Sino House Phuket

... i loved them also :-) . That's so cool!


You should know that there are two islands, Phi Phi Don and Phi Phi Leh. Phi Phi Don which is larger and inhabited attracts lots of visitors to stay on the beautiful shores. Phi Phi Leh, smaller & uninhabited island has some little damages. The island also has two idyllic beaches, Loh Samah and Maya Bay, where the Hollywood film 'The Beach’ ...

From Siem Reap (Cambodia) to Thailand, we were originally planning to go overland and by sea. We were also planning to go direct to Kho Tao island.

However, after adding up the different legs we realised that this would take 27 hours:

3.5 hrs from Siem Reap to Thailand
1 hr across the border (and it's not a nice border ...

... the
narrow winding streets and looking into the entrance of the hotel
could see the Andaman Sea which framed the Thai styled entrance and
lobby, we had arrived in paradise.
After checking in we we lead to our
rooms, connecting this time. Opened the curtains to see the
sparkling pool 3 metres away in the foreground and then the stunning
beach and sea wow indeed. The room was lovely off white and
terracotta tiled with cram walls and dark timber trim and a large
Phuket, Thailand dobboinaus

... second highest in the world) and went around the colonial district. It was strange seeing a cricket pitch surrounded by mock tudor houses in the middle of somewhere so hot.

Next stop was the Cameron Highlands, which are up high compared to the rest of the country and the temperature is a good 10 degrees lower - and very pleasant to be in. There was a good atmosphere there as well. We went on a jungle trek for 3 hours (the guide had seen Tiger foot ...

... are still loads of fish - one particular stripy species seems to follow Jimmy around and surround him which is a bit unnerving ha ha! But the real reason for writing today's blog are the events which are about to unravel. As the day progressed more and more people arrived on long boats and snorkelling tours (though still there weren't that many people in total). At about eleven o'clock we ...

... I am glad it was the five of us! A friend from Kwaj told me about them and said that it was hilarious because they become a full family affair... and it is true. There was couples, groups of friends and a couple of grandparent like people all in the audience. It was shocking what these girls were pulling out of their 'hoo-ha's', the worst was a live budgie! This poor bird! After the hoo-ha show, we wandered down to Club Lime where we paid a $1000 ...

... facing the ocean. Room 112 was almost right on the beach. Room 111 looked at a service building that was between the room and the beach. If I had paid for ocean front and only got room 111, I would have been very disappointed. Although I felt a little cheated in that I paid for two ocean front rooms and really only got one. I was happy that the rooms were connected. Parker and Shaeleigh had ...

... stuff and set off to explore the town. I'm not quite sure how it happened - could have been some strange magnetic force or maybe I passed out for a brief period of time when when I woke up we we in an aircon building surrounded by smiley ladies in aprons selling what appeared to be vast amounts, in all colours and sizes, ICE CREAM! We had found our way (somehow!) into a Swensens Ice Cream ...