Thailand 2019

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April 21, 2019
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Day 1
Sunday, April 21, 2019 at 4:30 AM
🌙 13 °C
Altitude: 26 m
Australia Short Beach Reserve -42.89119, 147.3253342°53’28” S 147°19’31” E
Trying to get out the door
April 21, 2019 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Despite the well established 4am wakeup call Chatty Kathy here got us into bed at 1.30am after an away game win and some ill advised uber eats. I had the morning scheduled to the minute but one of us is still drunk and one of us is a cat so naturally we are behind but it's salvageable. Bye B, be good for Uncle Ben!Read more
TravelerHow surprising, not! We guessed exactly how it would all go after that big win!
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Sunday, April 21, 2019 at 9:17 AM
🌬 22 °C
Altitude: 121 m
Australia Melbourne Airport -37.65282, 144.8382337°39’10” S 144°50’18” E
Sneaky move pays off
April 21, 2019 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 22 °C
Richard gambled on this seat allocation for MEL-SING and gosh it's worked out a treat. 👌
TravelerThat was risky, glad it paid off. 😂 Have a great trip.
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TravelerFor the unsophisticated amount your followers, please explain MEL - SING......I see you have bags of spare room 😊 F
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TravelerMumma, I was just too lazy to write Melbourne to Singapore haha xx
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Day 1
Sunday, April 21, 2019 at 6:46 PM
🌙 30 °C
Altitude: 29 m
Thailand Ban Laem Hin 7.92923, 98.395677°55’45” N 98°23’44” E
Big time foreshadowing
April 21, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
Now, I'm no electrician, but if I need medical assistance here, 100 bucks says my last words before it are 'that wiring looks dicey' because MATE.
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Day 1
Sunday, April 21, 2019 at 7:16 PM
🌙 30 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Thailand Ban Talat Nua 7.88544, 98.389237°53’8” N 98°23’21” E
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She's done it y'all.
April 21, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
She's found a banger sino-portugese terrace apartment with a record player.
Traveler Awww, it's lovely!
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TravelerGlad you picked a great spot!
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Day 1
Sunday, April 21, 2019 at 7:41 PM
🌙 30 °C
Altitude: 12 m
Thailand Ban Talat Nua 7.88539, 98.389227°53’7” N 98°23’21” E
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Old Town Sunday market
April 21, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
100m from our place. Rich wasn't having a bar of it. I left him in a cocktail bar and noodled around solo.
TravelerWe knew he wouldn’t dare try the street food.......where’s Maccas! 🙄
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Traveler Wow, the choices! F
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Day 1
Sunday, April 21, 2019 at 7:55 PM
🌙 30 °C
Altitude: 16 m
Thailand Ban Yai 8.00822, 98.341878°0’30” N 98°20’31” E
As the kid behind me exclaimed 47 times
April 21, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
... "Islands! We're here!"

Factor in half an hour faffing around at the airport with 28Degrees' useless user interfaces to make sure our credit cards weren't cancelled the minute we used them, and we're now in a taxi, taking an hour to do 30km to get to our lush digs (better be, I booked them) in Phuket Old Town. Rich cranky, send sugar. ✌️Read more
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Day 2
Monday, April 22, 2019 at 8:46 AM
☀️ 30 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Thailand Ban Talat Nua 7.88544, 98.389297°53’8” N 98°23’21” E
This place tho
April 22, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
I am 👋LEANING👏IN👏
Waiting for rich so we can go have a lil walk around (I introduced that quite casually for someone who's literally plotted it on google maps but sure) then get a massage. I have several hours to learn 'please don't bash my shins' in Thai.Read more
TravelerJelly of massage. Get a million.
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Day 2
Monday, April 22, 2019 at 11:16 AM
☀️ 32 °C
Altitude: 18 m
Thailand Ban Talat Nua 7.88417, 98.387327°53’3” N 98°23’14” E
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First massage
April 22, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
30 minute foot reflexology then 60 minute full body Thai massage, where got essentially harassed with elbows and for some brief yet exciting spells, had my lovely lady standing and crawling on me. The Ralph Wiggums 'I'm in danger' meme came to mind at the point I had my hands behind my head and she got a bit krav maga on me, but overall a lovely experience, would, and intend, to do again.Read more
Traveler Lovely things to look at too! F 😊
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TravelerThai massage I miss u
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That's a relaxed Rich
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From Josie
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Day 2
Monday, April 22, 2019 at 2:21 PM
☀️ 33 °C
Altitude: 6 m
Thailand Ban Talat Nua 7.88614, 98.388137°53’10” N 98°23’17” E
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Exploring old Phuket Town
April 22, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Lunch and a wander after massages, this place is so cute. Richard keen to visit Patong tonight so I'm making the most of somewhere relatively quiet...im willing to be proven wrong but my sense is that place will be a zoo and it's not my scene. Anyway, yolo.

We ate lunch at The Charm, which is in a building more than a century old with lots of antiques to match, as the old guy running it was quite happy to chat to Rich about but wasn't too fussed with me. I didn't mind as he'd plonked a fan in front of us earlier so I was already his loyal servant for life.

The pink building in the pictures is our accommodation. The model in front of the cream building is me - talcum powered to the hilt and surprisingly adjusted to this heat.Read more
TravelerIsn't the heat actually atrocious. Also patong is an absolute zoo. Be prepared to pay coins to use the loos everywhere too. There is a huge air-conditioned indoor shopping mall around there somewhere though, cinema/food court/game arcade type deal.
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Traveler Same place as last night? F 😊
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Traveler In the other photo, yup! They're lovely here
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Traveler Yes they are, love the colours! F
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Day 2
Monday, April 22, 2019 at 8:21 PM
⛅ 31 °C
Altitude: 15 m
Thailand Patong Beach 7.89368, 98.296447°53’37” N 98°17’47” E
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Bangla Road as expected
April 22, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Mental, redeemed in a small way only by the sheer enthusiasm and vision of this architect, and a stumble around a mirror maze in which I only faceplanted once.
Traveler Ha! Theres lots of you! F
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Day 3
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 9:36 AM
☀️ 32 °C
Altitude: 12 m
Thailand Ban Talat Nua 7.88509, 98.391677°53’6” N 98°23’30” E
Here be dragons
April 23, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Spent our last morning in Phuket Old Town before heading up to Khao Lak having breakfast at Bookhemian (book shop cafe, clever sliding tables), and perfecting the 'look here' picture pose at the dragon statue and a quirky old museum underneath a hotel. Then we went to the cat cafe because duh, Richard has the good pics though so I'll post those later. Currently en route, can't wait for a swim.Read more
TravelerA Book Cafe and a Cat Cafe all in the one day 😍F
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Day 3
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 2:00 PM
☀️ 33 °C
Altitude: 10 m
Thailand Ban Talat Nua 7.88546, 98.390777°53’8” N 98°23’27” E
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Cat Cafes are our greatest invention
April 23, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Hnnngghgghgghh god I love cat cafes. The lil ginger boy was the smooshiest and I love him and I named him Archie and tbh probably over-bonded. I asked him if he knew B but got no recognition out of the photo line up. Which confirms my fears that his disguise skills have advanced and he is evading attention for sinister purposes. Rich was very taken with the BIG BOI who must have a bit of Maine Coon in him, and the zonked out snoozers on the glass shelf. Cat Cafes RULE.Read more
Traveler He knows a good cat person when he finds one! F 😊
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Traveler I LOVE HIM
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Day 3
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 3:22 PM
⛅ 32 °C
Altitude: 7 m
Thailand Ban Thung Wa Nok 8.67958, 98.241818°40’46” N 98°14’31” E
'The Haven' is pretty accurate
April 23, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
What's UP we're here for the next 8 nights, here are the two water bits I've been in so far - one from our balcony, one a 50m walk away.
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Day 3
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 6:53 PM
⛅ 29 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Thailand Ban Thung Wa Nok 8.67948, 98.241798°40’46” N 98°14’30” E
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First seaside sunset
April 23, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
I'm so relaxed I could melt.
Traveler omg KAWAIIIIIIIIIIIIII
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TravelerHow good is that!
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Traveler Picture postcard right there! F😊
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Day 4
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 9:18 AM
⛅ 31 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Thailand Ban Thung Wa Nok 8.67948, 98.241768°40’46” N 98°14’30” E
My schedule says relax
April 24, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
So we will. We got chatting to a guy from Melbourne (the first and last bit of chatting I hope) last night who has been here before and offered the incredibly useful tip that the body of water between this skinny peninsula and the town is traversable in low tide, so rather than taking a 30 minute taxi to go all the way back up and down, you can just hop across in a 10 minute walk. Nice. Anyway we'll have a go later, for now it's a WWII biography, F1 podcast (we are sticking very closely to form) and I plan to drag us 600m up the beach for lunch.Read more
TravelerDon't get SUNBURNT
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TravelerAgree with your sister!
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TravelerDon't worry guys I literally brought a litre of sunscreen
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Day 4
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 1:34 PM
⛅ 34 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Thailand Ban Thung Wa Nok 8.67949, 98.241698°40’46” N 98°14’30” E
Papaya salad
April 24, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
We walked up the beach for lunch, as it seems a few Australians have done before us, from the amount of times the guy at the restaurant asked if we were enjoying our 'bonza tucker' and 'bloody cold beer' - Queenslanders truly have a lot to answer for. Finally got to order the papaya salad but it's not really for me. The three tiny puppies running around got 5 stars though.Read more
TravelerPapaya salad, nottttt a fan either
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Day 4
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 5:43 PM
⛅ 30 °C
Altitude: 10 m
Thailand Khlong Bang Niang 8.66659, 98.251768°39’60” N 98°15’6” E
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Market night
April 24, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
We used old mate's trick to walk to Bang Niang Market for dinner, finding this VERY CLEVER BOI on the way. 😻
Traveler Smart cookie! :) F
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Day 5
Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 8:23 PM
⛅ 29 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Thailand Khlong Khuek Khak 8.69131, 98.241448°41’29” N 98°14’29” E
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Babies
April 25, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
A basket of littluns at dinner!
Traveler B will be jealous! F
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Traveler Food looks good, what’s Richard having? F
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Traveler Chicken chilli and cashew :)
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Traveler 😉
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Day 7
Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 5:51 PM
🌧 29 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Thailand Ban Thung Wa Nok 8.68089, 98.242068°40’51” N 98°14’31” E
Tour de Khao Lak
April 27, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
The last few days have been spent doing sweet bugger all, reading and swimming, and a moderately disastrous paddle around in sea kayaks which resulted in what Rich insists on calling SunglassesGate. Last night we had dinner at the resort, the highlight of which was spying a little kitty prawling high in the ceiling beams, doing laps of the round room.

Today we took some bicycles out for what was going to be a relaxed meander and ended up being about 10km round trip - I've never sweated more but it was great fun, topped off by a wet crossing with the bikes over our shoulders through a short channel of water to do the short cut home. Very extreme and off road of us.

We've just had a massage - my lady seemed quite keen to get my tricep off the bone - and are about to get picked up by tuk tuk from a restaurant about 15 minutes away. It's called Pam's and it's run by a northern Thai woman and a European man. Hopefully good!

The smell I'll associate with Thailand is lemon grass - it's the cold drink you get as welcome, impregnated in the icy towels you get at dinner, and generally pretty bloody overpowering, but it could be worse.Read more
TravelerSounds like a pretty good couple of days! F
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TravelerLooks great fun 😘
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Day 7
Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 5:57 PM
🌧 30 °C
Altitude: 17 m
Thailand Nong Kok 8.704, 98.253388°42’14” N 98°15’12” E
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Pam is a legend
April 27, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 30 °C
Best meal we have had, amazing hospitality, and the pick up, in a typical Ute bench arrangement, was so convenient. I especially loved her print out about her garden and dogs, pictured below.

We had steamed fish, stir fried prawns, chicken, spring rolls, and a delicious hot dessert of sweet banana and silky coconut milk. We gave the British couple at the table next to us a lift back as they didn't know about the free transfer.

Settling in with a beer now to watch F1 qualifying and will have a night swim after. Hurrah!Read more
Traveler Glowing!
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Traveler This is a good read! Pam sounds lovely 😉 F
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TravelerI can’t quite focus on it on my phone, but is that saying 30° at the top of this post? 😳 F
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Day 8
Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 5:00 PM
⛅ 30 °C
Altitude: 7 m
Thailand Khlong Khuek Khak 8.69754, 98.241088°41’51” N 98°14’28” E
Puppers
April 28, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Another bike trip today as it's overcast and relatively cool - met some lovely doggos at lunch and explored another sobering reminder of the incredible damage sustained by this area and people in the 2004 tsunami. Yesterday we visited the Tsunami Memorial to learn more and it's truly extraordinary how much resilience has been shown to rebuild, revegetate, and renew.Read more
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Day 9
Monday, April 29, 2019 at 7:15 PM
⛅ 29 °C
Altitude: 8 m
Thailand Ban Thung Wa Nok 8.68, 98.241678°40’48” N 98°14’30” E
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Celebrity sighting!
April 29, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Ceiling kitty made his triumphant return and even a walk around his adoring public!
Traveler My goodness, so high! F
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Day 10
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 1:21 PM
🌧 29 °C
Altitude: 8 m
Thailand Ban Thung Wa Nok 8.68, 98.241678°40’48” N 98°14’30” E
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It's not easy bein cheesy
April 30, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
Next door checked out today and gave us some beer and their floaties. We are nailing it.

Last full day today as we check out tomorrow, relaxing here for now and will head to a fancy beach club in the afternoon for hangs and dinner.

Ahoy!Read more
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Traveler Skills 😊F
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Day 10
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 8:00 PM
☁️ 26 °C
Altitude: 16 m
Thailand Khlong Bang Niang 8.66073, 98.246138°39’39” N 98°14’46” E
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A soggy walk
April 30, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
We saved visiting the fancy beach club, KOKULO, until the last full day, which, hilariously, coincided with an absolutely torrential downpour which caused a bit of flash flooding and made our decision to walk the few km there pretty damp!

It was a shame to miss the beach club in full force but sloshing through the flooded streets getting battered by rain was a funny experience and I don't regret it.

There were three Korean couples there accompanied by a videographer documenting their trip with some extremeeee candids, which was quite entertaining.

After we got back to the hotel we found that ceiling kitty has a whole family, including two babbies, living in a duct, like something out of red dwarf. The fam was snoozing on the staircase but ran off when humans arrived, but the little grey dear got left behind and was very spooked. I wanted to carry him up to mum but figured that was probably a good way to get some money out of travel insurance so left him alone.Read more
Traveler Whoa! F
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Traveler The size of those prawns! F
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Traveler And/or a fine of about 4.5k!
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Day 11
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 10:21 AM
☁️ 29 °C
Altitude: 8 m
Thailand Ban Thung Wa Nok 8.68, 98.241678°40’48” N 98°14’30” E
Checking out
May 1, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
I'll miss you, favourite pastries! Until we meet again!
TravelerPerfect end xx F
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TravelerSee you tomorrow 🥰
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Trip end
May 2, 2019