Tag: Thailand
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The Big Buddha
Aside from going out to see the famous islands around Phuket, there is not a lot to see on the island itself. However, there are a number of main sights and we finally saw the last ‘big’ one the other day. Up on the mountain overlooking the cities of Phuket is a big white Buddha.…
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The Days Are Winding Down…
Just a short week left away from the desert heat and eye candy of the brown pajama people. 🙁 The weather has been wonderful the past few days, which is awesome! [shashin type=”photo” id=”7814,7816″ size=”medium” columns=”max” order=”user” position=”center”] With lovely day weather comes beautiful sunsets. 🙂 [shashin type=”photo” id=”7820,7819,7818″ size=”medium” columns=”max” order=”user” position=”center”] -T 😀
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Summer 2012: Phuket, Thailand (Kata/Karon) – 10 days left…
Time is flying by ever so quickly and quite sadly…. The good news is that I submitted the first chapter of my dissertation a day ahead of schedule. It was probably the longest academic piece of writing I have ever done and to think that it’s only part of the entire project at 47 pages…
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Summer 2012: Phuket, Thailand (Karon/Kata)
We’re back in Phuket and relieved after our trip to Hong Kong. It’s been a long time since we’ve been around fast-paced and pushy people. Plus, we happened to stay in Little India/Pakistan land, which just reminded us of what we don’t like in Abu Dhabi, so that was rather unfortunate. Therefore, we’re more than…
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Summer 2012: Phuket, Thailand – Kamala Beach and Surviving…
Okay, so…most people who know me know that I’m not the most adept on two-wheels. I have balance problems and control issues (literally and figuratively), so these alone are bad characteristics when behind the controls of a motorized two-wheeled machine. We had just had a lovely dinner a little north of Patong and decided to…
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Summer 2012: Phuket, Thailand – Karon and Kata beaches
The days blur together and I rarely know what day or date it is, which is how vacation should be, right? 😉 So, sometime last week, when the weather broke (thankfully!), we went exploring the island a bit. A Thai lady recommended that we see Karon beach and others had mentioned it before. Also, one…
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Summer 2012: Phuket, Thailand – 36 days to go!
I think I’ve sort of forgotten what pics I have posted and which ones I haven’t. So, there may be some repeats. For now, I’ll just put up the pics that aren’t related to anything in particular (mostly food and driving scenes!) to catch up. I’ll cover the ‘themes’ next! [shashin type=”photo” id=”5851,5852,5854,5855,5856,5857,5858,5859,5860,5862,5863,5864″ size=”small” columns=”max”…
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Summer 2012: Phuket, Thailand – 37 more days!
I’m a little behind in sharing what we’ve been up to other than our daily studying, swimming and overall enjoying of vacation. So, I’ll try to catch up a bit. Last week, we caught a break in the rainy weather and decided to head over to Phuket Town, which is quite close in terms of…
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Summer 2012: Phuket, Thailand – The Wine Connection
One of our discoveries in the JungCeylong mall in Patong is The Wine Connection. When we discovered it, we thought it looked like a chain, but thought the menu looked good especially with their deal of being able to pick a bottle of wine from the shelf and drink it with your meal. When I…
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Summer 2012: Phuket, Thailand – 41 days to go and 8 until Hong Kong
I’m long overdue to post some pics. Sorry… The really good news is that the rain seems to have broken for a bit and we’re back in sunny weather. The past couple of days we’ve been out on the scooter for most of the day exploring the island of Phuket. I’ll post more on that…
