Kata Beach

On Phi Phi Island

The hermit crab had walked such a long way, and it kept on trekking, it had a mission, it seemed.

Kata Beach sunset

Well everyone, as fate has it, Bangkok's airport opens up the day after we change our flights. We got lucky though, in a sense. We were going to have a charge for changing the flights, because our original flight was not cancelled. But I just received an email from our travel agent, and he said the flight was cancelled today, therefore no charge! BUT, we did have to buy a flight from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

So, here's our new flight itinerary home: It's going to be a long way to Daegu...

Dec 9: 8am flight from Phuket, Thailand to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1.5 hours)

Dec 9: 2:20pm Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam ( 2 hours)

Dec 10: 1:10am Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to Busan, Korea (6 hours)

Dec 10: 8am-ish Busan, Korea to Daegu, Korea (1 hour)

We'll be travelling for about 24 hours until we get back to Daegu. Awesome. But then three days later, we go to Canada!!!

We are now in Kata beach, which I believe is south from Patong. Becuase of our new flight schedule, we're going to be spending the remainder of the week here in Koh Phuket. We took the bus from Phuket Town, and once we got here, it was ridiculous trying to find a hotel. Our Lonely Planet book really let us down here as the map sucks, and two of the hotels that we tried apparently do not exist. We were walking in the incredible heat for about an hour before we found a place that was suitable (ie air cond, tv, shower). We were irritable and sweaty. The rest of day we just spent on the beach. We picked a good spot. The sand is so soft, and we had a perfect view of the sunset, as you can see. We are here at Kata for two nights. Since we now have all this time on our hands, we think we might try to do a day tour of Krabi or something else.Tonight, there is a night bazaar that we plan on going to.