http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Dane-and-Kahni/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Dane and Kahni en-us Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:25:24 +0000 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:25:24 +0000 My best tip would be to make sure you have a great travel agent like ours who will book you a flight on Singapore Airlines. You will be treated like royalty. The attendants are amazing and stunning in their jewellike uniforms with impeccable manners. You can order special food ahead of your flight like Vegetarian no MSG and they will come beforehand and make sure you like the FOUR meals y http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Phuket/blog-340045.html Our story continues from the previous blog.Ming told us only that we were going to a river that runs back and forth into the sea so we were not prepared for an everglade so gorgeous that tears sprang to our eyes in wonder. My heart ached just looking at it being actually IN it like some kind of artist's animation or even a wideawakeblueraydream. The color of the water glowed supernatural http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Phang-Nga/blog-339459.html Only two days left and we are wondering why we didn't arrange to stay longer. Our list of must sees now turns into hope we have time. I am anxious because I haven't even experienced all of the resort we have only eaten at two of the twelve restaurants and I still can't get around without the mapWe squeezed in our last activities intro to Thai language dancing and origami which I flunk http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Phang-Nga/blog-339419.html Oh YEAAAAHHHHH...This is just hauntingly beautiful the landscape that dreams and movies are made of. If you saw Leonardo in The Beach you will recognize this island paradise. By now I have run out of superlatives to describe this experience. Here it is that we find the whitest of sand and the impossibly bluest of blue water so deep so clear so perfect. Pooh had arranged for a driver to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Phi-Phi/blog-339161.html We drove north in Phang Nga and stopped at a pier where Pooh knew there were longboats for hire. They look like long canoes with a canvas tentlike canopy and can hold about 35 people. The weather was threatening that day and he was able to negotiate four hours of boat time just for the three of us at a price well within our budget. That meant the boat driver would take us anywhere we wanted t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Phang-Nga/blog-339069.html We got curious about the jungle next door and who might live there. We had a day off today so we walked south along the beach a few minutes and met Bob a retired time share salesman who was building a 5 star campground. So far Bob has spent 3 days hauling a driftwood log onto the beach and has succeeded in making a nice bench. He has also outlined a campsite in driftwood. When we met hi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Phang-Nga/blog-338770.html It's easy to get up near dawn thanks to the time change and that's what we did just to soak up those magical moments of first light and be even closer to the sound of the neverending sea. I am determined to make it at least as far as the lobby as we are meeting our new friend and driver Pooh today for a tour. So far we made it to the large central pool and managed to get part way around http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Phuket/blog-338712.html We left the balcony doors open that first night and every night after so we could savor the steady rhythm of softly crashing waves. There is nothing like the gentle but powerful tumbling of the Sea so constant and reassuring to calm the spirit and soothe the soul...like God watching over us all night as we slept a deep healing sleep.The next morning was more than ALIVE with exotic bird calls http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Phuket/blog-338632.html We arrived in Phuket on Sept. 28 2008 ...we landed in the middle of a jungle We could already feel this was going to be an exciting trip. The flight over on Singapore Airlines was a dream and went by quickly but more about that later.Nothing could have prepared us for the extravagant luxury of our hotel and the piece of heaven where it's located. We knew the room would be gorgeous but we ha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Phuket/blog-338407.html