January 22, 2016

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

January 22, 2016

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.

Debroy McPlanky

January 19, 2016

Thailand, Asia, Travel

Phuket Part 1 - Scuba Diving!

Debroy McPlanky

January 19, 2016

Thailand, Asia, Travel

After a 6am flight we landed in Phuket early and rode down to our hotel in Kata Beach. It was to early to check in so we killed a few hours walking the beach and enjoying the weather.

We spent the next few days enjoying Kata, watching the new Starwars movie, and trying out different food places.

After extending our trip up north to Pai we were rushed on days in Phuket before Austin and Aileen fly in. To stick to our original itinerary I needed to start my Scuba certification asap. After talking to 4 different shops we found "Dive Phuket". They would be able to get me certified in 3 days, give Debra a refresher course and allow us to dive together on my 3rd day of training.