Day 7

Day 7

Well today was an interesting day. We had our trip to james bond island planned and was to be picked up at 8am….sat in reception at 1o to 8 and waited…and waited….and waited….it got to half 8 and still no pick up…at quarter to 9 we rang the tour place and they had gone to the wrong hotel and hence no one there for them to pick up….So now we were like great….they gave us the option of going tomorrow instead which we did and as we were up we decided to be BRAVE!!! We hired a moped to go round the island seeing some of the sights that didn’t require a full day. So for the equivalent of 4 quid we hired a moped from the hotel. Never ridden a moped before but was surprisingly easy, I stuck to a safe speed and let the crazy people whizz by. We set off south to Karon and Kata beach which we had only drove through previously. We had a quick stop and took some photos and then carried on up to an area called Kata viewpoint which gave an amazing view up the coast seeing the three arching beaches of Kata noi, Kata and Karon. Was already glad we hired a moped apparently taxis will take you on an island trip for about 50 quid. We consulted the map and left for the big Buddha. Although easy to see sat high above Phuket it wasn’t so easy to get to until we spotted a sign for it. It was then a long 2Km ride up steep roads to the top and it is still under construction. Although a religious site and it doesn’t take much research to learn you need your knees and shoulders covered you still got women in hot pants turning up but they had staff there giving out saraongs. Now for the funniest thing I ever seen, at the top there was a little monkey (think it was a gibbon) wild, just obviously enjoying living off the scraps. He walked over to a Chinese lady and stole her can of coke and then started drinking it from the can. Was hilarious. He then went in the bin and got out a coconut and ran up the tree eating it. We took a few pictures of the views from the top and then headed back down the hillside. We carried on back up the East coast to Wat Chalong, the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand. It is some place. About 6 or 7 large temples with amazing decoration and monks walking round (strangely one was chatting on his Iphone) You could go inside a couple and see the amazing decoration inside. We then made our way to Phuket town which was easier said than done. We was in Phuket but there wasn’t much you could do so we decided to head back home. All in all was a fun day out, the weather was great and as long as your sensible I don’t think riding a moped in Phuket is too dangerous. We got home and went for tea at a strange place. You had to buy vouchers for amounts of money and then they had 6 different chefs vying for your business. I was boring and had a pizza but it was really nice! We headed back to the hotel and decided to have a quiet night in anticipation of finally going to phang nga bay tomorrow J

Will keep you informed!

 

J