Ban Karon, Thailand

A Swede, a Ladyboy, and Staphylococcus

After our final dive, we had a much more pleasant return journey on the Colona than the ride out on the speedboat had been. After we dropped Jeff off at the airport and some people off at their posh hotels, for example Jeff and Catherine had been staying at the Hilton, so Catherine was dropped...

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The Happy Couple on May 7, 2009 from Ban Karon, Thailand

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Prepare to dive!

It was pouring with rain in Phuket. James had agreed with me (and the Ko Changers) that the monsoon had come early. My ear infection from Songkran had still not completely cleared, so James recommended an English-speaking dive-savvy doctor and we went along to see him. He said there was still...

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The Happy Couple on May 2, 2009 from Ban Karon, Thailand

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Arrival in Phuket

We had heard that Phuket was very expensive by Thai standards as the tourist industry is very developed there but, as we were there so see Joanne's friend, James, we thought we could up our budget a bit for a few days. We were wary when we arrived though and, sure enough a tuktuk driver pestered...

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The Happy Couple on April 30, 2009 from Ban Karon, Thailand

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Latest Itinerary

These are our remaining flights as Joanne rescheduled them in Phuket. The South American leg of our trip has shrunk so much now that we may be forced to reduce it to highlights. So the original American plan is completely out of the window at the moment. It's certainly impossible to make the...

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The Happy Couple on April 30, 2009 from Ban Karon, Thailand

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

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