Oh Phuket!

Phuket – Day 3 (20/12/11)

We spent the morning in transit, jetting a quick 2 hours from Singapore to Phuket, Thailand. Upon landing we hopped a shuttle bus for a long and frantic expedition to our hostel. The wild ride lasted about an hour as we swerved in and out of traffic with an endless number of locals defying death and whizzing by on their little scooter-mobiles...and they aren’t alone on those little bikes. They are carrying their girlfriend, little sister and granny on the back, little baby in front and sometimes the crazy uncle in the side cart. Im tellin ya, the amount of knees that are taken off in this country must be outrageous! Throw a couple tourists in the mix and you have road conditions worse than Alberta’s QEII highway in the middle of a blizzard. Dave decided he liked the way traffic “flowed” in this country but I’m sticking to a seat on the bus (even though seatbelts are not included) and will save the scooter experience for another time. Thankfully the driver took us right on past the ‘eccentric’ party scene of Patong beach to Kata Karon Beach. 

 

 

 

We are staying at Jinta Andaman, a super nice little hostel in a cute and quite area of the island. We stopped for a quick thai lunch before hitting the beach for the afternoon to get some well deserved

R & R.

 

All in all, we are loving all the new cultural experiences we are getting here and are finishing the day off with a perfectly relaxing arvo on the beach in prep for a big day tomorrow.

Xo Tegs