Blogs from Phuket, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 4

I always thought the Asian airlines like Thai and Malaysian were the best ones to fly with when you have kids as they are so warm and friendly when it comes to children. I now stand corrected. The award for best kid-friendly airline goes to Etihad, out of the United Arab Emirates, hands down. They first caught our attention when we read about their "nanny in the sky" program. While it's not quite as good as you might at first hope for (we discovered that they don't, in fact, take the kids off your hands at all!) it's still pretty good. The way it works is that one of the air hostesses is assigned as the nanny for the flight. They wear a special uniform to make them extra identifiable to stressed out parents and, as ... read more

Pretty relaxing day. Not a whole lot to report but just being lazy bums around the pool. Got some cross stiching done in the sun, working on a maple leaf to give to a monk as tribute. Watched the sunset and packed up to head to Chiang Mai. ... read more

Had an interesting walk into the local area of town. Included a picture of some street meat that are everywhere. The professional looking bags of ice they make smoothies out of in the stalls in the streets all are packed out of the back of a pick up in the back streets. We ate some brunch at a local restaurant. There were a few cats hanging around one of which was right in the food plating area. Left my phone for half the day which I wish I had brought it to show/explain the electrical work we saw. 2 men walk up to a ball of crackling power lines with a bamboo ladder. One climbs right up there and just starts digging around in the ball of cable with another one to be added in. Spent ... read more

The festivities for the end of the month of mourning from the beloved king of thailand passing away began today. The streets are filled with Thai people dressed in all black. Monday will officially be when the month is up and it also is the yearly lantern festival Loy Karthong which is going to be amazing. Friends and family, Dusty is taking amazing care of me, so grateful for him. Had my first accidental shell fish contamination in a dish and had some minor face and tongue starting. Got me to a pharmacy immediately since I forgot my benadryl and swelling has gone down good as new. Also got my first wound because I'm terribly uncoordinated, slipped and cut my toe a bit but the charm hotel staff fixed me right up. Tomorrow will be a ... read more

So our time in Koh Samui was up and it was time to head on to another island. Alex had an old friend from his rugby club whom he wanted to visit so Phuket it was. We decided to fly from Koh Samui and what a surprising treat it was. The airport had a tropical feel to it and unlimited free food, drink and WIFI! Being on a budget, another meal was sorted for practically free. We sat there for some time in our small tropical hut with the runway being metres away watching the tv with the funeral procession of the King who had recently passed. Many Thai's were travelling to Bangkok to pay their respects and there was a somewhat sombre mood in our tropical hut. We spoke to a girl from Israel whose ... read more