Karon Sea Sands Resort & Spa Phuket

... As far as we could tell, the crowd was mostly Russians and Italians.


The morning was overcast but the skies cleared up in the afternoon. Our guide, Johny (all the guides had nicknames to make it easier on the English speaking tourists), pulled down a map of the Bay and explained that we would visit four island including the famous Ko Tapu (James Bond Island). At two of our stops, we disembarked from the boat and ...

... This time we watched Star Trek - which was really good. Sometimes we feel bad for enjoying western comforts or wasting time when we should be out exploring or experiencing the local culture, but this time we didn't, and plus it was raining!

So did Phuket live up to its infamous reputation? To be honest, we liked it. Is it developed / over-developed? Yes. Are the beaches amazing, the food delicious, the jungle green, and the water ...

... Club Med resort. This seemed to label this particular beach as aimed at the somewhat older crowd. And the somewhat older crowd tend to have a bit of money about them, which we don't. Trying to avoid all the expensive places was difficult, we spent a good three hours sat in a cafe thing whilst one of us wandered round looking at places, but we eventually managed to find an awesome place called Southern Fried Chicken to stay (it really ...

this is the initial entry to our travel blog, although we commenced our journey nearly 3 years ago. in that time we have cruised from sydney up the australian east coast to join a yacht rally departing from darwin in july, 2006. that rally took us on a 5 month trip that included many islands in indonesia, singapore, malayasia and thailand. along the way we had some memorable experiences too numerous to mention right here, though some of the pics that are attached give some insight ...

... kelly and for her to read the riot act of do's + dont's!.we kissed and hugged and was a little tearful,meanwhile the nark of a coachdriver was gobbing off,he needed to go.uneventful trip to the lovely scunthorpe were the train was to take me to man airport. had a little time to kill so ...

... I then moved to the front row after this to complete my mission (take photograph lar).





The weather ...

... tarttu mukaan :) Syötiin tosi hyvin KLssä, ekaks käytiin Planet Hollywoodissa ja sit Hard Rock Cafessa. Molemmat paikkoja joita on löytynyt melkeen joka kohteesta missä ollaan reissattu, mut ikinä ei olla raaskittu käydä syömässä. Nyt oli niin halpaa (ja hyvää!) että ei voitu jättää väliin :) Vika KL:n yö oltiin sit Renessance hotellissa joka oli 5 tähden hotelli. Oli aika luksusta olla siellä. Käytiin upealla altaalla ottaan aurinkoa ja illalla käytiin kuntosalilla treenaamassa. S ...

... cost of show and buffet is THB 1,500 per person. The opening hours are 5:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. from Monday to Sunday and buffet starts at 6 p.m. 8:30 p.m. from Monday to Sunday. It is located at 99 Moo 3 Kamala Beach, Phuket 83150 Thailand. For more information, please visit http://www.phuket-fantasea.com or Tel: +66 76 38 5000

We ate breakfast and boarded the bus for the airport at 6am.
The Bangkok airport is a regular airport and my friend is pretty
excited as my friend has never flown before. We had a easy flight in a jet to Phuket. We find a taxi and start looking through the Lonely Planet guide for a hotel. We head for Kata beach and I booked the room as we drove there. As I was booking the reservation there is a man on a motorbike next to us ...