Phuket Merlin Hotel

... one country I will DEFINITELY have to come back to. Chiang Mai in particular. I'm in two minds as I write this entry. We have had the best trip ever. We got to do all the main things we wanted to do.....elephant ride, Thai cooking class, watch a traditional performance, do the beaches and get my tatt. I'm also looking forward to getting home and seeing how Mum is, sleeping in my gorgeous bed, and smelling the fresh ...

Ah Phuket…. You couldn’t have possibly made a worse first impression… I thought West Kambalda was the a$$hole of the universe, but Phuket I take my hat off to you, the title is yours. The rank smell of burst sewerage pipes, dead dogs on the street, flashing neon saying “Welcome to Patong”, the whole street taken over by big black powerlines and desperate Aussie/British men sleazing onto anything with two legs and a heartbeat… Maybe it ...

... and tried to bite him! haha. It was hilarious because the dog was so small. If it didn't have an owner I was tempted to kick it right in the face, but it did, and she came out once Tom had been forced to cross the road! hahahaha. Nothing else to report from Phuket, other than the crazy bus journey getting there. The driver was mental and went really fast! So fast that when he went around corners Tom kept falling off his chair onto Chris ...

... club which ended up being a bar fight between the whole bar. Furniture bottles and everything else went flying. It was between a group of ozzies and thais. We were lucky enough to be at the back of the bar and missed a slap of a chair. The weather is unreal here. 35 degrees everyday. Went to see a ping pong show aswell and im still horrified. Not sure if i can ...

... s Audacity of Hope... so incredibly boring I stopped reading it and put it back in the suitcase after reading that far. I guess I'll read it later, when I'm not on vacation, because I promised myself I'd read it if he got elected. Went shopping - bought some t-shirts from a burmese refugee. I realize that gap year must be affecting my math skills, because in an amazing display of quick thinking, and an impressive display of negotiating, I cut a great deal on 3 shirts. Here's how it ...

... jsou tu nesrovnatelne nizsi, nez na o moc hezci Hat Rai Leh West (asi 10 minut pesky). Nas bungalov byl moc utulny a navic drepel docela vysoko na skale (to kazdodenni splhani do kopce me ubijelo!), takze jsme meli uzasny vyhled na zaliv a protejsi skalu a take bychom asi obdivovali vychody slunce, kdybysme si alespon jedno rano privstali. :-) V Railay jsme stravili dva destive dny, lilo jako z konve, ale to nam ani moc nevadilo a i v desti jsme vyrazili na obhlidku ...

... amp;pilar barcelona. y lo siento si me dejo a alguien, perdonadme. ah y la virgen del rocio.... lo consegui hasta pronto.. el autentico viajero tiene ahora cuarentaitantos, una familia encantadora y unas historias de backpakers increibles. lo conoci cuando volvia de intentar bajar la laguna de railay. el habia estado alli mismo rescatando a unas guiris 20 anyos atras!!! cuando solo habian 5 bungalows. ahora hay un hotel 5 estrellas q te corta el paso entre las playas.

Tästä päivästä ei paljon jää jälkipolville kerrottava, pelkkää istumista, istumisen perään, mutta tsekataan nyt päivän tunnelmat... Oli melkoista tervanjuontia tänään päästä ylös sängystä (eilisen iltaretken ansiosta), mutta eipä ollut muuta vaihtoehtoa kuin klo 5.50 jysäyttää valot päälle, reput selkään ja tuli persuuksien alla kohti Uenoa. Käveltiin pitkää tunnelia Uenon asemalla, joka oli aivan täynnä nukkuvia, viimeisestä junasta myöh ...

... I'd heard there were gibbons in the park and suddenly I heard a loud crashing noise in front of me but didn't see anything, however Ollie was lucky anough to spot it - very jealous! The path seemed fairly well marked so we weren't too concerned and spent some time swimming and exploring the falls. I was a bit weary that I had no shoes on when I almost stepped on what looked like a baby snake but that was the least of our worries ...

... to the wind and a little crowded with other yachts and longtails. We decided to explore a bit further and motored around the island to a bay on the SW side. There were a couple of small power boats there when we arrived but they soon left. We had a lovely sheltered bay all to ourselves. We spent a while snorkelling around the coral near the shore and went for a walk alomg the beach before dinner. A lovely spot!