Here is what we read about long tail boats on Wikipedia:
"The long-tail boat, known as Ruea Hang Yao (เรือหางยาว) in the Thai language, is a type of watercraft native to Southeast Asia, which uses a common automotive engine as a readily available and maintainable powerplant. A craft designed to carry passengers on a river may include a lightweight long canoe hull, up to 30 metres, and a canopy. There is much variation among these boats, some have evolved from traditional craft types, while others have a more improvised look—the sole defining characteristic is a secondhand car or truck engine."
...lightweight...improvised....secondhand car or truck engine...all reasons why I wasn't planning on getting on one...... OK I'm kidding, when in Thailand, travel like a Thai.
In Phang Nga bay, there are small caves or passages that open up in the cliffs during low tide which you can take your canoe through. It's usually so tight you have to lie down in the canoe. This was something we were seriously not going to do, we didn't need to get trapped in there when high tide came in. But after we were half way out in the bay we realized the canoe tour is guided and we didn't have much choice. It turned out just fine and took us to some pretty amazing sites.
We also went to Ko Tapu, or as Westerners call it "James Bond Island" after it was featured in the 1974 spy thriller "The Man with the Golden Gun." It was fun to put together an iMovie to recap it.
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