Casuarina Patong Garden Resort Phuket

... later and we were emerging onto the famous Maya beach/bay.Very beautiful indeed, very surreal to be there! After a couple hours of enjoying the beach and scaring some other english guys with shouts of "shark, shark" when we spotted a small black tip reef shark, we headed back to the main island. That evening was spent watching the epic wimbledon tennis final and of course more partying!

Spent the next afternoon on the beach, the tide was out and we took a walk amongst ...

... go to Phuket until Sunday. We ordered Spring Rolls, Tempura Vegetables 120baht they were excellent, Chicken Garlic / Pepper and Mussamann and a few singha's as well. Nancy and Sujweena arrived just as we finished and we sat talking, the Sea Gypsies were celebrating a a win at soccer with plenty of beer and their own music which they had playing on 4 of the largest speakers, they danced and partied until 4am We left at about 9;30 to head back to the room and bed.

Day 13 Get with the ...

... atmosphere. I met jo and her friend Fiona here, I had met Jo in Bangkok and we wanted to meet up again. We enjoyed ourselves watching the climbers, lounging on bamboo slats at the reggae bar in the sun and eating bbq'd fish with jacket potatos (this excited me a lot!). That night there was a huge storm and it rained harder than i have ever seen before, since there are no roads in Ton Sai the mud paths became rivers and we found shelter at a restaurant to wait it out. We then ...

... There must have been about 100 of us sardined in the bottom of a swaying boat, and minimal window access.....I suppose I should have been grateful that they provided lifejackets! ha. Chris was less than impressed by her neighbour , when he rolled over and tried to snog her during the middle of the night! haha. but with beds about 30 cm wide - he must have seen it as an opportunity too good to miss. We eventually got to Krabi and waited another few hours for a boat ride ...

... of the ring..I look and see this giant guy standing there. "Ok, Ok...sparring..sparring....no power..no power..technique..technique...ok.." was the phrase uttered by one of the trainers. So the sparring session began. The big guy starts by throwing a left jab and right cross at me...FULL POWER. Lucky for me telegraphed his punches and I managed to slip them..but right away..the trainers stepped in...slapped him on his shoulders and said.. "hey...no power..no ...

... here are a bloody luxury with reclining seats and all that) i decided as the weekend was upon me that i needed a bit of a party....and why not eh! So i figured on patong, world famous for being a bit sleazy, full of trannies and mannies and, yes generally sleazy and cheap alcohol and a nearby beach. That'll do me i knew it was gonna be like benidorm but hey you cant constantly be running round temples and all that ...

... on vacation...one on pre-honeymoon...and one on honeymoon..



This is what happens usually when there are 6 people with 6 ...

... cafe) with no idea what to do next, After refusing the services of the taxi guy (even shouting at him as he persisted in assuring us that he was the cheapest way to continue), we teamed up with another couple and tried to find a taxi of our own. We needed to get to Karon beach which was a little way outside Phuket and home to our next hostel. We found a pretty expensive taxi (although cheaper than the first offer) and eventually made it ...

... really fortunate today. I got off the bus from Khao Lak and intended to walk to the beach community from the main thoroughfare. Then I found out it was 10km down the road. I asked a couple if they knew of any reasonable guesthouses down that way, since they seemed to be coming from there. They were from the north, aruond Chiang Mai. A really cool pair, temporarily relocated to work here. They gave me a ride and helped me find something ...

... mention that while on our excursions to Starbucks, Bank of America, etc. I bought a cell phone as well as a sim card. The cell phone cost me about 50.00 USD while the minutes were about 50.00 as well for 900 minutes. Because John and Jeff left ahead of us, and neither has gotten a sim card, our only means of communication was through e-email. Anyways, after we arrived at the camp, we were greeted by Diane Campanillo whose husband is the head ...