?
It is very common in Thailand's tourist areas to
blame the foreigners if anything negative happen
but usually tourists have nothing to do
with it. This reminds me in
particular to the demonstrations
which happen in Phuket against
the shooting of the movie "The
Beach" with Di Caprio.
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On the Similan islands spectacular beach panorama
southern Thailand |
They blamed the
foreign crew who shot the movie of all kind of environment problems and
the funny or rather not so funny thing was that all
the "demonstrators" where
school children who
where manipulated by
teachers who were in
front and the back
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of the about 200 kids telling them
via megaphone what to scream. Its a
little bit strange sometimes out there, I don't know
what they think they gain from, maybe they have
nothing to do. The kids didn't even know what was
written on the posters they held,
because non of the kids spoke or
understood English.
I asked my girlfriend who was
with me to ask the kids if they
know what they are demonstrating
for, they said, the teachers told
them to come with them and they got
a day off in school if they do a
demonstration. |
Khao Lak |
The great Similan
Archipelago Vacation
Looking for a great place
to go on island and scuba
diving vacation? There
is little that beats the
Similan Islands just about
100 km north of Phuket and
off Khao Lak.
Many people love the area
around
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Phuket Andaman Sea Sailing
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Khao Lak and the
Similan islands with
summer weather year round,
great sunshine, clear
emerald waters and
wonderful beaches
the Similan Islands
and Khao Lak are one
of the top tourist
destinations in the
world.
Khao Lak and the Similan
islands are are located
in the Andaman Sea which
Khao Lakis
at the landside and Similan
Islands are just a few km
off the beaches.
Khao Lak and the islands
are just like a postcard
shot and have no populations
on the islands, only on the
main Similan Island, which
is Island No.8 is a small
Thai style bungalow cluster.
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Excursions to the
Similan Island |
Many vacationers from
northern Europe choose
to go to Khao Lak and take
one day trips to the
Similan. Excursions to the
island are offered every day
out of Khao Lak and Phuket.
There are so many great
ways to enjoy your vacation
around this part of
Thailand, the
possibilities are endless.
So if you are looking for a
great way to visit the
beautiful and exotic
destinations during your
vacations you are on the
right place.
The Andaman Sea off
Khao Lak stretching deep
into the Indian
Ocean consists of
uncounted attractive
islands. About 100 km
north of the Similan Islands
are the Surin Islands with a
similar exotic
environment and they
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are inhabited by the
sea gypsies they
call Moken in
Thailand and Salon
in Myanmar or Burma.
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In Burma or Myanmar this includes
the Mergui or Myeik
Archipelago with more than
800
pristine islands |
Mergui or Myeik
Archipelago with
more than 800
pristine islands |
where no one set the foot on
since British colonial
times. All of them lie north
of the equator.
The Islands of the
Andaman Sea where the
Similan Islands are part of
have bee explored by the
Portuguese colonialists and
probably hundreds of years
before by Arab and Indian
seafarer. Phuket Island was
even already mentioned by
Claudius Ptolemy as Junk
Ceylon in 157 AD. |
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Just recently the
islands of the Andaman Sea and the
west coast of Thailand and Myanmar
was badly damaged by
the Tsunami. A undersea
earthquake struck western
Indonesia in the morning of the 26.Dec. 2004. |
Tsunami at Phuket |
A resulting Tsunami
smashed into
the west coast of Thailand and other countries bordering the Indian Ocean.
Much was destroyed and thousands of
People lost their life, it was the
worst natures disaster in this areas
history.
Most of the infrastructure,
the buildings, the hotels and beach
resorts has quickly been restored in
a quick recovery. |
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Andaman Sea Scuba Diving
Andaman Sea Under Water |
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Similan Islands Map
Similan islands pretty beach panorama southern
Thailand |
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Similan islands Tap Lamu pier dive ship Similan islands
Tap Lamu pier 3 fish trawler |
 
Similan islands tap lamu pier Similan island snorkeling
Here is the
Similan Islands Video
Similan Thailand say hello |
North of the Similan in the Myanmar Andaman
Sea
is the Myeik
or Mergui Archipelago. Nestled between
the southern coast of Myanmar and the
Andaman Islands of India is an archipelago
of nearly 800 islands.
Beautiful tropical
islands with turquoise waters,
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Scuba |
Similan Islands Diving |
sandy
beaches, lush tropical vegetation in
the island jungle, limestone and
granite atolls with beautiful coral
gardens.
The
ideal place for scuba diving and
the |
Similan dive |
hunting
grounds of the Myanmar
Sea Gypsies, the Salone also called Moken in Thailand.
Here is the
e-book
on Sea Gysies and the Andaman Sea.
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Similan Islands |
Similan Live aboard |
This
about 800 pristine islands
in the Myeik or Mergui Archipelago in Myanmar or Burma
have been untouched since British
colonial
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Similan National Park |
Similan Scuba |
times.
Surrounded by beautiful reefs this
archipelago is full
with an amazing marine underwater
world.
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fishes, sea
snakes, turtles, sharks, whale
sharks, sting
rays and all
kind of underwater adventures are waiting.
Fascinating marine creatures and their
aquatic underwater world.
This islands
far north of the Similan Islands are the
ideal location for diving, snorkeling,
fishing and underwater exploration, all this
can only be done via life aboard excursions
out of Phuket Thailand. There is absolute
nothing being done on tourism out of
Myanmar.
Almost all of
this Islands in the Andaman Sea Mergui
or Myeik Archipelago are inhabited. Only
some Sea Gypsies live at the beach and on
their houseboats. Most of this Andaman
Islands are mostly palm fringed exotic
locations were never anyone set foot on. |
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Similan
Main Island
Similan Island Beach
Similan Island
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