70% chance of rain, winds between 15 and 30 knots, storms expected, we are having a light breakfast before being picked up at 8:10 for a trip out diving and snorkeling at Pi Pi island, we are apparently going in a speed boat. We piled into the white mini bus, right on 8.30 and headed across to the east of … Continue reading →
Today we needed to book the last of our tours and I had decided to buy some singlets and T-Shirts. Back we went to Patong Beach to hit the markets fairly early. The markets are not far from the Merlin Hotel Patong and there was rows and rows of stalls all selling much the same things, the usual, monogrammed singlets, … Continue reading →
Starting around 11 am we began our assault on Patong Beach, the transport was a bus that rather looked like a Philippine Jeep Nee, or a stretch Tuk Tuk. Nearly thirty of us pile on this stainless steel troop carrier style truck after presenting our free tickets. Patong doesn’t come alive during the day, even eleven in the morning appears … Continue reading →
Check out at 6am, transfer at 6.15, flight at 8.40 our final leg to Phuket was a very early start. Changi Airport is a giant shopping mall, with bleary eyes we made an unenthusiastic effort to look around. Hungry we gave up and settled at a bar for breakfast waiting for our flight to board. Singapore to Phuket was an … Continue reading →
The day started with a more than adequate breakfast in the hotel and then we headed on foot in search of Orchard Road, the main shopping district in Singapore. Looking the directions up on the net showed it was actually just a straight walk from the hotel. I estimated the walk to be thirty minutes up the road. It was … Continue reading →
