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just a quick update as the internet is ridicolously slow and expensive!!
we flew to Phuket from Chaing mai, had to go via bangkok n got delayed but luckily only for an hour! arrived in phuket about ten in the eve so just found ourself a nice hotel (our room was huuuuge) and had a kitchen so made ourselfs a cheese toasty and went to beddy byes!! next day it was cloudy but still persisted on the beach n caught a slight tan. went out in the eve to a few bars n ended up in an irish bar where we met lots of travelers n ange attempted the irish jig!! not too keen on phuket though 2 be honest, beaches were a tad dissapointing and again the bars are lined with ping pong, ting tong n go go bars not the paradise i expected!! the next day we booked a trip to see James Bond Island where one of the 007 films was set, on the way we stopped and were appointed a canoe and very own thailandish canoeist who rowed us into the smallest caves ever!! u had 2 lay down so u didnt bash ur head!! were very beautiful when we got inside though. Got a go at coneing ourselves later on in the day so me A´-level canoeing came in handy, i knew it would at some point in my life, luckily i had good paddle skills as ange was particularly terrible n had us going round in circles, muct to the amusment of all the thailandish canoeists watching from the boat!!
still on the hunt for paradise we headed to phi phi after just 2 days in phuket and we arrived by boat to big fat RAIN!! not just a little shower,it was virtually flooded!! we also got conned into a particulary rubbish so called bungalow which was in fact the tiniest room i had ever seen, and we had booked in for 4 nites!! the surroundings were beautiful though se were set in the hills and there was a lovely little swimming pool although u coudnt really stay there for more than 2 mins without being bitten alive by mahooosive mosquitos!! We have been here a week now, only planned to stay a few days but loved it here so extended our stay a few days finally found paradise n wanted to make the most of it!! booked a better hotel for our last 3 nites, such a luxury to be able to take more than two steps in ur room without hitting a wall!! ( a wall covered in squashed mosquitos and brown smudges!!) the weather has been beautiful here finally the clod n rain has left us n we have spent most days just chilling on the beach. Did a day trip to maya beach (where the beach was filmed) and monkey island, also did snorkelling the fish n coral were amazing. have been out drinking a few nites, went to a thai boxing nite which we found extremely amusing, it involved tourists gettin up to fight eachother for a free bucket of cocktail, imagine drunk scrawny men in little shorts trying to fight was very funny! we also went to a beach party night before last which was really good, but very packed n met a fun bunch of lads from reading. the other nites we have just been going out for meals, the food is lovely here, ive eaten nothing but noodles n rice n they do big fresh fruit shakes n pancakes on the side of the streets for about 20p!! there are no roads here either which is nice as we were starting to get bored of nearly getting run over by a tuk tuk every nite!!
we were gonna go to krabi next but have heard good things from a few people about a little island a bit furter south called KOH Lanta its menna be very quiet n not as busy as here, so hopefully the sun will keep his hat on n we will have a nice few days exploring the island, we are thinking of hiring a moped-should be amusing!!
off to a fire-danching show on the beach now so id better go, prob wont be able to update until krabi now as dont think they have tinternet on koh lanta.
girls have a brill weekend celebrating lucys birthday i well wish i could be there take loads of pics for me n have MANY a vod for me!!
lesley... ive seen postcards for sale here but i havent seen any sort of stamp purchasing shop or a post box come to think of it so im afriad i dont think u will be gettin one!!sorry!!
bev thanks for updates, i nearly weed myself today when i was flicking thru our sky tv channels in our room today n found australia netork, home n away was on so i was convinced neighbours would be next, unfortunatley not!!
dad have fun in spain, hope its nice and sunny for ya, big kisses to roy!! hehehe
hope everyone else is good and ur not too cold in lovely england!!!
love me xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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