April 1st, 2017 – Phuket, Thailand – Ornate Sunbird
Tag: Phuket
Phuket, Thailand – Freaky Faces
April 4th, 2017 – Phuket, Thailand – Freaky Faces For Sale in a Souvenir Shop
Phuket, Thailand – Wat Chalong Temple
Wat Chalong Temple After visiting The Big Budda, we continued on to visit the Wat Chalong Temple. This, the largest of Phuket’s temples, houses a splinter of bone from Buddha. As we walked the grounds, fireworks were lit and exploded in unique furnaces. We weren’t sure of the significance of this, but it sure was…
Phuket, Thailand – Riding Bareback on LuLu the Elephant
Moral Dilemma This was a moral dilemma. It was so, SO exciting to ride an elephant – bareback at that!!!! An experience I will never forget because it was a teenager dream Indiana Jones inspired adventure come true…. BUT…. Only if the elephants are treated ethically. Most of the Tripadvisor feedback of elephant safaris in…
Phuket, Thailand – Karon Beach – The Beach and First Glimpse of a Few of the Many Streets
Karon Beach The rain stopped after a few hours, so early afternoon we went down to the pool, chilled, then went for a walk along Karon Beach. Karon Beach is the third longest beach on Phuket Island, so we rock-paper-scissored to decide to walk the left half or walk the right half. We walked right. Remains…
Phuket, Thailand – Thavorn Palm Beach Resort – A Poolside Morning
Sitting here, poolside, with an overcast sky rumbling of thunder while rain falls softly with moments of attitude, Michael and I settle deeper into vacation offerings of relaxation and bliss! Here are pictures I took this morning of the grounds of this charming hotel … S, 🇹🇭
Phuket, Thailand – Karon Beach
Coming to you live from Phuket, Thailand! I’ve been awake since 4:40am yesterday, Thursday morning and have since then worked, home to meet Michael to get a taxi to the airport, have flown on three airplanes with (of course) a few glitches along the way when transferring from plane to plane!! Seems our luggage arrived…