Phuket, Thailand

and then there was two.......
July 29, 2008 - Phuket, Thailand
WOW - so long since we last wrote.  Sorry all. So, last we left off we were in Kota Bharu (Malaysia) waiting for our overnight bus to Penang.  Well, the bus was awesome - prbly the most comfortable bus EVER!! Arrived in Georgetown (the capital of Penang) at 4am and faced with the question, where do we go now???  So, we found our way into town...
Placed by Monica, Mark, B-Dun, Katie and Pooh Bear in Bye Bye Banff, Hello World!

Saying Goodbye to Namita - Phuket
March 25, 2008 - Phuket, Thailand
Namita: That night after returning from Raya and freshening up at our hotel, we took Rupesh out for his birthday dinner (we had missed his birthday in Toronto).  We ended up at a steakhouse that was recommended in the Lonely Planet.  The food was pretty good.  After dinner, we bought what can be described as these cylinder shaped kite things....
Placed by Namita and Dave in Dave and Namita's 2008 Adventure

Beaches of Thailand
March 22, 2008 - Phuket, Thailand
Namita: Yay, finally we get to visit some Thailand beaches!  For our last days in Thailand, we really just wanted to relax and hang out on the beach.  So we headed south to Phuket. This was really just as a jump off point as we did not want to spend too much time in Phuket, itself.  We had heard from friends that Phuket would be way to...
Placed by Namita and Dave in Dave and Namita's 2008 Adventure

The Little Rose Girl
April 8, 2008 - Phuket, Thailand
We decided to drag ourselves out of our resort lazy haze and head over the headland to Kata beach- or Big Kata as it is called. It was my last night on Phuket and the honeymooners were heading to Bangkok the next day.  We watched the sunset from the beach drinking Chang beer then Ange and Roland lit a parachute light that floated up into...
Placed by Kezia in Indochina and Me.

A long journey south to the land of speedos.
April 7, 2008 - Phuket, Thailand
Bangkok is so humid and hot at the moment, i couldn't wait to get out of there. I booked the last seat (apparently) on a sleeper train to Surat Thani, which is a drop off point for boats and buses to the west coast of Thailand. The train took 13 hours, though most of the trip was spent at a stand strill waiting for other trains to pass...
Placed by Kezia in Indochina and Me.