Na Trang Day 2

The next morning we had a leisurely rise to go out on a boat trip around the islands
firstly stopping to see local village life which mainly consisted of fishing and erm fishing. The local boat here for 'bobbing about' on the water is a coracle made from woven coconut leaves and then sealed with cow manure and then lacquered, normally the men sort of kangaroo them out to their larger boats in the bay but we were taken out to our boat by two local ladies with a paddle each.
Once back on our normal boat we motored to the next island about 20 mins further out and took snorkel and masks and jumped into the warm water and swam towards the shore to see the coral around the island. It was amazingly warm in the sea but the water was slightly cloudy so the colours were not brightly vivid like you would expect but it was brilliant all the same. After about 40mins or so we went back to the boat and Richard an I took the challenge from the boat owner to jump in the sea of the room for the boat. It was only about 15ft but it looked a heck of a lot higher when you were stood up there. The food was now ready and we dried off and tucked into a mass of fresh seafood, meat, veg and rice dishes which the boot's cook had been preparing since we had set off. It was all washed down with a couple of beers and all I needed was a lie down, which is what we got... we had sailed over to a beach area and were able to relax under palm leaf umbrellas on deck chairs listening to the sea wash over ....zzzzzzz. Yes we spent the afternoon here and slept for most of it, and it was bliss.