Blogs from Phuket, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 6

Der Tagesausflug mit einem von uns gemieteten Longtail Boat nach Coral Island begann sehr nass und laut. Da starker Wind wehte war das Meer entsprechend aufgewühlt. Unter ohrenbetäubendem Motorenlärm (Auspuff, was ist das?) sprang unser Boot von Welle zu Welle. Jedesmal wenn unser Boot wieder in ein Wellental eintauchte bekamen wir eine Schwall Wasser ab. Doch bei 35° Luft und 28° Wassertemperatur war das nicht so schlimm. Die Überfahrt dauerte etwa eine Stunde. Vor der Insel mussten wir wegen dem starken Seegang, in ein kleines Schlauchboot umsteigen, da ein anlanden mit dem Longtail nicht möglich war. Wir verbrachten fünf schöne Stunden, mit Baden auf der Insel. Als wir wieder in Rawai Beach ankamen war leider Ebbe, und unser Boot konnte nicht bis an den Strand fahren. So mussten wir rund hundert Meter vom Strand entfernt aussteigen ... read more

Bei regnerischem und kühlem Wetter verliessen wir die Schweiz. Der Flug verging im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes wie im Flug, da wir uns Sitze in der Business Class geleistet hatten ;-). Wir wurden mit feinem Essen verwöhnt und konnten nach dem Essen die Filme und die Musik mit super Kopfhörern, im Liegen geniessen.... read more

Atmanjai is a lovely resort and spa, with fitness and detox programmes... Was great to be away from the city for 5 days, and immerse myself in daily yoga, exercise, massages and a raw food diet. Check it out at http://www.atmanjai.com/... read more

24th/25th Where to begin? We're currently sat having breakfast in Phuket airport, waiting for our return flight to Bangkok. Chris' dodgy stomach has returned with a vengeance, so we're going to head over to the travel clinic later just to check that everything's ok - we need to pick up the posh antimalarials for Vietnam anyway. We've had a right palaver trying to find them, and have been sent in circles to various pharmacies as they're not readily available, unlike Doxycycline which is cheap but pretty rough on your body. The nurse assured us that we'd be able to buy them cheaper and easier over here, but it's taken all this time to pin down the travel clinic as the only source - at least these tablets take effect pretty much instantly, meaning we should be ... read more

17th/18th September Thanks to a cheapy deal on Booking.com we're now in the luxurious Hotel Ramada Deevana Patong, 10 mins walk from Patong beach and with beautiful beautiful air conditioning! The hotel seems to be extremely new and practically deserted as it's the low season now. We even have a balcony (overlooking a lot of building work and one of the many mountains), complimentary tea and coffee, and the bed is super cofortable and king-sized! We'd better not get too used to such luxury. Chris now has a dodgy stomach but thankfully the flight was uneventful, if a bit turbulent. Our only options for airport transfer were a metered taxi, or the airport bus which stops to 'officiate' everyone's tickets (i.e. try to aggressively sell you a hotel room/trip/tour) for any length of time. Needless to ... read more