Phuket
Trip Start
Aug 04, 2008
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Trip End
Aug 21, 2008
Phuket,
Thailand
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
This morning, we had grand plans to see the equivalent of downtown Phuket... or Phuket City. Unfortunately, today was also the Queen's birthday (aka Mother's Day in Thailand). That meant, that for the most part, everything was closed. They really celebrate their king and queen here, and there are giant 2 story posters of the king and queen posted all over the streets of Bangkok.
We hopped on what we called a truck-tuk... or a flat-bed truck that had been modified to accomodate benches for passengers on it's back. 30 minutes later, we had bumped along through the streets of Phuket and hopped off at the "city centre". Unfortunately, the city centre was closed. A taxi ride later, we were dropped off the "shopping centre". This area featured two small shopping malls across the street from one another. We hoped to get back to the beach by 3pm, so we quickly made our way through the shops, stopping to load up on local dried fruits and chinese buns!
By 3pm, we had our own umbrella and lounge chairs on the beach, and were soaking in the sunshine. All around us were little sand-side surf shops that rented surf boards and those little body/wake/boogie boards. Whatever they're called, we rented two of them and spent the next hour gliding through the giant waves that were coming in. It was the best time!
Unsurprisingly, swimming against the waves tired us out pretty quickly. I had the itch for a plate of spaghetti, so we found an Italian restaurant and had what I guess was Thai-style spaghetti.
Tiring day.
Bed time for sure... but not before watching Harrison Ford battle the terrorists in Air Force One on DVD!!
