Karon Beach, Thailand (for Mar. 14)
We were up fairly early. Celeste had not had a good night, but felt much better after breakfast. Then we returned to our room to pack for our 11 AM pickup. Celeste had an air conditioned rest while waiting for her Advil to kick in. I went out on the balcony to blog yesterday’s story. In no time I was dripping sweat from the exertion of typing in 31 degree heat in the shade with high humidity. Talk about a whirlwind trip! But, that is more or less what I had in mind – to visit a couple of places I might otherwise never see since we were already nearby.
Our flight left at 1 and we arrived in Singapore at 3:30 for a 3 hour wait for our connecting flight. I had a window seat for this leg and the view of the harbour reminded me of the pictures you see of WWII convoys or the D-day invasion force. There must have been a hundred ships or more of all sizes. And I am not counting smaller personal or pleasure craft. I now sit in air conditioned comfort in Singapore airport as I write this. Thanks to Dale Montgomery, I am even plugged into the airport’s power. I had to use battery power in Bali as none of the adaptors he gave me fit their plugs. That is the only place so far that I have not been able to plug in. We took off at 7 and landed at 8:30 Singapore time, but we gained an hour, so it is 7:30 here. We collected our luggage, found our contact person and left the airport at 8. After a one hour drive we arrived at our hotel and were soon settled in. Celeste didn’t want to go out, so I went for an exploratory walk for about an hour. Just before the hotel we drove through a town named Kata that was just buzzing. The main street was lit like daylight and was bustling with tourists. Our resort is just off this street between Kata and another town only a couple of hundred metres away called Karon and directly across from the beach. I walked toward Karon and found that it is almost as lively as Kata. Stall after stall after stall of about 10 feet by 10 feet selling every type of tourist or everyday item you could imagine. Many of them are also bars – 6 to 10 tiny little bars all in a row. Talk about competition.
I was pretty glad to see my suitcase come down the luggage carousel. Another few days and my t-shirt might have begun to get a little high.
For the first half hour on the road toward Phuket it was quite new and modern. Lind of like Lewvan Drive or Sask. Drive south of Victoria. Some parts of 60 kmph through populated areas and some parts of 90-100 kmph in more open areas. Then we turned off toward our stop and the road became a little more primitive - more like Bali.
Our flight left at 1 and we arrived in Singapore at 3:30 for a 3 hour wait for our connecting flight. I had a window seat for this leg and the view of the harbour reminded me of the pictures you see of WWII convoys or the D-day invasion force. There must have been a hundred ships or more of all sizes. And I am not counting smaller personal or pleasure craft. I now sit in air conditioned comfort in Singapore airport as I write this. Thanks to Dale Montgomery, I am even plugged into the airport’s power. I had to use battery power in Bali as none of the adaptors he gave me fit their plugs. That is the only place so far that I have not been able to plug in. We took off at 7 and landed at 8:30 Singapore time, but we gained an hour, so it is 7:30 here. We collected our luggage, found our contact person and left the airport at 8. After a one hour drive we arrived at our hotel and were soon settled in. Celeste didn’t want to go out, so I went for an exploratory walk for about an hour. Just before the hotel we drove through a town named Kata that was just buzzing. The main street was lit like daylight and was bustling with tourists. Our resort is just off this street between Kata and another town only a couple of hundred metres away called Karon and directly across from the beach. I walked toward Karon and found that it is almost as lively as Kata. Stall after stall after stall of about 10 feet by 10 feet selling every type of tourist or everyday item you could imagine. Many of them are also bars – 6 to 10 tiny little bars all in a row. Talk about competition.
I was pretty glad to see my suitcase come down the luggage carousel. Another few days and my t-shirt might have begun to get a little high.
For the first half hour on the road toward Phuket it was quite new and modern. Lind of like Lewvan Drive or Sask. Drive south of Victoria. Some parts of 60 kmph through populated areas and some parts of 90-100 kmph in more open areas. Then we turned off toward our stop and the road became a little more primitive - more like Bali.
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11:28 a.m.
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