Lamai Hotel Patong

... parasailing & sunset. The parasailing was insane!!!! It was such a production line with people lined up with their harness on & as the parachute would land on the beach in front of me 5 guys would run in & undo that person & shove them aside & grab the next one, buckle them in & off they would go. It would be a 20 second turnaround but the crazy bit was ...

... school to pick up the taxi drivers daughter, sweet little girl. Allemanda resort lays in an area called laguna. In this area there are a few fancy resorts like Sheraton and Allemanda. The wedding chapel is a part of the Sheraton area. When we arrived we jumped straight in the pool before we joined the happy couple and almost all the other guests, approx. 30 happy faces, for dinner. The day after, Saturday, was the wedding day. It's a bit ...

... As plenty of other people were willing to burn their money, we were happy to just watch their ones. Considered stopping for more beer but coffee on the terrace won out this time. 10 January Nice morning walk along the beach. Lots of kids getting ready for a parade which we saw later from the terrace. Messed around on the internet all morning then went to the beach at midday. NZ$10 for two deckchairs certainly is a good scam for the ...

... for work or to put more people in, forever seeing 3 on a bike have seen them put a plank on the seat and get 5 on the bike, the police don't seem to care. Traveled around saw some beautiful fishing villages and beautiful beaches. In one place a few hours out of town we met up with hundreds of Thai's doing some sort of competition in a field. They would get the teams in line to compete and each side had a band shouting, dancing, cheering and playing music. They tried to ...

First things first, I recovered from the fever the very next day of the last entry. Thankfully it was a light fever, didn't shiver or get a sore throat. Didn't get to spar Laura, www.laurasaperstein.com but she did end up winning her match last night. Went to Nai Harn beach yesterday, very beautiful. Water was light blue, waves were active. It's about a 10 minute bike ride but well worth it ...

... the other guests walking past your room. Wierd feeling that I have had 143 times so far!!! Explored the area. Had a beer at a beach bar while looking at the durfers.....some good waves for a swim tomorrow. Nice touch was that when we arrived we went in the pool straight away and introduced ourselves to Sandra and Fay, fromn UK. While chatting to Sandra, Fay made us a wonderful cup of tea .... absolute heaven.

... through whilst on holiday PLUS I want them both to do a Travel Journal each. We can only try...... Finally it's time and the kids are off for a swim with Rob and Dad in one of the 3 fantastic pools. I race around with Mum (I use the word "race" loosely - Mum is conscious of always walking in a fashionable manner), finding the best exchange rate for $A, $Brunei and $Singapore. We have a long walk around the block from the Hotel's beach entrance along ...

Since we had an early flight out of Phuket, we took a ferry back from Koh Phi Phi the day before. The resort area of Phuket is Patong, but we stayed in Phuket Town for convenience. Phuket town is dirty and there is really nothing to do. Don't go there unless it's just for a quick stopover.

This is our last day for sight seeing in this area so we thought we would try and make the most of it by venturing to the highly recommended Island of Ko Phi Phi. Once again we were picked up at our hotel by mini bus and driven about 10 minutes away to large ferry terminal on the out skirts of Phuket Town. This was definitely not like our previous boat trip. This was a busy public ferry port and our ferry was transporting a vast amount of tourists around the surrounding ...

... which was the home to a large tribe of monkeys. Everyone on the tour was camera happy, clicking way. We kayaked to and from the bay and spent a lot of time feeding them pineapple. The second stop was to Koh Phi Phi Ley bay, we kayaked in the bay which was more like a lagoon sheltered by tall vertical cliffs, we also did some snorkelling and were surrounded by lots of fishies. Unfortuately the weather was bit grey and cold but it didnt dampen our ...