A sweaty 'sa wat dee' from phuket

We arrived at our backpackers yesterday after a sweaty walk from the bus terminal (wishing we HAD halved the amount of stuff in our bags before we left).

our luxury aircon room

backpacker garden with hammocks

Phuket town is crammed with motorcycles, street stalls selling packets of noodles, household items, birds in cages, bunnies and other unidentified stuff.

one of the many 'spirit houses' outside thai houses

It reminds us a little of Stonetown in Zanzibar.

motorbikes motorbikes

Our street

Yesterday we only managed to explore it enough to find ourselves dinner from a market around the corner before passing out for a good 12 hours! Today we took a walk out of town and ended up at a nice restaurant with a view of Phuket town,

view from 'phuket view restuarant'

the cokes that blew our budget

and finally managed to see the sea, and blew our budget on 2 delicious cokes, so its toast and jam tonight! Tomorrow we hope to move to Kata beach and swim swim swim.

A sweaty 'sa wat dee' from phuket

Phuket, Thailand