Wow early, before the sea turns rough in the afternoon. The remains of the old prison have almost vanished, except for traces of a sawmill and a hole that once housed a dark cellar where the worst-behaved prisoners were detained. Wow returned us to the park office in the early afternoon before the sea began to surge. After lunch, a park-operated, longtail boat set out for Crocodile Cave at the end of the Pun Te Malaca stream. The trip takes us through a scenic stream lined with a rich forest of mangroves.
Birds abound and the branching limbs of the mangroves form peculiar shapes on the muddy riverbanks.
The stream was once home to crocodiles, but nobody knows where they have gone now. Only one survives, but in the form of a natural limestone sculpture created by time and water. At the end of the stream, the cave is accessible by an elevated boardwalk that park officials have just completed. Our overland explorations did not begin to cover the island's sizeable area, and after a two-day stay we waved goodbye and headed for Ko Adang in the west. The sea turned rough and then rougher with a brief downpour.