Day 11 (April 12, 2011)
After a breakfast at the room (all 7 of us), Kirk & I are heading out for some sightseeing in Phuket Town, and we are in for quite some sights indeed!
Not only do we see scooters loaded with up to 4 people (saw 5 the day before, but no photo to prove it), but several parts of the main town that even I had not been to before! After being dropped off at the Clock tower downtown, we pass the Hock Guan Kong temple before heading to Old Town, where Chinese and Portuguese (?) influences are (somewhat) still visible.
Then we check out the Wat PuttamongkonNimit temple, where/when the heat and humidity are slowly but surely getting to us. After a quick break, we are back on the road, strolling north & south thru Phuket, discovering the bus transfer station (huh?) and then a nice, air-conditioned hotel lobby bar with great mango shakes!
Then we’re heading past the market hall (no shopping today!) to lunch in Phuket Bay. After our Tuk Tuk picks us back up and takes us downtown, we’re ready for the shuttle back to the hotel.
Angry birds?
Wrong side of the road
Garbage men or robbers?
Mopeds everywhere
Family of 4 on 1 scooter … hold on to your helmet!
Seriously?!?!
2 to a scooter
Let’s worship the higher powers (get it?!)
Colorful streets in Old Town
Inside the Wat Puttamongkon Nimit temple in Phuket Town
Andrea, Kirk & the buddah
The central bus transfer station
3 on a scooter
Andrea & Kirk on the way to lunch
3 1/2 to a scooter
Models at the mall
Andrea & Kirk at the shops in downtown Phuket
More scooters!
Welcome back!
All about elephants!
The clocktower in Phuket Town
Kirk & Andrea in downtown Phuket
Hock Guan Kong Temple in downtown Phuket
Looking down the (sewer) canal
How about that for garage decorations!?
Making our way thru Old Town
Walkway tiles in Old Town Phuket
In Old Town
New Orleans? No, judging by the power lines!
Making our way thru Old Town
At the Barber Shop
Wat Puttamongkon Nimit – temple in downtown Phuket Town
Kirk & the buddha
Hmmm … so having just bought a house will bring us suffering?
Inside the temple
Taking a look out back
Sea roses
Pretty flowers throughout the temple grounds
More pretty flowers …
Just add a different color ..
… or Orchids!
The temple school
Another sewer canal …
Kirk’s first Tuk-Tuk ride in Phuket Town
Kirk and his fearless Tuk-Tuk driver
On our Tuk-Tuk ride back from lunch at Phuket Bay
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