Tiger Inn Phuket Patong

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Dropped my bags off & this sweet girl that works there helped me carry my 25 kg suitcase up 2 flights of stairs. It is loaded up with sales stock to take back home from Cambodia.





Headed for the beach to watch the sunset over the water & stopped on the way to enquire re tour prices to book some island trips. Compared prices – ...

... the island just after we arrived if we were to get down to Krabi on schedule. After another bus ride from another planet (this time a minibus), we spent a night in Krabi town, before catching another bus and two more boats to get to Ton Sai the next morning. Yes, the beaches in southern Thailand can be a little complex to get to, but there is no shortage of people offering to take you each leg of the way. Once on Hat Ton Sai (or Ton Sai Beach), we met Greg's long-time ...

... Freude verflog schnell, als wir nicht wie abgesprochen am Pier abgeholt wurden und unsere schweren Rucksaecke bei gefuehlten 40 Grad selber den Berg hinauf zum Harmony House schleppen durften. Vorbei an unzaehligen Bars und Restaurants, Tauchshops und Massagesalons bahnten wir uns unseren Weg. Schweissgebadet standen wir dann vor der Inhaberin des Guesthouses und ernteten auf die Nachfrage, wo denn die Sackkarre fuer unsere Rucksaecke war (auf ...

... back when the sun was just getting high enough to bring out the beach bums. I stopped along the way to pick up sea shells and collect my breath. What a morning. I'd run more often if I had a beach like that to run on. When I returned, I ordered breakfast for Jenny and I. After gobbling down some fresh fruit and Thai noodles, we headed down to our spa date. Talk about being pampered. Fresh drinks, feet and back massages and ...

... really worried. We hung out in the dark and cool Irish pub beforehand, because we had checked out and it had comfy couches. Half the workers were asleep themselves on other couches, but they kindly let us in and stay while only buying a bottle of water. I had fun in the bathroom before leaving (damn you curry) and then we got on the ferry. It was larger than yesterdays tour boat but still not that big, and the sky was still dark grey but seemed to possibly be moving in a different ...

... We saw some bigger angel fish, like "Gill" in Finding Nemo. Near the end of our swim we came across an area busy with fish. There was a huge puffer fish near the bottom of the reef. Then I spotted a sea anemone at the bottom of a clear area, with 5 little orange clown fish. I went to the bottom and came millimetres from touching the biggest one of the bunch. That made my day. We then noticed that everyone else had gotten out of the water already ...

Phuket is an island that happened Tsunami in December 2004. It is an island that located in Southern Thailand. The trip from LCCT Kuala Lumpur to Phuket is about an hour by flight. The time in Phuket is like Jakarta, Indonesia, it's late an hour from Kuala Lumpur. From Phuket International Airport, we took minivan to Crown Hostel; which located near Patong Beach. It costs us 150 THB/person. Actually, besides minivan and taxi, you can take bus. But ...

... and I ventured into the town of Phi Phi for dinner at a great place called Papaya before having a bucket and stopping at a beach front bar for a fire show that was quite cool. I finally give in and wear real socks and shoes for the first time in 11 days! While it feels a bit strange, my foot thanks me for giving it a chance to heal a bit. The night ended with a midnight swim.

An early morning start, however it was worth it. We had a little wonder around Patong, however the first thing we noticed is the exorbitant prices. With all the Tourists and Western money, the locals have put up their prices. For a Pizza it is 280thb. This is equal to ...

... the place. Everything was bleak and run down. There is no beaches, only mangroves. We got to the bus station and had to wait an hour for our "bus" to arrive. Bus turned out to be a mini bus, aka van looking thing with 9 seats total, 3 per row. So now things are starting to get interesting. We get going, and on the first major hill, we feel the bus, van, whatever, start slowing down drastically. I'm sitting in the back with some British folks and we start laughing, cause we ...