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Monday 20 November
Flew from Bangkok to Phuket, after a mess up with the hotel booking we ended up at a place in Patong Beach - the Blackpool of Thailand!
Tuesday 21 November
Ed sat on Patong Beach all day watching the world go by. Lisa went shopping for a couple of hours then sat on the beach too. Lisa also had a swim in the sea, it was lovely and warm and so clear you could see the fish swimming around your feet! Despite being very touristy the beach is beautiful and it was just nice to have a rest (it's hard work you know this travelling!). In the evening we met up with Carrie (and her boyfriend Ray who had just flown over), Jo & Miriam for drinks (they are a bad influence on us!).
Wednesday 22 November
We met up with Miriam and Jo and all went on a trip to James Bond Island (Ko Phing Kan). On the way to Phang Nga where we were getting the boat, we stopped off at the Monkey Cave Temple which had another reclining Buddha (which was pretty poor in comparison to the one we had already seen in Bangkok). We watched the Bond film 'The Man with the Golden Gun' on the bus as that is the film that is partly filmed on the island, hence its name. We got a longtail boat which passed mangroves, limestone craggy rocks and mountains. When we got to James Bond Island we had a walk around and took photos of the famous rock (where the solar panel comes out of in the film). We then got the boat to Koh Pannyi, a sea gypsy fishing village. The only land is the graveyard, all the houses, shops, walkways are on stilts.
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