After 13 hours 45 minutes of flying, the hang-over finally wore off (thanks to all those who dragged me out to the karaoke) and we arrived in tropical but very damp Bangkok. Thirty degrees Celsius, extremely humid and there’s this weird sweet smell in the air which I can only guess is some from the native flora.
Driving into the city from the airport kinda felt like driving in any NZ city, lots of stuff is in English and most of the cars aren’t from a too different era. What stood out on the way in was the massive, wide, long roads and the insanely big billboards, one of which was easily 50 meters long.
Coming into Phuket reminded me of two things, Jurassic Park and Far Cry, and yes, I am a geek. Phuket is quite run down in a lot of places, a lot of places look abandoned. There are some of the same huge billboards but they’re mostly illegible and have plants growing all over them.
While the traffic seemed normal in Bangkok, it’s totally crazy here, people on scooters and motorbikes all over the show, Toni’s trying to get me on one of them, but yeah, we’ll see.
Anyhooo… we’re off to look at some shops and stuff
Ciao
– Phil
Yay you made it! :)
PS: Tim says hi
Hi everyone (and Tim :) ),
We’re glad we made it too :)
Ohhh Thursday night was crazy. Phil wasn’t joking when he said it took the whole flight to rid himself of his hangover. We have drunk very little since we’ve been here as a result. We’ll definately be hitting the Red Bull and Vodkas soon though.
Haven’t got many photos to share yet but I’ll try and take some more tomorrow.
Toni
Hey guys! Good to hear you made it – we heard you might have had a bit to drink on Thursday night… good photos btw! Hehehehe…
Jurassic park eh? Seen some dinosaurs yet? Lots of tourists? What are the shops like? How about your hotel? You should totally hire a scooter (or two) and race around! Found any spas to sit in? Or should I say bath-tubs?
Anyhoo, you should totally post some photos :)
Chau!
Hungover flights are the worst. We definately want more photos of crazyness and scenery :)
Hey guys!
im glad u got there ok, im gna b checkin this evey week so keep us all posted k? sounds like ur havin a gud time (im so jealous lol) photos are awesome!!! that beach is beautiful
Hear from you soon :)
Lys
Get a bucket of vodka, don’t forget the buckets.