Relaxing in Kamala Beach - Phuket!

Sunday - 6 July 08

Hello, day 2 in Kamala Beach and how relaxing and quiet is it? We have had an excellent day. We hired our motorbike which give us the freedom to get around and see a few things besides the fact we just like to ride it. We took of f to look for tobacco as we had run out and thought it would be easy to find in the shops here in Kamala, wrong, seems since the Thai government bought in the new no smoking policy, like Australia that a lot of people have given up and so not a lot of shops stock it, no shops in Kamala do so we headed down to Patong. Kamala is quiet so riding the bike around here is no hassle, get to Patong and its a bloody nightmare, the traffic is horendous and as I have said before there are no road rules its a free for all.

We parked the bike in the main street of Patong and went to the 'Jungceylon' shopping centre which is the new one in Patong. It was stinkin hot and we walked through the shopping centre out the back to the markets and all over the place looking for a shop that sold tobacco, needless to say I was getting pissed off as it was so hot. We did manage to stop though at KFC for Rick to get something to eat for brunch, by this time I wasn't much in the mood for eating. We then walked the street for a bit longer and then hopped on the bike to the beachfront to a small supermarket we remembered from our last trip here in November that sold tobacco. After we found somewhere to park had a few choice words between us and I had a hissy fit and called Rick a few choice names we hopped on the bike, tobacco in hand and headed back to Kamala Beach, lucky for us I have some sense of direction otherwise the mood Rick was in riding through Patong we could have ended up anywhere. Anyway once out of Patong we got over our spat and enjoyed the ride back to Kamala. We stopped at a roadside petrol stop, not a servo and filled the bike up with fuel.

This arvo we went for a swim in the pool and the water was warm but nice, it is very relaxing here as its quiet, so quiet half the shops and restaurants have closed for the low season, but its nicer than being in the hustle and bustle of Patong. We then hopped on the bike and went for a ride up into the mountain and along winding roads, there is a lot of development going in Kamala and a lot of new resorts and condominiums being built along the cliffs, for a couple of million baht you can buy yourself a nice villa overlooking the Andaman Sea built on the cliffside. No thanks! The last Tsunami wiped the place out and they are still rebuilding nearly 4 years later.

We relaxed for what was left of the arvo and then headed out to the restaurant for dinner, it was seafood pizza for me and pork steak & salad for Rick. The meals are nice and food is fresh which is an improvement on Phi Phi food and restaurants.

Tomorrow morning at 9am the whole of Phuket has a Tsunami drill, so when the siren roars everyone, no matter where they are have to follow the tsunami evacuation signs and head for the meeting point at the top of the mountain, that should be interesting.

I have posted 2 more pages of photos, so if you scroll down you can view them.
That was our day today in Phuket. Hope everyone at home is having a good weekend. Until tomorrows blog! See Ya!