First Day in Phuket

We left the hotel quite early for the airport. The Hong Kong airport is really huge! We didn't realize how huge when we arrived a week ago, but this time we saw quite a bit of it. We had our breakfast at Starbucks and boarded our Dragon Air flight on time. Flying time was about 3.5 hours. The plane was nice but the food was terrible! Nevertheless, it was great to land in Phuket even though immigration is painfully slow. It was only +8C with light rain when we left Hong Kong - arriving in Phuket we found clear blue skies and around +30C! Almost too warm, but we are NOT going to complain!

After checking in and having received out leis and welcome drinks, we had to wait to actually get into the room. So to kill time we booked all our excursions. The girl we booked with is called Oy and she was here 3 years ago when Roger and I were here last (in 2007). We got upgraded to a first floor room quite close to one of the pools. Great! Kim wanted to have a swim so as soon as we could get into our room we changed and went to the pool.


We also took a little walk along the beach so that Kim could get an idea of where things are at the resort. We found the massage ladies on the beach and Kim went for her first massage here! She loved it! After the massage she took her first swim in the ocean, walked the beach, and found 4 dogs to pet (she misses Sulu very much), then it was time for Happy Hour. We sat at the bar "Out of the Blue" with our drinks until the sun settled in the sea. Once the sun had set and we finished our drinks, we went back to our room and got ready for dinner. Tonight it was BBQ on the beach with a live band that was really good!

Now we are back in our room and are getting ready to go to bed. Tomorrow our adventures will start with ATV ride. We are also going to move from the hotel to the timeshare apartment.