Dazzlers Delight

This was the news clipping regarding the excitement we observed at the beach. Luckily the outcome was good. Friday, June 5, 2009 Aussie family narrowly avoids drowning in Phuket KARON, PHUKET: A family of Australian tourists who ignored red warning flags narrowly escaped drowning at Karon Beach on Tuesday afternoon. Chalong Police identified the victims as Mr Samir Mourad, 58, his daughter Zeinab, 16, and Mr Mourad’s wife, whose first name and age were not reported. According to the report, Mr Mourad was sunbathing while his wife and daughter entered the heavy surf, despite the fact that red warning flags were clearly visible in the area. The mother and daughter were soon pulled out to sea by a rip tide and began calling for help. Mr Mourad heard their shouts and went in the water to ... read more

Day off. Spent the morning in the pool then later were joined by Geoff and Chris from Timaru. They hired a bike and we all went site seeing. Showed them the Promthep Cape with lighthouse. Then we wen to Rawai Beach and had a spot of lunch and fruit shake. On to the Big Buddah, this guy is huge. He is on the highest peak on Phuket Island, the bikes did get quite hot getting there. He is not yet complete, still a lot of work to do. You can see him from almost anywhere on the island. He sits on a hollow concrete base and is made entirely of solid marble tiles, about 25mm thick. He is about 45 metres high. Amazing views. Got back to hotel late afternoon and hit the pool again. The ... read more

Much the same as yesterday. Except we went up the coast this time and found some amazing luxury resorts that go for miles, nice clean beaches etc. We rode nearly to the top of the island and this is one big island. By the time we had decided to turn around and take the motorway back home, it was rush hour - oh bugger and our bums were so sore, this bike isn’t made for comfort. With Warren watching the traffic and me looking out for road signs, we made it back whew with no wrong turns. See Murv, it is only inside resorts I can’t navigate!!!! Stopped in at the opticians on the way back and picked up my glasses, had new lenses made - yay I can see again, bloody marvellous. In for a ... read more

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GAYLENE!!! Hope you guys had a pleasant flight home and Coastline were there to meet you. We have moved hotels, now at the Serene Resort on Kata Beach, and believe it or not, we have the same room we had when we last stayed here. This room has tea and coffee, the last one didn’t. We have hired a 125 bike till Sunday, a little automatic one that seems to do the job. Warren had the most harrowing of days yet at the dentist, however the results are amazing. He spent from 12pm to 2.15 in the chair then a break till 3 and out again at 5.30. On Friday there are two more visits and hopefully that will be the end of it. I went and had another look at Jungcelon - a ... read more

Back to the Dentist today for the new front teeth. The dentist let me go in to see what the new teeth will look like. These are crowns and not veneers. Warrens dentist had previously ruined his teeth for veneers so we had to go the more expensive way and have the crowns fitted. I was in there while she administered the anaesthetic etc. She was very good. She first numbed the area where she was putting the injections and when she put the needle in, she took well over a minute to very slowly put the anaesthetic in. Not like at home where they just jab you and pump the stuff in. The teeth, I must say they look really good. She has even made his bite better. His teeth always did protrude slightly but ... read more