Thiwa Ratri Resort And Spa Phuket

... last day, we here the drums starting up and legged it out to see the people in the procession with anything from chains and machetes to tree branches and guns sticking through varying body parts. It was slighty disturbing but compelling to watch (a bit like those channel 4 programmes about 70 stone people!) A Thai woman had grabbed me and dragged me to the front to get a better look. A one point we had to kneel and bow low to the ground as ...

... I cannot praise the Thai people of Phuket enough. They are charming and patient beyond belief. The majority of tourists I saw there would stretch anyone's patience and the Thais just keep on smiling. We didn't need to go to the 'sex tourist' area of Bangkok to get an idea of the culture - it was evident all over Phuket. It made my skin crawl.

We watched a cooking demonstration. Saw a rubber tree and had a run through of how plastic is made. Plastic is a very big export in Thailand. We saw a show with some Baby Elephants. The elephants painted, hit golf balls, played the harmonica and danced. They were so cute!! We then bought a fruit basket so we could feed them. Later we met ...

... bounced across the water, and came down very hard, so much so that I pulled a muscle in my back, and could barely walk, let alone lift my pack for a few days. If that wasn't enough, we had to get a taxi boat to the shore on the islands. There were 4 people in the wooden taxi boat already, and they made us get in as well, telling us it was all OK, even though we weren't sure. As soon as us and the packs got in the end of the boat went completely under water ...

... at the other night where Karston bought a ruond and Ben bought the ladies Leis. We then took a little stroll on the beach and headed into town a bit. With the failure of not finding a good place to drink other than the Ska Bar we headed into 7-eleven for some drinks and I got an ice cream. When we got back to the hotel we drank a little bit more before we crashed for our adventure today.
Today we woke up and went exploring around Phuket Town. Our first ...

... took all my concentration not to join the 'chunder brigade' that was going on around us. With ipod in and eyes closed I entered a world of escapism until we finally docked at Thong-Sala, the islands main port. We did battle with the touts representing a million and one hotels and resorts and settled on Haad Thian (west) Bungalows situated on the north west coast of Koh Phangan. This place is rather remote and it turns out to have its own private beach. We all have a very nice (if a ...

... ok, um das ist es nicht wirklich schade) - da ist jetzt ein Schugeschäft drinnen. Das Geschäft in dem ich damals Schuhe für die Fabi gekauft habe gibt es nicht mehr ...

... Skocjan. Railay sam je polotok do katerega je mogoce dostopati le preko morja in sicer sva se midva do sem odpravila z »long tail boat-om« iz mesta Krabi. Polotok ima vzhodno in zahodno plazo, povsod pa je mogoce najti tako luksuzne turisticne resorte, kakor tudi prenocisca za popotnike z nahrbtniki kot sva midva. Sama sva se namestila v leseno hisico visoko na drevesu (10m), ki naju zelo spominja na pripovedi o Robinzonu Crusoju. Zaradi obkrozenosti obeh plaz ...

... 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.

... out of their holiday to give back. We combed the beach and collected garbage into bags. We collected so much garbage that there wasn't room enough for us to fit into the long tail boat with it. So one boat went back to the pier full of garbage, and the other boat went back with as many people as would fit. Nine of us were left on the beach. Before our trusty leader left us ...