On to Thailand

After an early start this morning, the day seemed to be full of hurry up and waits.


Eventually we landed in Phuket and arrived at our hotel. The sun was shining when we arrived but soon turned into rain as we sat in the traffic jam on the windy road.


The town of Patong was our destination and we have been greeted by the really friendly Thai people and made to feel welcome.

Already dreaming about our first massage, we have just awoken from our mid afternoon nap and will go on to meet the rest of the Contiki group before we spend an evening together exploring the town.

Evening:-

Met our group- of the 30 of us there is 1 New Yorker, 2 Canadians and 3 New Zealanders. The rest are Ozzies.

We had our first dinner on the beach and it was awesome to have the sand sifting through your toes.

I had a delicious dinner of prawns cooked with mushrooms, spring onions and corn with a delicious sauce

The pineapple juice was just too delicious and they make good cocktails too.

Tomorrow we go on a speedboat tour to the famous island seen in a James Bond movie and I am looking forward to lying in the shade of a tree on the beach relaxing with a cocktail in a coconut or pineapple!

I plan on bringing plenty of sunblock and here's to hoping I don't get sunburnt!

The shops are small, and the Thai people are all very relaxed.

I love the fact that we can walk in the streets at night and not worry about being mugged or murdered.

Our tour guide is Ed, he is from Wales but with a mix of a heavy Ozzie accent! You can tell who he takes out on tours the most! :-)

Looking forward to getting an authentic Thai massage on the beach either tomorrow or the next day, but we will probably do it on Patong beach as the view will be amazing and we leave Patong, Phuket day after tomorrow, heading for Phi Phi. So it would be quite nice to have a massage in each place we're in.