Monday (or when a cheap flight isn't so cheap)

Finished packing, and made reservations for a taxi. Had breakfast and then got the taxi to the airport. Went in through the check in and our 198B flight ended up costing and extra 1700B for over weight baggage (about 150B per kilo over). So our flight ended up costing about the normal fare ;-) Also, no assigned seating, so it will be a free for all on the plane.

Sunday

Some more shopping, even Deb is getting shoped out ;-) Every 10 steps down the streets it's "Tuk-Tuk mister?", "Massage?" "Suit Mister?" It does get to wear a bit thin after a while. We did manage to get almost all of our shopping for gifts done though. Just a couple of things to pick up in Bangkok. We did find a really nice china shop that had some beautiful things in it. We had supper at one of our 2 favorite little resturants. These 2 places are right across from each other on a little Soi just down from the hotel. S&G and Sabai Sabai. Both are cleap, clean and have great food and service.

Sunday evening I Went to Muay Thai boxing. Very interesting and a couple of good matches. On the way back to the hotel, I was approached by 3 lady-boys asking if I wanted a bit of company. Quite funny actually.

The T-Shirt is right

I don't want a f..k..g Tuk-Tuk, suit or massage thank you very much. It does get a bit tedious after a while. Learning to ignore them takes a bit of doing.

Saturday on Patong Beach

Had breakfast and went to the beach for a few hours. I stayed in the shade of the umbrella for the whole time and still managed to get a mild sun burn. Deb still looks pretty good in her string bikini. Did some more shopping and I arranged for a suit fitting. The ad said $119 (about B4000) for 2 suits, 2 pants, 3 shirts and 2 ties. I decided to get 2 sets (one for me and 1 for Courtney). Off I went for my fitting. The picked me up at the hotle and drove me to Mr. Singhs tailor. Picked out the fabric for the suits and shirts and got all measured up. Then came the bill. What a shock, 63000B ($2100.00). Good thing I was sitting down. The tailor finally came down a lot in price (19000B) but his boss wouldn't go for it. After a bit of explaining on what I was expecting based on their ad, we agreed to disagree on the price and they drove me back to the hotel. No suits but quite a bit wiser ;-)
Had a nice sea food BBQ at the hotel (it had the cheapest prices by far).

Friday Off to Phuket

We had a nice breakfast, checked out and spent some time relaxing on the beach at the hotel until 1PM. That's when the longtail boat pcked us up and took us to the main pier for the ferry. We boarded the ferry and bid fairwell to Phi Phi Island. A beautiful day for a boat ride back to Koh Phuket.

We go off the ferry and into our van and off to the Royal Palm Hotel on Patong beach. We checked in and went up to our room (no elevators in the hotel). Our view is of a a wall about 18 inches away ;-). Oh well..... We checked into the price of a suite with a beach view, but it's an extra $100/night, so we are staying put. It's only for 3 days anyways. We did a bit of shopping and ran into the greatest salesman ever. He is a hoot. We got some reasonable deals from him on golf shirts and shorts but he was a real laugh to talk to. A real character. Had supper at the S&G restaraunt. Great Thai food and cheap. Did a bit more looking around and then to bed.

Thursday

Our last day on Phi Phi island.
Deb went for a run this morning while I caught up on my journal etc. Just another day to relax and get ove a bit of Delhi Belly for the 2 of us.

Relaxing time

Wednesday we had a nice relaxing day. Had breakfast at the hotel and then came back to the room to chill out and relax for a while. Had a nice long talk with Courtney. Every thing seems OK on the home fromt. We walked into town, did a bit of shopping and I had to get some cold water at the 7-11 to drench myself to cool off. It was seriously hot out. We went to the beach at Loh Dahlum Bay and relaxed for a while. A bit more shopping on the way back to the hotel. Deb bought herself a little bikini! She won't let me take pictures of her in it, but trust me, she sure looks good ;-) We had a bit of a bite to eat and a beer on the way back and bought a few DVDs to watch. We just spent a nice quite evening listening to the thunder storm outside and watching a couple of movies.