After a day of travelling that involved a taxi, train, plane, taxi, tuk-tuk, ferry and long-tail boat, we finally arrived on Railay Beach, where we arranged to meet up with Mike and Elese again (Tony’s mates who live in Perth). They were in Thailand for a wedding and had a few more days holiday before heading home. Railay beach was an a beautiful setting, although like a lot of the islands, it has been ruined a bit with tourism. Just too many people for a s...

We arrived in Phuket by plane from Panang on 23rd December. Unfortunately, Sabina was hit with another 24 hour food bug, and suffered on the flight a little. We were booked into a hotel in the middle of Patong, which is the busiest and biggest resort on the island. The hotel was newly refurbished and a little bit of luxury for us for Christmas. Christmas (and my birthday) was very different to the usual. It was spent on the beach in mid-30 degree heat. The b...

We arrived in Phuket by plane from Panang on 23rd December. Unfortunately, Sabina was hit with another 24 hour food bug, and suffered on the flight a little. We were booked into a hotel in the middle of Patong, which is the busiest and biggest resort on the island. The hotel was newly refurbished and a little bit of luxury for us for Christmas. Christmas (and my birthday) was very different to the usual. It was spent on the beach in mid-30 degree heat. The b...

We arrived in Phuket by plane from Panang on 23rd December. Unfortunately, Sabina was hit with another 24 hour food bug, and suffered on the flight a little. We were booked into a hotel in the middle of Patong, which is the busiest and biggest resort on the island. The hotel was newly refurbished and a little bit of luxury for us for Christmas. Christmas (and my birthday) was very different to the usual. It was spent on the beach in mid-30 degree heat. The b...