Asian Vacation, part 1

The posts covering our trip to Asia will be broken up into 6 parts- 1 for each of the main stops we made.

Part 1- Phuket
Part 2- Siem Reap
Part 3- Chiang Mai and Chiang Dao
Part 4- Kyoto
Part 5- Shimonoseki
Part 6- Tokyo


Coral Island beach- we went snorkeling here.

So, first up is the beach! After travelling for about two days and staying the night in Bangkok we arrived in Phuket, Thailand. Josh's parents met us at the airport and did a superhuman job of driving on the wrong side of the road and navigating us to our hotel. We stayed at the Nin Apartments on Karon Beach. The hotel is owned by an ex-pat couple and is composed of about 5 suites. I highly recommend it =).

Boat ride to Coral Island.

Here's an example of a daily schedule in Phuket:

5am wake up because we're jet lagged
6am walk around town and find some place that is open for strawberry jam toast and coffee
7:30am go back to bed for a nap
9am meet Josh's parents for breakfast
10am go on a boat ride to an island or go to the beach
1pm eat lunch
2pm go to the beach again
4pm get a massage
5pm take a nap
6pm eat dinner
8pm go to bed (still jet lagged!)

Yep, life is hard on the beach.


T-Rex! This was a miniature golf course we went to.


Josh and the Phuket coast line.

Unfortunately, the days we were in Phuket were part of the rainiest week in about a decade! It was warm enough that the rain did not slow us down, but I was a little disappointed that the sun was not burning me up while I lay in the sand listening to the ocean.... Moving on, Phuket was lovely and a great way to unwind and get into "vacation mode" before travelling more.


Josh's mom feeding an elephant!