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 →
Little more to say, as a treat for my sixtieth Birthday my wife was taking me to Thailand, I had no more details than that so it was a case of sitting back and enjoying the ride. I kept a small journal of events which I am sharing in this series of posts.
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