Hello from Phuket! Have I mentionned before that I love the beach!?!?! Cause I love the beach!!! Phuket is pretty sweet, definitely an interesting place!
After another Monday morning cab ride with Das to airasia, Legs and I flew off to Phuket, our one and only venture into Thailand. It's definitely a great place for one last vacation! We are staying in a luxurious hotel complete with shower, sink and a toilet that flushes without pumping!!! There aren't even any lizards in the room....it's a bit much all this cleanliness!!!! And there's is an incredible spa attached, for only 1,000BHT ($30CAN) I had a 3 hour body scrub, Thai oil massage and the best facial of all time! Then more beach, and fabulous food....the best phat thai I've had in my life, for only 50BHT!
And the partying is like nothing I have ever seen!!!!! Banghla Street is insane! All over the road there are folks trying to convince you to see a Go-Go show, with a list of things that girls will stick inside....the big seller is the ping-pong ball, which I understand they then shoot back out....This is also the home of Rock City, a cool rock cover band bar, you haven't lived till you've seen a Thai boy/girl rockin' out! There is also a prominence of lady-men, I got to see some sweet fake boobs on a very hot man at the beach yesterday - the gals are gorgeous!!!!
What else....lots of stuff, selling, massaging, pedicures, beaches, drinking, whatever goes here!!!! So so many large white old guys with lovely Thai lady "friends", which has become an interesting people watching fascination for Legs and I as we sit on the beach, or at lunch, or at dinner, or drinking....
And then this morning, I got to ride an elephant!!!!!!!!!!! So friggin' cool!!!!!! I'm not sure how I feel about the elephant riding and trecking companies, I would much prefer to see wild elephants, but that's not the way in this part of the world. I did buy my elephant a big bunch of bananas and feed her after, so I hope that made up for the ride a bit.
Anyway, this is my last beach day! Tomorrow I fly back to Subang for one last D-Tandoor dinner with the peeps, and then to visit at school Friday before hoping on a plane for my solo journey back to Canada! I'm trying to think of all of the things which I am looking forward to, like clean fresh air, knowing what I'm eating, seeing my family and friends....all will be good! I am very scared of the cold weather - anything cooler than 30 seems insane right now!
So Canada, I'll see you this weekend - I land in Ottawa at 9:10am on Saturday morning and will be going to Cora's for breakie if anyone's interested!
See you on the other side of the world, back in time!!!! Peace!
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