PHUKET
Arrived by ferry at Phuket town for another mini bus ride to the other side of the Island to Patong Beach and the Baumanburi Resort. This took about 40 minutes and we were dropped at the front door. Booked in and did a heap of washing.
The Baumanburri is right next door to the Mercure, of which we are a member. We dined 2 for the price of one. Had a Thai smorgasbord for 330BHT ($10.35)
Monday was an unlaxing day for us. We slept in, had a leisurely breakfast in the restaurant, (its included in the price of the accommodation) wrote a bit for the blog, reorganised the photo’s in the ipad, bought a few items of clothing, booked our flights from Phuket to Bangkok on Friday. Also booked a day tour to James Bond Island for the next day.
Tuesday.
Went for a day tour of James Bond Island. The tour isn't really about the Island, it is about showing the touriswts something about Phuket. It was fine, we drove in a mini bus for an hour os so to get to the top of the island. Along the way we stopped at the bridge that spans the river that makes Phuket and Islan. On the left is The Andaman sea and on the right is Phang Gna. Nothing spectucular but its a nice area. They stpped for us to feed monkets on the way b ut we resisted. We then went and had a very forgetable lunch aon a floating village and then went on to James Bond Island.
The Island isn’t exceptional because a few scenes of a 1970 James Bond movie were made, however it did have some significant rock formations and interesting features. We also went for a short canoe ride just to break up the day and keep a local lad in work. The tour was ‘ordinary’ but it filled in the day. Phuket is very touristy and not our cup of tea.
We had a Thai meal last night which Allan thought was ‘ordinary’ however Wendy had a poached whole Red Snapper 
which she enjoyed.
Tuesday went on the long boat trip to the islands was good. Although James Bond Island isn’t great.
Wednesday - Sitting having breakfast when some guy walks past Wendy and says ‘how ya going?’ - she acknowledges and keeps going (no glasses on). After putting glasses on, she looked again at the couple who said G’day, it was Tina Ryan who lived around the corner from us in Kotara. She is now married to the father of a girl Becky used to play basketball with, Kelly something or other. Amy Ryan was there as well.
Spent part of our Wednesday looking for a very short man who sold Allan a dodgy Folex. Of course there is always the risk of the Folex not working for very long but you would expect more than 24 hours. Couldn’t find him, the search will continue tomorrow. We got accosted by two Poms who were selling timeshare type accommodation, they soon learned they were wasting there time and we went on our way.
Monday was an unlaxing day for us. We slept in, had a leisurely breakfast in the restaurant, (its included in the price of the accommodation) wrote a bit for the blog, reorganised the photo
Umbrella for hire. 
Queen Mary off
shore“James Bond Island Tour”. It cost A$60 each. It was basically a 5 hour mini bus tour and a 3 hour ride in a long tail boat with a V6 motor to push us. They showed us the local sights, including a place to stop, buy banana’s and peanuts to feed the local lads. (Monkeys). We decided the local lads looked well enough fed and resisted. Went into some Muslim slum area where the local kids preyed on your sympathy’s to buy something you didn’t want or need. Wendy succumbed and bought a postcard and left all the beautiful Andaman Pearls and jewellery there.! special because a few scenes of a 1970 James Bond movie were made there it did have some significant rock formations and interesting features. We also went for a short canoe ride (insert photo) just to break up the day and keep a local lad in work. The tour was ‘ordinary’ but it filled in the day. Phuket is very touristy and not our cup of tea. We had a Thai meal last night which Allan thought was ‘ordinary’ however Wendy had a poached whole Red Snapper (insert photo) which she enjoyed.
Tuesday went on a long boat trip to the islands was good. Although James Bond Island isn’t
Wednesday - Sitting having breakfast when some guy walks past Wendy and says ‘how ya going?’ - she acknowledges and keeps going (no glasses on). After putting glasses on, she looked again at the couple who said G’day, it was Tina Ryan who lived around the corner from us in Kotara. She is now married to the father of a girl Becky used to play basketball with, Kelly something or other. Amy Ryan was there as well.
Spent part of our Wednesday looking for a very short man who sold Allan a dodgy Folex. Of course there is always the risk of the Folex not working for very long but you would expect more than 24 hours. Couldn’t find him, the search will continue tomorrow. We got accosted by two Poms who were selling timeshare type accommodation, they soon learned they were wasting there time and we went on our way.
We had a drink with Tina, Brad, Amy and Kelly later that day at the bar next to the Hotel. The girls said they might go to a ping-pong bar later that night, we declined their invitation. We went to the Mercure next door and had a good buffet of Kebabs, meats and salads.
Thursday - Did nothing.
Friday - thought we might get a quick foot massage for 250BHT (A$7.50) before we got on the 11.30am plane to Bangkok. So such luck. The girls don’t start work till 11.00am. So vegetated till plane time.
Got into Bangkok on Orient Thai Airways. Good flight. Got MRT to Si Lom and walked to Sunflower Place.
