Hello to you all from Phuket, Thailand.... We left Cambodia just over a week ago and spent the first few days of civilisation in Bangkok where we had to quickly get used to things - like cars driving on the left, people taking notice of red traffic lights, trains!! and of course lady boys!!!!
We are now in Phuket where we will be staying for a few days so we will be enjoying the golden sands, crystal clear water and of course the bloody good food here!!!!
We are both feeling so much better and happier to be away from Cambodia - as much as we loved our time in Trengers it was time to move on.. It was really hard to say goodbye to our Khmer family, Mekong Blue (Chan you are a legend!!) and a few of the other VSO volunteers!!
Our departure from VSO was pain free really which was quite a surprise considering how anal they have been about certain things for the last 12 months. Anyway I digress so lets get back to our fabulous time in Bangkok!!!
We arrived after a 17 hour journey at our hotel and the first thing we noticed was a strange thing in the bathroom that holds water... yes it was a bath!!! so we made the most of it and washed our clothes in it using hot water (first time in 15 months!!). We did lots of touristy things in Bangkok like go to the Grand Palace, Sleeping Budha, Patpong (or Ping Pong to the sex tourists), Khosan Rd, Skyrail etc... We also managed to find some half decent street food - a chicken pancake that tasted like a warm chicken samosa...Mmmmmmmmm
Our week ended in Bangkok with yet another long journey to Phuket where we got the overnight train from Bangkok to Surat Thani and then a 5 hour coach to Phuket.. The place we are staying at is nice and the strangest thing is that the couple who own it are from Goole and they used to work in Hull!!!!!!!!! Lots to talk about over a very cheap Singha beer (45p per can!!!)
I'll add some photo's to the next blog posting which will have more updates on our plans to do a thai cooking course, a mad visa run to Burma!!!!! and many other things...
see you soon
Anthony & Rachel
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