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Playtime in Phuket!
... was holding up.
45 minutes later, after a ludicrously high speed drive in a very nice taxi, I arrived at my hotel for the next five nights which was the Marq Hotel.
I was shown to my room and almost fell onto the bed in surprise when I saw it. The room was beautiful. I had to pinch myself to remind myself that I had only paid £7 a night. Although the reviews of the hotel were good, I ...
Queen Mary 2 in Phuket, Thailand
... temples (Wats). North is the National park, and also an authentically constructed Thai Village. East of the town is the Sea Gypsy village. Beyond are countless tiny islands including Khao Phing Kan, known now by the locals as James Bond Island, as it was here that the action took place in The Man With The Golden Gun.
Patong Beach was until recent years a vast silent coconut garden. Now it is wall to wall hotels, beach bungalows, shops, bar ...
Phuket- beaches, ladyboys and Bond
... and packed with all sorts of things to try and relieve you of your money, everything from jet skis to parasailing, and people walking up and down trying to selling all sorts of things. It got quite irritating, so we drove back to Karon and sunbathed for a while. We realised we definitely picked the best beach to stay at, Karon was much prettier and quieter than Patong. We had a swim and played in the waves, and then moved on to see what neighbouring Kata beach ...
Shopping, Elephants and Lasik
... the animals but we head to the butterfly farm. Loads of beautiful butterflies which are almost impossible to photograph but the Tarantulas and Scorpians freaked me out. They were huuuuggge.
We asked to go to the best place for shopping and end up at Tescos which is like the Warehouse, not quite what we had planned but did get the adapter and Bakugan for Karn which we hadnt found anywhere.
Next stop ...
Thailand beautiful beaches women and food
... the thick smells of incense and briefly met with the monastery monks who were there giving blessings for donations. Mikael was asking me what Buddhism was and I tried to explain in a Very simplistic manner that if he didnt behave he would come back as an ant in his next life. He thought this was hilarious, and told me that under no circumstances would he come back as an ant--he would defiantly be an uncle!!! oh well, I tried! I kind of like the Buddhist way of thinking, that ...
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