Byd Lofts Phuket Patong

... that it was pretty much not taken care of and full of trash and didn't have anything to do. Since the current is so strong you can't really swim at any of the beaches anyways. Therefore, it probably makes the most sense to stay in Patong where it's loud and super touristy but at least has stuff to do (even if it feels like Mardi Gras meets Vegas). Our last night in town we met up with our friend and hit up the club scene. It was nice having someone with us ...

Today was our first day in Thailand! I am going on the Phuket/ Bangkok S@S trip that last the entire five days we are in port. Since my group had to catch a flight to Phuket we were the first ones allowed off the ship. We are ported in Laem Chabang which is 2.5 hours from Bangkok. It is the most desolate port that we have traveled to so far. You can see tall buildings in the distance but the area immediately around this industrial port is ...

So after just making the boat to Phuket we arrived early morning and met a new mate to share a room with! Sweet as you like as bonus he paid...haha! Chilled on the beach in the day which was really different to the other islands as very very busy and lots of old men with young thai girls...urgh! And LOADS of jellyfish so couldnt even swim! Went back to the ...

... we began to find this to be the funniest thing that we had ever heard! Not joking, we half ran half crawled back to our bungalow and my throat was sore trying to hold in the laughter! Our neighbours didnt know what was walking up the driveway. They were sitting on their deck having a nice romantic night as we were bent double and hobbling along with legs crossed and laughing and snorting all the way home. Dont think that they were that impressed. Ros ...

... the interest of safety I explained this to the young lady escorting us past the reclining chairs of tourist receiving mani/pedi towards the back stairwell. Apparentlyy this establishment is unable to offer prenatal massage and as they whisk Shaun up the stairs I am instead led back to the main room for the "foot massage". Ithoroughlyy enjoyed my foot massage every minute that I wasn't worried about what was going on ...

... belongings of the visitors. There was an American couple already there who had to chase down one of them that had stolen their camera. Thankfully, all of our stuff was secured to our kayak, so we just got the pleasure of watching the action!

The one sunny day, Saturday, we hired a boat to take us out to Long Beach, on the other side of the island. This is a beatiful sandy beach with a steep drop-off and very rough waves. Situated along the beach, there are a number of resorts ...

... a feel for it, perhaps have a few bevvies. As is often the case, a few bevvies turned into many and before I knew it we were right amongst it, on the main drag of Patong Beach at 10pm on a Friday night. Wow. I've never experienced anything quite like it. It was an intense mixture of booze sex and money. Whether it was the filthy result of the above combination or the more likely scenario of poor plumbing, the smell was unpleasant at best and downright disgusting at ...

... Sandra wanted to go home early so I took her home on the bike and went back to Paul, by the time I had got back he was ready to go so we headed back to the bungalows. He took off on the bike and I did my usual 15min bike check before I set off : ). On my way down the road I saw a group of people so I stopped and there was Paul lying in a bush, he had done acrobatics off the bike after hitting a invisible pavement. He wanted me to take ...

... dag for tidlig for aa utfoere selvmordet.. De opplevde saa mye positivt, fanastisk dykking med forskjellige typer haier og djevlerokke, ett stoerre mangfold av fisk en her paa Koh tao, skilpadder -blekkspruter. Kjempe atmosfaere paa baaten, maten er fantastisk, mye glede og fine bilder for oss aa se paa etter turen over og under vann. Akkurat slik vi kjenner en tur med Alex paa Sampai Jumpa. Saa sammendraget av turen deres var en perfekt tur paa alle maater sett bort fra at ...

... we shopped. A lot. We've just spent 40 mins at the post office sending everything back to Aus thank god. Our time in Phuket can be summed up into the following: Get up - Buffet brekkie - Pool - Cocktails by the pool - Pool - Cocktails by the pool - Pool (and it goes on). Lunch (with cocktails) - Beach - Then pool again with beers - Then happy hour at any of the 500 restaraunts ...