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Thursday, 9 December 2004

Thailand - Day 15 - 05/12/04

Okay it's back to Bangkok today via Phuket Airport - so the speedboat came to get us at 9am then it's a 30min drive to the Airport in the north of Phuket island. This is great having all your transfers included!! What a price!

Phuket Airport was pretty sparse, but the massage chairs were something to behold!!!

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The massage chairs were pretty painful to say the least!!

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Shaz didn't fair any better either!

After we got back to the Sofitel (aahhh the Sofitel how nice!!) it was around 4.30pm so we planned to go the night bazaar so the girlies could have more shopping time, a litlle earlier.

It was a chore for me, going round all those little stalls, they all sell the same thing as well!

Hym0rs and I went to sit in the food court, until the girls came back around 10.30. After that, Shaz still wasn't happy that she had got all she wanted so she went back around the shops for an hour whilst i was left on me own (Hym0rs and Fi got a taxi back to the Sofitel) watching the 0-0 slug between Hinckley Town and Brentfors in the 3rd Round of the FA Cup!! GREAT!

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The night bazaar in Bangkok. I wish we had something similar in Edinburgo. Not to be though i fear!

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A shot of the main stage from anout 1/3 of the way back.

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And a shot from behind where we were sitting too.

Thailand - Day 14 - 04/12/04

Burnsie thought it would be a great idea to go to the pool today - seeing as it was difficult to sunbathe on your front on the beach. Turns out the place was free of people to the max, ie, we were the only one's there.

Nice pool though. A little back from the beach - so no breeze.

Never mind.

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A pic of the pool at Coral Island. Sort of.

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Ah now this is better, this is the shady part of the beach - where i spent most of my time. Notice, there is hardly anyone there!

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Another angle of the marvellous beach!

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And my final photo of the beach!

Burnsie and Fi had massage number 2 and Campbell wrapped up the best of 101 frames pool competition by coming from behind to whooop Hym0rs 51-43.

Wednesday, 8 December 2004

Thailand - Day 13 - 03/12/04

Our first full day at Coral Island - up for brekkie - a wee walk and suss out the water sport activities - it's decided that we will walk on the ocean floor and check out the coral and the fish! What if an Octopus comes to get us? Grrrr.

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Neil Armstrong eat your heart out!

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Me and Shazza on the ocean's floor.

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Me and Fi with Shazza looking on from the right....

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Shazza managing to look care free.

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Hmm, something must have been funny.

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Nice of Jim Leighton to make an appearance.

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And afterwards - still alive!

Mr Hym0rs has taken a frame advantage at 39-38 in the Pool Comp - final session tomorrow.

Had our meal under cover as it rained that evening - then moved to the front of our room to play several rounds of cards - Hym0rs was knacked, compounded by the uncomfy chairs!

The others tucked into the bottle of vodka that i won for finishing third in the pool comp.

Thailand - Day 12 - 02/12/04

Well, it's off to Coral Island today - and what a journey - superb ride on the Speed Boat - around 15 mins to the Island itself.

First impressions? PARADISE. Total honeymoon destinatation. There is no fornt door to the hotel - it's one beach and that's it, nothing else on the island apart from a few beach side cafes for the people that visit there during the day. One pool table and one TV (for the whole resort!).

The rooms are lovely and are right on the beach. Totally superb! That's all i can say.

The restaurant in the hotel (on the beach again!) is looking good, menu is just fine and dandy for me as well.

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A picture of Chalong Bay in Phuket as we leave it going towards Coral Island on the Speed Boat ;)