Entering the Limestine caves in Canoes

This area of Thailand is called the "Pearl of Thailand" regularly voted one of the world's top holiday destinations. It lies just off the southwest coast, surrounded by the warm waters of the Andaman Sea. Phuket is the country's largest island some 30 miles long and 10 miles wide, and home to 30,000 people. At the north end of the island there is a road bridge that carries traffic across the narrow strait that separates it from the mainland.
The Island is rich in tin deposits. Tin was the major source of wealth until 1980's but now tourism and the production of rubber, from trees planted at the beginning of the 20th century are the mainstays. Rubber plantations everywhere, their little black cups hanging from the bottom of the trees. Just like back home collecting syrup from our maple trees in spring.