Thailand

Today we got up relatively early (9am) and got ready to go on a day trip. We decided on Safari World for the day and hired a driver to take us there. He said it would take an hour and a half to get there. It ended up taking three hours after lots of u-turns, swearing, and even reversing down the entire length of a freeway on-ramp. However we finally got there.

We headed straight onto a tour bus and toured through the open-range zoo which even included a white rhino. We then made our way to a dolphin and whale show which was entertaining. We saw polar bears being fed - i wouldn't want to get in the way when they're eating (or ever). We then headed to a spy show - a ridiculously awful but at the same time hilarious James Bond spoof. We then saw a bird show.

We left Safari World and took a taxi back - it was cheaper and a lot quicker than the way there - under an hour. We got back to the hotel then headed out for dinner. We caught the Skytrain to Sukhimvit Rd and ate thai food at the Thai Pot Restaurant - it was so spicy that even the locals couldn't handle it. We then walked along Sukhimvit Rd before catching the Skytrain back. We went to the multi-storey shopping mall 'MBK' but decided to head back there on another day.
We finally got back to the hotel before having a relatively early night.

We said goodbye to Phuket early this morning and took a bus to Phuket Airport - a short 45 mins away. With a two hour wait at the airport we kept ourselves amused with games (Eye-spy is great at Phuket Airport)

Our flight was pretty uneventful except for the most horrible plane food i have ever tasted. We arrived at Bangkok Airport but we were the last ones to get our luggage. It was a 45 minute ride to our hotel. Our hotel, the Asia Hotel, is in a great location - it has it's own train station.

We went out for lunch and had a look at the local markets. We explored the hotel for a while before heading out to dinner. We hired out first Tuk-Tuk/Rickshaw thingy in Bangkok - so much fun- but we were taken to an expensive restuarant bt we left and headed out to find somewhere on our own.

We ended up at a local bar/restaurant 'Hot Shots' - food was great but they had a realy bad and really loud band playing.

We got back to the hotel and priced tours with a travel desk before watching some telly before heading to bed for the night.

Today was our last day in Phuket. Got up for a late brekkie then headed off to the beach. Sunbaked till mid-afternoon then went to McDonald's for lunch (Same as anywhere else in the world). Went back to the beach - swam a bit and did more sunbaking - I am building up quite a nice tan.

Brenda's local boys kept on trying to sell us stuff and marry us all day. We eventually gave in - to the selling not to marriage - and got henna tattoos to commerate our time in Patong.

We eventualy went back to the hotel and were heading out to dinner when another storm hit and we were forced to eat at this dingy restaurant next door to the hotel - somehow they managed to even make water taste flat! We went and tried local ice-cream (Taro flavour)before heading back to the hotel and heading to sleep as we have an early flight tomorrow.

Today we hired a Tuk-Tuk and drove down to Karon Beach. We went shopping at Karon Plaza then ate lunch at a Scandanavian Restuarant - odd choice but great food.

We spent the afternoon at the beach sunbaking and swimming - the water was a lot clearer than at Patong Beach but when we were there there seemed to be a jellyfish problem!

We returned back to Patong Beach for dinner at an Aussie Pub to have Italian food - turning into quite a multi-cultural day! We walked back to the hotel with the intention to go out later that night but unfortunately we were hit by a storm that night which started at 9pm and was still raining well past midnight. So we didn't go out. Instead we turned in for another well earned sleep.

Today was again a long day. We went shopping in the morning - still haven't really bought anything. We then spent the afternoon by the beach, where Brenda was chatted up by some local boys. The sun is still really hot everyday so i am getting a bit of a tan.

We went out for dinner and watched a live band perform - they were pretty good even if they couldn't pronounce all the English words correctly.

Tonight we went to Banana Disco again - so much fun here, i really enjoyed myself. Our neighbours from the hotel - who are french - met us there but we didn't spend too much time with them. We stayed until closing again - but the girls got a tired a lot longer before me. We got home and stayed up a little longer before eventually going to sleep at around 3am.