Kiri's Tales

The blog went on a much needed break… A rad adventure to Bangkok with my darling man friend.. Pretty crazy the whole experience. The only thing lost/stolen to Thailand was my camera on a night out. I guess no one will know what happened on Patong beach in Phuket that fine night. In saying that I can remember some of the photos and they were amazing hahaha.. Thailands got it now :O..

We met at Bangkok airport where I hadn’t seen my boyfriend in 5months!! The only tip I can give from the whole experience is you need to be honest from the start, always tell the truth although what I don’t recommend is telling your boyfriend when you were out buying icecream a guy started hitting on you, this is a big No No, they don’t want to hear this, and your not even interested in the guy that hit on you so just let it go. It messes with their head.

I booked a hotel about 5min from the hotel, we were picked up by the hotel shuttle. The name of the hotel was called The Vismaya, it cost us $60AUX including a thai set breakfast. We felt like a King and Queen. We checked in and Tony surprised me with his glorious gold bottle of champagne. The butler prepared for us to bring to the room. We were taken to our room, walking passed the luxurious pool. Pop the bottle goes off and we have the best time mooching around the hotel.

Next day flight to Phuket where we stayed at Patong beach, my only advice is you don’t want book with those shitty little stalls in the airport, you could manage cheaper just walking around to find a cheap place. We just had to as it was raining heavily that day. We got a ridiculous price for our room that night but we were barely in the room. This is the night I shall not get into, lets just say lots of Ladyboys, free drinks, and a so called shows.! Yikes,.

Next day we decided to get out of there and head to Koh Phi Phi where I found out one of my old friends was, so we had to go there. Another tip don’t sort out accommodation when you get off the boat straight away, it is cheaper just to walk around. The island of Koh Phi Phi is really small with a whole load of stray inbred cats. Had the best time here, this is the place we spent most of the time, three whole days. We really enjoyed going on a snorkelling trip around the islands, it cost us about $6aux each. We saw many different kinds of fishes, and we got to see the location from the beach good times.

Next mission was to head back to Phuket. While on the ferry back to Phuket we met a cool group of guys and found out a couple of them were staying in Phuket the night so we decided to split a room. A four bed dorm room for 600bah each, with a warm shower and AC!! Ahh life was good at this point, while at Koh Phi Phi it is very unlikely to get a hot shower. These guys were gold, we made good mates, and we will definantly see them when we are in Melbourne next. At this point in the journey I had been bitten alive by mosquitoes!! Seriously what makes me so tasty to those things! Really… I had to do a mission to those fishies that eat your dead skin, they help stop the itchiness of the bites. Yes I sourced them, when they nibble away it feels like mini electric shocks and tickles. I screamed so much the first time I tried them.  Again this time I was a little squeamish at the start but you warm up to them. After this we went out on the town for a little bit and had a wee boogie. Highlight of the night is the boys winning cuddly toys. The one Tony won and gave to me I gave it to the Thai Pancake lady as she had a baby, she was very appreciative. Tony’s new love for Thailand was definantly the Thai Pancake, nutella and banana, Raaavvvveee.. !!

Next day we had time to kill before we flew out to Bangkok where we would be staying with Tony’s Auntie and Uncle’s. We checked in at a cyber café and they organised us to go on an elephant ride. This was great fun but we did feel bad about the elephants, but we felt there isn’t much you can do about that really as the elephant’s are providing money for the community, if they didn’t have this for tourists the animals would be used for something else so I didn’t ban the idea. It was supper doper hot but I really enjoyed it. After this we grabbed some rad food from the street stalls and off we hopped to Bangkok. That night we stayed at Tony’s relatives.

Next day I was soooo dang tired and we didn’t get up to a lot, we went to check out the temples in a little canal boat, and went to see a Thai village on the water. From there we took a taxi to a massive mall called MBK. By the time we knew it, it was time to go home for dinner with the relatives. Fantastic, they are such a lovely family and I can see the Uncle’s resemblance to Tony.

The next day however was rather excessive shopping day, we got up at 8am, got out the door by 9am and went to Chudachuck Markets!! Amazing, we bought a whole suitcase of new stuff, then went to MBK to finish it off, I bought a lovely leather bag which was originally 5,500bah, and I bargained it down to 2,500bah, talk about skills. Tony bought a dvd player for his Tiger Airways flight as he was telling me he went the whole flight with no food, no music and no entertainment. He said there was no way in hell he was going on the plane without it. From there we had to race back to have another lovely meal with Tony’s relatives. It’s so hard to get around the city in Thailand, so many markets and people. The last evening in Bangkok.

Tony had to leave for the airport at 6.15am the next day so it was an early start for us all. We got to the airport and I bid him farewell as he was off back to Perth which will be my new home as of next week. The big move commences on the 20^th of December. Who knows how long we will be there, we are going to see how everything pans out. See what happens with the film work etc. All I will say today is anything is possible!!. Whatever you do be the best you can be.

Much love xx Kiri