Allamanda Laguna Phuket

... we spent about $1.50 for a potato, egg, and fruit feast). Kevin and I were both relieved to be in a city that didn’t just exist for tourism, and we enjoyed walking around the busy streets. We saw very few other Westerners, but we did find an English bookshop (an important stop in most towns) and a restaurant that served spaghetti and burgers as a treat.

Our second day in Phuket Town (after a very satisfying home-cooked breakfast), we rented a ...

... accommodation on Phuket from a youth hostel to a lovely hotel near Kata beach, for which we managed to find a great deal on the internet due to the hotel being so new. When we arrived we were bowled over by how nice the room was, very modern and stylishly decorated with the bathtub being the focal point of the room. The hotel itself was nice and compact with only sixty rooms, so it never felt too crowded. Unlike us, we spent a day by the pool relaxing and enjoying ...

Fishes, fishes, fishes everywhere! Lots of snorkeling around the various bays at Phi Phi islands - Lohsamah Bay, Pileh Bay & Monkey Bay. Loads of coloured fish, coral, urchins, sea cucumbers & starfish. It was awesome! Also stopped by Maya bay at Phi Phi Ley. Famous for its scene in the film "The Beach". It ...

... the stripper's pole in the middle of the room. It was hot and sweaty and there I was holding on to this pole marinated in the juices from a bevy of vaginas and **** cracks, but if I stopped holding on I'm sure I would have been thrown out the window. Ok so it may not have 'technically' been a strippers pole, and could have been a structural support beam, but it seemed very stripper pole-ish to me. Huh, what do you call a girl from Warsaw dancing on stage at a gentlemens club?.... a ...

... Thai Government and people are prohibited to stay the night there. We arrived in Ton Sai, the main village on Phi Phi Don, and were predictably swarmed upon by people trying to get us to go to there hotel. While in Phuket we had done our research and knew we wanted to go to a quieter place on Phi Phi Don called Long Beach. We jumped in the nearest long boat (the only way to get around the island. Like a taxi), bartered a price and went to Long ...

... says Phi Phi but is also part of the Ao Nang Krabi province. Bugger. It was too late to catch one of the twice daily ferries, so our driver found us a decent hotel on one of the beaches . We stayed in a small Hotel called Kenneth, A$30 for the night, just around from the Ao Nang strip, plenty of bars and restaurants in traditional Thai tourist location style.. It appeared that most of the tourists were from Russia and ...

... random thai robber has stolen my camera I had taken so many photos :-( i went swimming in the sea for about a minute and when I got back they had taken my money and my camera...luckily I only had about 5pounds on me though. They were kind enough to leave some vaseline and a hair brush in my bag tho....spose they cant sell that on. Was really really upset but at least im safe and sound and it will teach me a lesson. a camera ...

... so famous through the 1974 James Bond film called

"The Man With the Gold Finger"

The Island of Phang-nga, locally known as Ko Tapu or Nail Island in English.

Wonderful trip, but seemed a bit too far for me on our way back because we have some bad weather.

Black clouds are over us and it starts to rain while we are in this small long boat.