Baan Laimai

... too much – 1700BHT for two pairs but way better than original price of 3000. Sit at nice bar across from beach.  Baan Laimai Resort and Spa (??).  Draught beer 70BHT, couple of little pizzas for lunch.  Watch a couple of Germans argue ...

We flew to Phuket on Wednesday evening and arrived at our hotel around 9pm. The hotel is lovely. Our room is one of the more basic ones with no windows and right by the bar but we didn't mind as it's still clean and quite nice. I was very excited to see ...

Woohoo!  I finally made it to Phuket.  The flight actually was not bad at all despite it taking forever to get here...  First, I must say, Korean Air is awesome.  So much better then flying on  crappy domestic airlines.  ...

Well it is Saturday morning here in Phuket.  This will be are last full day and night here.  I have to say I have enjoyed this relaxing part of the trip and the people we have met on this Island.  I enjoy the people I meet as much as I do ...

Well we have officially been in Phuket and are trip much longer than we thought it would be.  Luckily things are safe here in Phuket so no need to worry.  On Tuesday the protesters finally got what they wanted and the Prime Minister was kicked ...

Well when we flew into Phuket we were supposed to be staying from Sunday and then leaving on Thurs (Thanksgiving) to head for Bangkok.  As we were here on Tuesday we learned that protesters had taken over 2 of the airports in Bangkok and there was ...

Well It is Weds and we are off to do what Denise has been waiting for this whole trip, Elephant trekking.  I wasn't too excited for it but hey thought it would be some good pics! We were picked up in a truck type vehicle with a gate that kept us ...

We made it to Phuket roughly around 10PM and we headed to our resort. We kicked it up a notch here. Frank found a resort on the beach for roughly 35 bucks pp. Not too shabby since we were paying more than that for the hostels in Europe last year. It is ...