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In on the Beach!
We left our guesthouse, Akwa, at 6 in the morning to catch our flight from Samui to Phuket. We arrived with plenty of spare time and surprisingly Koh Samui airport was lovely. Small but beautifully done with lots of flowers and plants everywhere. When it was time to board we got driven to the plane and that's when we saw what we were flying in... …
Train or plane, train or plane.....
... thought our chances were gone.. Until I saw Geo run around the corner! We had to run to catch up with the train but we managed to jump on! Unbelievable!
We were so happy we made it though :-D and went straight to our little cubby hole where we had some beers and our dinner before the seats were made into beds (see pics) at 11pm. It was air conditioned but pretty clunky and it swayed a lot, but I managed to get a pretty ...
The Phuket Philosophy
... adventure a “vacation”. While I don’t want to deny myself the opportunity to see the sites I’ve always wanted to see, it’s not like I have the means to act as if I’m on holiday at the beach.
But the beaches of Phuket Island are some of the best in the world, and I wanted to see them while I’m in Thailand, although I won’t be staying at the Club Med (FYI: there really is a Club Med here). I managed to ...
Just Walking My Baby Elephant (As You Do...)
... far from where we were staying so we walked up to find that and had a game to kill some time. The whole place was dinosaur themed and also featured a themed bar, restaurant and perhaps even hotel (I didn't check the last one but wouldn't be surprised.) Alan paid because it was quite expensive. The game was pretty even, and we were usually always only seperated by a point or two, so it became quite competitive (for Alan, who got ...
No thanks, I dont want a massage, tshirt or Tuktuk
... to know the locals, meeting other travellers, eating peanuts from a bottomless dish, and of course drinking. It was the same day Brad had thrown me out of the wheelchair...and when it came time to return to the hotel, rather than allowing brad to push me, I insisted on taking a tuktuk instead. I didnt trust him after 4 hours of drinking!!! However, climbing in and out of the tuktuk proved to be quite the challenge! Very difficult to remain ladylike in ...