Last Days

Last night, with some time on our hands and umbrellas safely above our heads we wandered around the town again, only to discover a whole new world of hidden restaurants and shops. I was very excited. Many dodgy DVDs were bought and beers consumed.

This morning we awoke to sunshine and it has remained so for the day (needless to say I'm a little pink...ok...red). We're off in 9 minutes to see sunset on a boat, some monkeys (i don't really like monkeys), the beach where they filmed the beach, and some snorkeling (which Trish is particularly excited about).

Tomorrow's our last day, heading back to Phuket in the morning and fly back in the evening.

sniff....

Canoe..

Who knew canoeing would be so difficult?

I'm sure I've done it before and its been a breeze. Trish and I had quite a few hilarious moments mostly caused by a lack of coordination and steering skills. Trying to head out to open water we ended up facing the wrong way quite a few times, I can only hope no one was watching from the shore.

Then on the way back in we decided to hop out for a swim...which was fine until we tried to get back in. We tried simultaneous jumping, then one at a time, then one whilst the other was holding the canoe. then one of us would successfully get in only to be capsized by the other. Trish was constantly erupting in fits of giggles as we tried to get ourselves in whilst also trying to keep our respective belongings out of the water.....my sunglasses sadly didn't make it.

Phi Phi

I just posted this section, but hit what I thought was 'post' and lost the lot, so here I am again 2 days later trying to remember how witty and funny I was the first time around.

All the instructions are in Thai, so wish me luck.

Phi Phi is lovely and relaxing. Green season (read=wet) has arrived, so it's been difficult to plan anything against the sky's opening up and dumping its contents on us. So we've been lying by the pool, lying by the beach, and lying on the balcony of our bungalow. So really not a whole lot of activity except walking to breakfast, which is a lot more of a work out than anyone really wants early in the morning.

I've also partaken in a massage a day (it'll be hard not to have it when I get back), they're quite dynamic and I have a few impressive bruises from the enthusiastic 41kilo masseuse in Patong.

Now, wheres the publish button...?

Phuket...

After a freezing bus ride to Sydney from Canberra sitting next to a woman who was once possibly a man, I arrived at Sydney airport to find an overexcited Trish waiting for me. The flight was not eventful which is exactly how I like them - although a little longer than I had anticipated at 9 hours.

We arrived to check into our hotel late and were happy to find their restaurant spilling out onto the sand on the beach and the beers appropriately cheap.

Patong beach is a bit intense - like an asian vegas. We spent some quality time at the pool and a small amount of time at the beach. there seemed to be not many people swimming at the beach and after the fourth piece of rubbish brushed against my leg masquerading as a creature from the deep I realised why and retired to the safety of the pool.

Off to Phuket

I'm off to Phuket on Friday and am very excited, especially considering we booked these tickets more than a year ago. Yeah for Jetstar sales, although I am a little worried about getting there, and back, on time:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/jetstar-passengers-stranded/2007/06/20/1182019169081.html