Thailand to Cairns

Writing from Airlie Beach in Queensland, Australia

Seems like and age ago now but our few days in Bangkok was fun, limiting our temple visits to only one, Wat Pho and the Golden Bhuda and taking in the river and the tourist mecca of the Kao San road. We even managed a night out with a few buckets of cocktails and a stumble home, while the kids enjoyed room service back at the hotel.

Bobby enjoying his carbonara in Bangkok

Amber bangs the gong at Wat Pho

Sarah meets Nicholas Cage in Bangkok

Sarah with a bucket of Long Island Iced tea on the Kao San road - notice the gentile way she is holding her bucket with her little finger raised - such class

From Bangkok we headed south through Thailand to Phuket spending a few days at Kata beach, on the west coast of the island, fantastic beaches  but spoilt by too many tourists and overdevelopment.

Big storm brewing at Kata Beach, Phuket

Then across the island to Serenity Resort where we had been offered a free stay by a one of Steve’ s very generous customers, Dmtry Merculov. (thanks again Dmtry).  Absolutely fabulous resort right on the beach with great pool, food and service.

View from Serenity and the island we kayaked to

Almost a deserted island

Last day of luxury at Serenity

After our 4 days of luxury we spent one night in Phuket town en route to the airport and our flight back to Singapore. Not enough time to appreciate it but Phuket old town looked like a place with some good bars and restaurants housed in old colonial buildings.

Back to Singapore and we were very kindly put up by Arpita and David who cooked us a lovely meal and shared some of their best malt whiskey. Also attempted a visit to the Botanical Gardens however this was cut short by the usual afternoon monsoon rains  and we all got a thorough soaking.

Caught in the Singapore monsoon

...and after , a nice cup of milk for a tired boy

Our late evening flight from Singapore arrived in Darwin at 4am where we had to change planes for the final leg into a hot and sticky Cairns where we arrived a few hours later.........................