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Phuket Part 2 - A&A Adventure Wat Chalong, Big Buddha, and Phuket Weekend Market

Phuket Part 2 - A&A Adventure Wat Chalong, Big Buddha, and Phuket Weekend Market

After christmas dinner we set operation surprise Austin and Aileen in motion. With our personal driver we left for the airport around 11:30 pm in order to be there by 12:50. Of course there was no traffic so we got there early...and their flight was delayed for about 45 minuets. Finally they landed and we surprised them with matching Chang beer tanks and Santa hats. With that we were off on the next leg of the trip. 

We started our A&A Thailand adventure the next day with a visit to Wat Chalong. The most popular temple in Phuket where a splinter of the Buddha's bone are held.

Chiang Mai Part 1 - Elephant visit and Karen Hill Tribe

Chiang Mai Part 1 - Elephant visit and Karen Hill Tribe

After such a slam packed time in Bangkok we took the first day in Chiang Mai easy. This included sleeping until 10:00am (compared to 6:30pm in Bangkok) breakfast at a cool Vegetarian restaurant called Freebird.

We then got our first Thai massages which felt amazing after traveling so much. Got a quick bite and drinks at a UN Irish pub and called it a night in preparation for the next day.

We checked out of the hostel and got picked up by Elephant Jungle Sanctuary at 8:00. This began the most incredible 3 days of our lives.