Phuket part 2...

The last link i posted (kitesinphuket) is Clive and Bruce's blog but it wouldn't let me write anymore.

So... we went home after a full day of sightseeing and now rain, we chilled by the pool for a while until Andy came home from work and we all went to Friendship beach to meet Sally and Andy's friends whi have decided to move here. They were really nice people who hope to set up a scuba diving business also. Anyway the restaurant was called Friendship beach resort and was thee most gorgeous food ever. We recommended the garlic bread - wholemeal fried in pure garlic with optional parmesan cheese to sprinkle, the star burger - burger inside this garlic bread , juicy and tender with nice chips. Then i had the brownie pud which was massive with ice cream - scrumdiddlyumptious !! Also if your a resident and have a card you recieve 15% off!! The restaurant is situated around the pool and is right on the beach with great views.

We then returned home and got a taxi the next day to Phuket airport to travel onto Bangkok where we will meet Leigh. The taxi only cost 700 so quite cheap in comparison to what we paid coming down !! Phuket airport is lovely and is situated on the beach , upstairs is a restaurant which is very cheap and good food. It also has free wifi and wonderful views of the planes and beach.

We flew with Nok air which gave us free water and a caramel cookie even though we only paid 20 pounds - ryanair are you listening ?? We then landed at the Bangkok don M and got a metered taxi to meet Leigh at Siem Star hotel right next door to Baiyoke tower that we had all agreed to go up together. At one of the tallest buildings in Bangkok , it a must see. Our hotel was next door and was good value for money. It was quiet and clean but the bathroom had no real window so could let mozis in .

Baiyoke tower is 400 baht to go in but includes a free drink on the 83rd floor and if you pick a cocktail then its great value for money as these are quite strong !!
The tower is great fun and has lots of info and picture opportunities. It has a lot of areas with examples of typically Thai cultures. You can go right to the top to access the revolving outdoor floor where you can get some great photos. You can stay up here as long as you like. We did this for a few hours then went to find some dinner.

We only went to a back street diner for dinner, we had to walk through night market with people selling jellyfish and fried bugs etc. The curries we had here were soooo spicy that we couldn't eat some of it and when we asked for some coconut milk to cool it down , they didn't know what we were talking about and therefore we just had to leave it. Ordered the papaya salad i had had on the beachfront a few days before but this one was sooo spicy that it burnt me. Luckily a Chinese man overheard and told me to get some warm water and it cooled my mouth down instantly , it really did work !!!

We then had street pancakes which were lovely and went back to our room , we had an early night as we had to be up early for our train to Cambodia.

We were up at half four to get a taxi to the train station , this took around 30-40 minutes and was 100 baht. The train station was simple and easy to understand, there is a huge main screen which tells you which train to get to where and what platform . We then got our tickets at the counter and it only cost 48 bht each to get to Cambodia !! There were plenty of seats to sit and wait for our train in the main area.

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