Pulau Kapas an absolute stunning destination. Yesterday we motor sailed with hardly a breath of wind and seemed to have about 2knots of current against us, once again weaving our way through all the fishing floats. We anchored in the northern basin between Pulau Kapas and Pulau Gemia in 8 metres of crystal clear water where we could see our anchor laying on the sand. A welcome ceremony was due to start at 3.00pm, we just had enough time for a quick dip off the back of the boat to cool us off as it had be extremely hot and we all felt that we were melting. Dressed in our Charmar uniform (royal blue & white polo shirts embroidered with Charmar and our names) we joined the flotilla of ducks (dinghies) all racing to shore to the resort at the southern end of the island.
On arrival we were welcomed with wonderful display of martial arts followed by a scrumptious buffet at the resort on the veranda with a lovely cooling breeze. The resort was an old colonial style open wooden bar, restaurant and pool. Afterwards we walked along the beautiful white sand beaches to the north passing by many small resorts and a camping ground called "Pak Yer Camp". Each headland has steps over the rocks to the next bay and these steps have a white balustrade fence with a gazebo resting, viewing place at the top looks very colonial. Many mainland holiday makers from Singapore and Malaysia were enjoying the area, swimming, canoeing and playing in the sand. Pulau Kapas is only 6.5 km from the mainland and there's a swimming marathon from the mainland to the island every April which allows a maximum of 200 entrants.