Phuket, Thailand

March 4, 2025

Another Day, Another Country.

For today we are visiting Phuket. Phuket is located on Phuket Island. The City has a population of approximately 75,000.It is well known for its beautiful beaches, Thai cuisine and maybe the old town of Phuket  with its colourful Portuguese looking buildings. The buildings were apparently created in 1903 by a very wealthy tin merchant.

For today we had booked a tour of Phuket old town on your own. After boarding the coach we headed towards the old town. During the drive , we had a tour guide lady taking non stop about ?, because of her poor English language we didn’t understand 75% of what she was trying to tell us. After we were dropped off somewhere  close to toilet facilities, we were told the bus would be back at 2:45 to retrieve us. Folks, picture this , we have a bus load of elderly people on the side of the road with very poor direction of where to go. Not a good scenario . People went in all directions looking for old town Phuket. If it wasn’t for Google Maps, we might’ve got lost too. eventually we ended up in the old town with its Colourful Portuguese buildings. It was basically a street lined with shops and restaurants. Around noon we stopped at one of the restaurants for some Thai food. Even ordering mild spice, it still made your nose run. After lunch we carried on through the many streets and eventually ended up by our bus pickup point. We were an hour early, but the tour lady was already there waiting for us, she was going to call the bus to pick us up early. Because of the extreme heat that was well received. When we arrived at the pier, we caught the tender boat to get us back to the ship. Later we heard that a few people arrived at the bus pickup point at the agreed upon time, but there was no bus. Luckily they noticed a bus from a different tour down the road and got a ride back with them.

We really never ended up seeing the beach, might have to come back to Thailand one day.

Cheers

Cor and Carol