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Phuket Pt2
... off, then went back for more. The crew had their syncronised jumps as well.
Quick stop at Monkey beach next, it was high tide so not much room, so was a very quick stop which was good because i don't trust the little buggers here. We then went to look at Phi Phi island resort at Tonsai bay (I think) went up the canal as far as we could.
We then travelled to Nui Bay or camel rock, & around the corner is a secluded beach where we enjoyed ...
A Brilliant Birthday Surprise For Rosie!
... be in this area. Well after getting our rucksacks back on our backs and walking, it took us a good 20 minutes before we got to the hotel - Not impressed!The hotel was lovely and the rooms were really nice - we had a bath jacuzzi on our balcony which looked out on to the sea.After uploading our photos of Phi Phi on to Facebook we decided to head out to grab some lunch. As we got to reception Emma, Donna and Danni were there to surprise Rosie for her birthday. Joe knew of it, and had ...
We have made it to Thailand!
... amazing sign banning Hippies from entering the Kingdom of Thailand. The sign then went on to define hippy, which was hilarious. After immigration (where three really smelly and pretty suspect Russian Buddhist monks held up proceedings) we had a short wait and got back on the train.
Eventually we arrived at Hat Yai, our first Thai town. The station was bustling, with taxi drivers jumping on to offer tuk-tuk hire before ...
Broken heart strings
... us through the coming weeks and months. Xxx
We got picked up today by our volunteer supervisor for our orientation day and, along with the two other current volunteers, we headed off to one of the areas of Thailand which was hit hardest by the 2004 tsunami called Khao Lak. The charity we are working for supports numerous projects in Southern Thailand which aid orphaned and underprivileged children, but today we were only going to see two of them: a ...
One night in Phuket Town
Positioned in the south east corner of the large Phuket Island, the bustling old trading town proved to be quite charming. We walked form the long-distance bus station to our hostel through lively local streets, spying some interesting, if decaying, 'Sino-colonial' architecture - a mix of Chinese and European styling we learned from our map.
We took a break from Thai food ...