Went to Phuket last month, was my first trip down there. Went with my TG and a couple of friends. This is mostly going to be a picture report.
My friend has a truck so we drove down from my place in Hua Hin.
Personally I like driving through country. I give me the liberty to stop where I want along the way.
First place we stopped was a waterfall
This was a crab with an attitude, a bad attitude
Originally we were headed down to Surin Islands but found out after we got down there that they’re closed that time of year due to hurricanes.
We did find some nice bungalows to stay in for 650 baht a night.
Nice size rooms and most important clean,
Main drawback was no English speaking TV. Had 3 channels of Thai.
Well me and the Telac had to find something else to do to occupy our time.
This is my friend Kung
This is my Telac Noi
This is Kung’s friend “M”
Saw some beautiful beaches.
also saw a lot of signs like this
Must be a universal thing, see a sign, and put a bullet hole in it
Well time to stop for lunch. A little Som Tam
A little Bar B Que Chicken for me. I do like Som Tam, Mai Pet.
With out the crab.
The girls had the Som Tom
With the crab
Full stomachs make for happy campers
Good morning salute
On the road again
We came across another nice resort. At 3100 baht a night.
No we didn’t stay.
Nice grounds
Had some giant elephant ears
Nice place but a little rich for my blood. I’d rather spend money on good scoff.
Well here’s something you don’t see everyday.
A truck load of coconut picking monkeys
Meanwhile, back at the beach.
There was this one legged guy on crutches going out for a swim. Went pretty far out too. I couldn’t figure out how he didn’t sink those in the sand?
Surfs up
This is me
I’m lying.
Boat for sale: looks good runs great
Flags up, skier in the water
Well we took the big boat for an island tour.
About 2 seconds after this was taken those horns went off,
Wiped that smile right off her face.
Kickin back
I love to take pictures of other people taking pictures
I asked this one if I could take her picture. I asked her what she was thinking about. She said her boyfriend.
Don’t ya just hate it when you’re taking a picture and someone gets their fat ass in the way?
Happens to me a lot.
Time for some Buoy diving
Snorkel time
Bet I can tell which way the wind is coming from.
Ah Yeah! The wind that’s what I’m thinking about.
This is not what I meant when I asked if I could get a little head.
Well time to eat again
Have board, will travel
First, you go pray in the Temple
Then you go swimming between the signs that say
NO SWIMMING!!!
Drinking Problem?? What makes you think that?
I decided in order to quit drinking, every time I had a drink I’d pull a hair out of my dog.
I’m about halfway through my other dog and it’s occurring to me I may need professional help.
I can’t understand why they keep running away from me.
This monkey had another monkey growing out of it’s chest
It was scaring all the other monkeys away
Notice the only words in English on this sign are about drinking.
Whom do you think that its directed at?
Well let’s rent a boat from this man and go to James Bond Island.
Not that this has anything to do with anything but it struck me as funny.
I have some slippers I use to wear when I go diving.
My Girlfriend is packing and comes out and asks me if I want her to pack my shoes to go to Iceland?
Iceland?
What are you talking about?
When you go to Iceland you take your special shoes.
I have know idea what your talking about. When did we go to Iceland?
We go Iceland Kho Larn when we live in Pattaya.
Oh, right! Yes you can pack them for me OK.
Some Island pics.
Some cave drawings
This is a little island village we past on the way to JB island.
We’ll come back to it later
More islands
Party barge
Had some cave we got to go through
I’d like to get me one of these boats.
Then I could park it next to my Brother’s and bring down the neighborhood.
Dead ahead James Bond Island
After the movie, many people came to enjoy its pristine beauty.
In the Thai wisdom they decided it needed something.
Souvenir shops Yeah! That’s the ticket!!
Has a nice pier landing
Cave next to the pier
I don’t know what it is but I love shots like this
Little speed boat
Then all of a sudden, without warning, the sky’s opened up and the rains came.
Sittin on the dock of the bay. Waiting for the rain to stop
Our boat driver Capitan “Smiley”
Now I have a Thai driver’s license and in a lot of parks I can get in for half price or even the same as a Thai. But not this time
Stuff to see in the park
Remember that fishing village a while back. Well we’re here.
This walkway just scares the shit out of me.
Lots of colorful shops
Must be siesta time
While the parents sleep the kids are in school
I guess when you live on an island its prudent to learn about things from the sea
Had some great architecture there
Artistic shot
This was some kind of cashew, peanut, chilies stuff that the girls loved.
Island life
This guy was 91 years young. I slipped him a few baht for letting me take the picture
Wet pussy
But the pet rooster is high and dry
They do some fish raising too
Traps
OK time to leave the island
Sorry for the poor picture but spotted these strange looking little fish
This is the rain catching barrel. As the wife would say “only broke little bit”
This guy was really pleased I asked to take his picture
Saw this concrete monster on they way back. Was some kind of museum?
Well that’s it!! Yeah!!! Not sure if this will fit on 1 report or not.
We’re about to find out.
