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Photos: Phuket

THAILAND | Sunday, 1 Jul 2012 | Photo Gallery

Arriving in Phuket - Surin Beach
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Our last day

MALAYSIA | Friday, 8 Jun 2012 | Views [690]

Our last day in KL and its Liz's birthday. We sang happy birthday when she got in the lift and a Japanese lady asked us in English what language we were using. I didn't think our singing was that bad, she understood us talking and wished Liz happy ... Read more >


Pewter, Batik and Caves

MALAYSIA | Friday, 8 Jun 2012 | Views [1182]

Today we are doing a half day tour to the Selangor Pewter factory, a Batik Factory and the Batu caves. The bus picked us up at 9am and it was our driver from Sunday,   Gopie, he spent 12 months in Melbourne at Holmesglen TAFE doing a Hospitality course ... Read more >


Shopping around in KL

MALAYSIA | Friday, 8 Jun 2012 | Views [449]

Michael has not feeling well at all the last couple of days, so he and Liz decided to stay at the hotel for the day while the rest of us went shopping. We caught a teksi to the KLCC which is the largest and flashest shopping centre in KL , which is ... Read more >


Tour to Malacca

MALAYSIA | Friday, 8 Jun 2012 | Views [544]

Today we did a tour that went down to Melaka or sometimes spelt Malakka. What is really funny here is the spelling, much easier than in PNG. Restaurant is spelt restaron, bus is spelt bas, taxi is spelt teksi and of course there are McDonalds, Pizza ... Read more >


Chinatown in KL

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Tuesday, 5 Jun 2012 | Views [488]

Our first full day here. After a delicious breakfast of everything you could think of from everywhere in the world we decided to head to the laundry and do our washing. 6ringitt a load   and 6 ringitt to dry and it was all done in 45mins.... Read more >


Arriving in Kuala Lumpur

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Tuesday, 5 Jun 2012 | Views [676]

Early morning start, we were picked up at 7.30am and driven to the airport. We were there even before the girls that check you in and had to stand around waiting for them to arrive and get organized. The bag nazi lady came and bossed us ... Read more >


Farewell to Phuket

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Tuesday, 5 Jun 2012 | Views [359]

Thursday, our last day in Phuket, wow! the time has gone so fast. We headed into Patong on the bus from the resort and did some more shopping. We all had things we wanted to go back for. The shopping is so good, all copies of course, but ... Read more >


Fantasea in Phuket

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Tuesday, 5 Jun 2012 | Views [493]

Another quiet day, we went for a walk into town just to see what was available locally. Walking past the food cooking stalls, the food does not really smell very enticing and the cooking facilities are not really great. The locals are ... Read more >


Poking about on Phuket

THAILAND | Thursday, 31 May 2012 | Views [486]

Out and about day. We hired a local driver and mini bus for the day, it cost us $17 each for the six of us. A cheap day's entertainment. The mini bus was modern, clean, air conditioned and very comfortable. The driver spoke English and was an excellent ... Read more >


Just relaxing by the pool

THAILAND | Thursday, 31 May 2012 | Views [450]

Quiet day around the pool. we have negotiated that we do a quiet day and then a busy day. A leisurely breakfast, yummy!!!! then a walk to the beach and check out the sand and the shops. The beaches are beautiful and sandy and very like Australian beaches.... Read more >


Soaring in Surin

THAILAND | Thursday, 31 May 2012 | Views [403]

Fantastic!!! Bring it on, ready to holiday now after a great nights sleep, about 11 hours, I feel a million dollars. Breakfast Mmmmm! so many choices hot, cold, personalized omelettes cooked while you wait, bacon, tomato, pancakes pastries, fruit, toast, ... Read more >


Profiling Phuket

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Thursday, 31 May 2012 | Views [439]

Travelling is not so bad if you have good friends to travel with. After a very busy week and trying to get everything urgent done before we left, arriving at Lee and Michael's meant we could finally start to relax and think about slowing down a bit.... Read more >


Bullett's Birthday Trip - Day 7

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Sunday, 2 Jan 2011 | Views [436]

Bullett’s Birthday Trip – The Road Trip to Rocky. Day 7 – Glass House Mountains to Bullett’s – Gracemere near Rocky. Today we woke to our first wet day. It was pouring at Toast’s and maybe not such a good omen for travel north towards the ... Read more >


Bullett's Birthday Trip - Day 6

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Sunday, 2 Jan 2011 | Views [474]

Bullett’s Birthday Trip – The Road Trip to Rocky. Day 6 – Australia Zoo Up and out and about and headed for the Zoo. It’s only five minutes from Toast’s and so it was a must do on this trip. We had wonderful day. We learnt so much about ... Read more >


Bullett's Birthday Trip - Day 5

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Sunday, 2 Jan 2011 | Views [465]

Bullett’s Birthday Trip – The Road Trip to Rocky. Day 5 –Toowoomba to Glass House Mountains. Another beautiful day and the shops were calling. Toowoomba has a very nice shopping centre with a Myer etc. and we wandered around checking out ... Read more >


Bullett's Birhtday Trip - Day 4

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Sunday, 2 Jan 2011 | Views [614]

Bullett’s Birthday Trip – The Road Trip to Rocky. Day 4 – Dubbo to Toowoomba Once again we woke to a beautiful sunny day. I don’t know what all the fuss is about with the rain and floods. Our daily phone calls from Moya and Toast, were advising ... Read more >


Bullett's Birthday Trip - Day 3

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Sunday, 2 Jan 2011 | Views [415]

Bullett’s Birthday Trip – The Road Trip to Rocky. Day 3 – Bathurst to Dubbo Breakfast at McDonalds, no it wasn’t included in the cost of the Motel room, and we headed off to Dubbo. We arrived at the Zoo about 11.30am and commenced our trek ... Read more >


Bullett's Birthday Trip - Day 2

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Sunday, 2 Jan 2011 | Views [465]

Bullett’s Birthday Trip – The Road Trip to Rocky. Day 1 –The Poacher’s Pantry The night at Redwood Gardens was memorable, if nothing else, no mobile phone coverage, no TV, no internet, basically a room and a bed and a couple of magazines.... Read more >


Bullett's Birthday Trip - Day One

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Sunday, 2 Jan 2011 | Views [677]

Bullett’s Birthday Trip – The Road Trip to Rocky. Day 1 – Ballarat to the Poacher’s Pantry Christmas Day was a lovely day in Ballarat and we had a great time with Mum and Dad, Gerard’s sister Sheila and her husband Brian, and Jordan. A quiet ... Read more >


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