I missed telling about our speedboat trip to Phi Phi Island. If you're not ready for the almost two hours it takes to get there and started, I don't recommend it. Which means if you don't have a lot of patience then don't go. But it's worth every bit of the travel time to me. After you finally get going on the boat it's another hours trip to the islands but it's a great ride. Well, only if you don't suffer from sea sickness I guess. But we didn't and it was a bea...

Free lesson of the day: never take a free scratch-off ticket from anyone on the street. Number one reason: you WILL win. And no matter how happy or surprised the person who gave it to you is, the fact is- you always win. We all know the trick to get you into a 90 minute presentation though and basically we went because the two young Indian gentlemen who were doing it said they wouldn't get their bonus pay if we didn't go. Hey we had nothing else to do with o...

Hands down one of the best places to eat in Phuket has to be the Butterfly Bistro. It's down from the Old Phuket Resort on the street leading to the main road. Service is great there with friendly waitstaff and beautiful food ranging from Thai to Western. The fried rice in pineapple which is served in a whole pineapple is out of this world. Another great place is Spoon in the Jungceylon Mall in Patong. I can't even convey with words how wonderful the food is he...

Well it's Sunday. We thought it was Saturday. Somewhere along the way we've lost a whole day. But I guess that's how it is on holidays. Tomorrow we are headed to Phi Phi Island on a speedboat. We will spend the day there and come back tomorrow evening. We sat up and watched a documentary on the Boxing Day tsunami the other night. It was so horrible. They have tsunami warning towers in place now but you sort of know that if it happens again, you're really on your ...

Sawasdee from Thailand! Yesterday we visited the Phuket Aquarium. I took quite a few photos with my Nikon but I'll have to wait till later to upload them. Tony took lots with his phone though and we posted those. Rode a tuk tuk to Patong again today to go to the mall. We kind of like it there I think :) maybe it's the Dunkin Donuts or the Starbucks. I think it's probably all the things to see there though. Prices for electronics aren't really any cheaper after y...