Not sure if the spelling is right, but that is how a woman says hello in Thailand! The 4 days I spent in Thailand were AMAZING-no regrets whatsoever. It was so short though. I recommend going to Phuket, Thailand, if you ever get a chance because it is amazing! So amazing in fact that the Bachelorette was there a couple months before we were there.
Anyway, onto what I actually did.
We left on Saturday night at like 10pm or so. We flew from Perth, Australia into Singapore. That flight was 5.5 hours; it was very long, and hard to sleep on because there were lights on the plane. Everyone was really exhausted in the Singapore airport, and we had about a 3 hour layover there. Amanda and I got drinks and just kind of hung out. Then we boarded the plane to Phuket, and we finally got to Thailand around lunchtime or so Sunday (I think).
Sunday was spent relaxing and getting used to the hotel/surrounding area. We walked to the beach, which was close, but the water wasn’t very clean and neither was the beach. It was a beautiful view though! We decided to go back to the pool and swim there-which was great. That night, we went to the Phuket FantaSea show, which was kind of like a small amusement park (with shows and stalls, no rides) with a big Las Vegas type show at the end. It was amazing! I got to hold a baby tiger, and experience Thai culture a lot that night.
Monday, we got up early and went on a sea canoe trip to James Bond Island. The island was featured in “The Man with the Golden Gun”; a helicopter landed on it, apparently. The coolest part was the scenery and the canoeing.
As you can see in the pictures, Thailand is unbelievable. We went to three different locations on the big boat; we would then get into our sea canoes and go around. We would paddle through these caves created by the tide that led into little lagoons; it was incredible inside, as well as going through the caves. Our guide Deam said that at certain times, the tides were too high and you couldn’t get through into the lagoons, so they had to plan each place perfectly with the timing. We also stopped at a little touristy place with James Bond Island that was cool. We also got out and swam for a little while, jumping off the boat from up high! It was super warm water and it was really nice. I got stung a little bit by a jellyfish, which put a small damper in the end of the day, but it wasn’t too bad. It was the weirdest feeling ever!
Tuesday, Amanda and I went scuba diving. Not really sure where the locations were, other than out in the ocean quite a ways. The boat was nice, and there weren’t many people on it, so we got to spread out a bit and lay down, which was great because we were tired. We went deeper on the dives than we had ever gone before, which was really cool. The first place we went was a small, tall island (like the ones in the pictures) and we just hung out in the current and watched the wall as we went. There were lots of cool fish and coral around, and we went in some caves. The second place we went was a shipwreck, which was really cool, but it had a lot of stuff growing on it making it harder to see. The third place we went was a reef of sorts, with lots of tropical fish and cool coral.
Wednesday, we went on an elephant safari thing with lots of activities. There were ox carts we rode in, and we saw a monkey show and an elephant show. We also got to ride on elephants, which was sweet!
That night, we went into town and did some shopping, which was more like bartering and getting yelled at to come back to certain stalls. We didn’t buy much because there was a lot of the same stuff at each place, but it was pretty cheap once you argued it down.
Thursday we left in the morning, and travelled all day, getting back to Perth at 9pm. I got a little cold on Wednesday, which made flying not very fun. The last week or so has been the start of studying and preparing to go home, which is coming fast but not fast enough. I really want to be home because everyone else is out of school, and it is now getting cold and rainy here and lots of studying by all is taking place. The final celebrations and stuff will be fun though!
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