Sarasin Bridge

Sarasin Bridge is a newly constructed bridge connecting Phuket Island with the mainland of Thailand. This new bridge is higher than the old one which means that, to the envy of all our sailing buddies, we can go under the bridge which has a 12m clearance. 

The other nice feature of this bridge is that instead of removing the old one, they just took the center out and then built it up to the same height as the road bridge. It serves as a walking path over the river.

There is a sand bank at the exit into the Andaman sea, but we passed over it with no problem as we only have a 3 foot draft. This is photographed from the sea side.

 From here we headed south to Nai Harn beach, our first over night stop.

Note the calm seas!