James bond Island n ting (8th august)

Left krabi at 8:30 in the morning and was genuinly sad to be leaving but i had already stayed for eight nights and thought i needed to keep moving.got to pagnagna for 70 bhat on a bus.
spent the morning looking around the town. not much there but there was a cool monument.

went on a half day tour to see the james bond island/needle/mangrove swamp/water village/some caves. It costed 500 bhat and was well worth it. the difference between this and some of the other tours is just the time you get to see things.On the longer tours you stop on an island for about an hour but on the half day trip you stop at places for 20-30 minutes. This IMO is more than enough time to see something.The james bond island/needle/mangroves were really cool. The water village was also cool but i felt a little guilty walking past peoples homes as part of a tourist group with loads of cameras. It was really interesting though and some of the kids were keen to teach me the thai for some of the fish the kept in nets.
In the evening i walked down the road to see what looked like a huge market decorated with flashing lights. turns out it was a party for the queens birthday. The queen wasnt there, but the thai people seem to love their monarchy. There was a ferris wheel and a load of ball games, and a show done by some local school childeren. they looked to be about 5 years old.I bought a pad thai, dragon fruit, a beer, and some pastry dough ball type things that were deep fried.