Thailand

I went to Phuket, Thailand April 24-28
I only have a few pictures and my friends haven't posted theirs yet .. so mine will have to do for now.

First thing we did was take a 2min walk to the beach :)




our hotel (sugar palm)



i guess this was how they sorted laundry..


street outside our hotel.. super touristy but still pretty local feeling..


first meal in thailand - burger.. i know.. not very thai but it was good



the place we booked all our excursions


Day 2 rented motorbikes and watched the simon cabaret


the show was pretty entertaining
and the lady boys were beautiful.. their voices not so much.


delicious pad thai.. :)



Day 3 excursion to the phi phi islands

amazing beaches/ water/ sand/ mountains/ and views


4 americans + 1 mainlander


I went snorkling for my first time ever. saw some amazing coral, beautiful fish, and got to swim with sharks 3 -4 feet long... seriously.


Day 4 excursion to central thailand

riding elephants :)






canoeing


we had our lunch at a getaway cottage far far from the city.. it was beautiful.


saw lots of monkeys that day



random cave statues..


delicious food provided on our excursion




Day 5 sightseeing




extras
banana chocolate pancakes for 30 bhat ... SO DELICIOUS
i had 4 while i was there.


thai version of yakult .. just as delicious as the original


thai cars... had these little markings on the front roof


sometimes we took these tuk tuks instead of taxis.. they're kind of like rickshaws


On the last night (day4) we celebrated one of our friend's birthday. We took a tuk tuk to rock city in patong, did some bar hopping and saw a bunch of more lady boys, went back to the beach by our hotel around 2..3am? the water was so warm, the sky was so clear, and we could see so many stars.. it was amazing, then we went back to our hotel pool, splashed around and watched stars for another hour or so, and then retired for a small nap before packing up the next morning for sightseeing.

in summary....
thailand has so many beautiful places to see and fun things to do. the food is great. things are relatively cheap. but some of the people there are really sketch.