Koh Phuket
We got a small boat to Koh Phi Phi and then changed straight into probably the best boat of our travels so far which cruised us in style to Phuket. We shared a minivan with a bunch of English guys who seemed pretty excited about getting to one of the worlds seediest holiday destinations, and eventually arrived in Kamala to check into Kamala Cocohut Resort. A week earlier we'd managed to sweet talk, via email, Cocohut's prices down to almost half price and although still at the limit of our budget we finally had somewhere with swimming pool. We took full advantage of this over the next few days, as well as hiring bikes to explore around. One of the days we dove to Patong to check out where my parents would be staying, looked very posh from what we could see the other side of the security barrier.
Phuket
Z Koh Lanty jsme odplouvali na mensi lodi, ktera nas dovezla k ostrovu Phi Phi,kde jsme jenom preskocili na dalsi lod, aby jsme mohli pokracovat v ceste na Phuket. Tohle nebyla jen nejaka lodka byl to hotovy parnik. Nejstylovejsi lod, na ktere jsme zatim pluli. Jak jsme pripluli do pristavu, cekali jsme chvili nez ridic poshani dostatek lidi do autobusu, aby nas mohl zavest na misto, kde uz jsme meli rezervovany nocleh na miste s nazvem Kamala Coco Hut. Meli jsme stesti, protoze sezona se blizi ke konci a tak jsme byli schopni usmlouvat cenu pres internet na polovinu. Areal mel k dispozici i bazen, kde jsme se cabrali celou dobu pobytu. Super! Jeden den jsme si pronajali motorku, abychom se podivali jak to vypada na jinych plazich a jeden z hlavnich ukolu byl najit hotel, kde budou Peteovy rodice ubytovani. Jak jsme uz z dalky mohli videt jejich ubytovani bylo hodne vzdalene nasemu rozpoctovemu. Moc pekny hotel, jak jsme pozdeji zjistili mel 3 bazeny, posilovnu, spoustu mist s masazemi, bar atd.
On the day they arrived we had couple of drinks round the corner and made our way to reception. The receptionist questioned me a few times after i wrote my mum and dads name wrong on the paper but finally passed me over to them and they came to meet us. That evening we had good old catch up with few beers at a dodgy Patong bar, whilst a local band played the classics to the western men looking for their Thai "ladies". We arranged to meet the next day at a beach we'd found and spent the day playing Frisbee, snorkeling and chilling out, before we had to get back to return the bike and begin packing for our check out. We thought we'd move into Patong as we were gonna spend as much time as possible with them, and tuk tuk's are twice the price of anywhere else in Thailand. So the next morning we dropped rucksacks at Same Same Guesthouse and went to meet Mum and Dad at their hotel for buffet breakfast. Even though it was coming to near the end Veronika and i managed to fill high to plates each before dad had even sat down. We then spent the next couple hours at their swimming pool, before going to check in at SameSame and then get some money out of the ATM. It was so hot and we were looking forward to getting back to the pool but between the machine giving Veronika's card back and when it should give you cash the power went and the machine didn't give out the 10,000THB (nearly £200, or as we'd come to work out over the next few weeks, 20 nights accommodation, 80 meals, 20 boat trips etc), our luck finally deserted us, we were furious. We spent a while dealing with it but got nowhere and eventually got back to mum and dad and the swimming pool to cool off.
Dalsi den jsme stravili skoro cely den u bazenu, na cestu jsme se vydali az k veceru. Dali jsme si veceri u plaze zatimco se Slunce ukladalo k spanku a pak jsme se sli sejit s Peteovyma rodicema, kteri v tu dobu zrovna dorazili. Slecna recepcni byla mila a i kdyz vypadalo, ze Pete ani jejich syn neni, protoze na papirek napsal jejich jmena ve zkraceninach (misto Andrew - Andy) a tak to recepcni na pocitaci nemohla najit, prohodila neco ve smyslu, jestli si je jisty, ze je jejich syn a zavolala je dolu na recepci. Vsichni jsme byli nadseni, ze se vidime. Zasli jsme hned na par pivecek do baru na hlavni ulici za doprovodu zive hudby. Pak jsme se rozloucili a sesli se dalsi den na plazi, kde jsme si hazeli diskem, trosku snorchlovali a pak se museli rozloucit, protoze jsme museli vratit motorku v urcitou hodinu. Ten vecer jsme se zbalili, aby jsme se rano mohli jet ubytovat blize k Peteovym rodicum a neutracet za dopravu, kdyz jsme vedeli, ze s nima budeme travit vetsinu casu. Ubytovali jsme se v hostelu Same Same a sli se potkat s rodicemi na snidani. Byla to bufet snidane, takze jsme si s Petem dali zalezet at jsou nase talirky poradne preplnene, protoze to pro nas byla oslava pri nasem rozpoctu, ze muzeme snit hodne za celkem malo. Po snidani jsme se sli osvezit v jejich bazenu a chodili se tak osvezovat jako "paraziti" zadarmo az do naseho odjezdu. V tento den bylo taky na case vybrat vice penez z automatu. Potom, co jsem si znova aktivovala kartu, ktera byla zablokovana, jsem si sla vybrat penize. A co se nestane, pri ukonu - odeberte hotovost - bankomat se jako mavnutim proutkem vypnut a penize mi nevydal. Ztratili jsme tak asi 6000kc, coz by mohlo byt bud 20 noci ubytovani, 80 menicek nebo 20 vyletu lodi!!! Nastvani jsme se vratili zpet k bazenu, aby jsme se z toho zchladili.
Anyway, we spent a couple more days by the pool and visted another local beach and then we went on a boat trip to Koh Phi Phi. At the first stop in the trip they gave us some bread and we did some snorkling in amongst thousands of fish. At one point after we left the water Veronika rather excitedly began telling us about this shiny thing she picked up and then when she realised they were teeth threw them away in her words feeling a little scared! Gold teeth! In mid conversation with some turkish guys on our boat my dad grabbed us and we went back to search for them, no luck! It also meant that we missed the longtail boat back to our boat so kept everyone waiting. Talking about it all later we decided that the 3 gold teeth veronika had found would easily have made up for the money lost in the ATM, even more furious! the rest of the trip went really well, some more snorkling, veronika and i swam to a beach at the Maya Bay stop, lovely lunch and then free time on the beautiful Koh Phi Phi. Still, despite some of our bad luck over the last couple days, we were still able to have good laugh over it all in the minivvan back when the turkish guy recalled "the crazy family running off into the water with their snorkles while i was talking to them . . ".
Dalsich par dni jsme se chodili koupat do bazenu a spolecne navstivili par dalsich plazi. Jeden den jsme se vydali na vylet lodi na ostrov Phi Phi. Pri prvni zastavce jsme byli vysazeni na pekne plazi. Byl nam dan chleba pro krmeni ryb. Tolik ryb! V zivote jsem nevidela plavat tolik krasnych ryb v tak pruzracne vode. Nadhera! O kousek dale jsme si nasadili snorchly, a jak uz jsem plavala zpet ke brehu, zahledla jsem neco blysticiseho. Chvili jsem do toho dloubala palcem u nohy a pak se rozhodla vzit to do ruky. Jak jsem zjistila, ze je to zubni proteza odhodila jsem ji zpet s pocitem, fuj neci zuby. Pak jsem se zminila pred ostatnima. Jak to Andy (Peteuv tatka) slysel, necekal ani minutku a oba nas vytrhl s omluvou z konverzace s jednim Turkem, ktery se ucastnil stejneho vyletu. Bylo mi receno, ze tenhle kousek zlata by mohl hrave nahradit financni ztratu, kterou jsme utrpeli den zpatky v automatu. Bohuzel zuby uz se nanasli. Kvuli honu za zlatymi zuby jsme taky zmeskali lod, ktera nas privezla ke brehu. (k brehu musi plout mensi lode, protoze u brehu je to melke) Takze na nas museli vsichni cekat. Bylo to smesne! Dalsi zastavka byla na plazi s nazvem Maya Bay, kde se natacel film Plaz. S Petem jsme doplavali na jednu z nich, pro pocit, ze jsme tam jednou stali. Pote jsme meli trochu volneho casu na jine casti ostrova. Dali jsme si pivko, schladili se v mori a vydali se zpet. Autobusem cestou na zpet jsme se dali do reci s tim Turkem a vysvetlovali jsme mu, co se stalo. Mohli jsme se potrhat smichy, kdyz nam rikal, ze mu to nedavalo moc smysl, ze cela rodina zacala najednout sprintovat se snorchly zpet do more, bez jakehokoliv vysvetleni. To musela byt podivana.
The following day we nursed sunburn by Mum and Dads pool (Veronika and I getting quite cheeky with security now, winking and greeting the guards with "sawadee" each morning) and took it easy before the spending the evening at the famous Phuket FantaSea, a kind of disneyland of thailand. The place was full of colour and culture and the grandest buffet meal you could imagine. Then it was into the show where they performed a kind of history of thailand through song, dance, special effects, illusions and acrobatics. It was pretty confusng but impressive and very watchable in particular the trapeeze acts above the audience. The following day Dad hired a car (pretty shocking and called "the tuk tik") and we drove to a cool waterfall and then down to a lovely beach for sunset beers. We then got showered and then headed out of our last meal together, a really delicious swiss fondue/bbq.
Den pote, cela Peteova rodina trpela ze spaleni Slunkem z vyletu, ja jak se zda mam odolnejsi kuzi a uz jenom hnednu. Kdyz prechazime pres vratnici tvarime se a delame, ze je vse v pohode, ze bydlime v hotelu a nezneuzivame areal. Zabira to. Takze cely den sedime u bazenu. Vecer nas ceka FantaSea Cirkus, je to neco jako Disneyland v Thajsku. Mame taky preplacenou veceri v pohode bufetu. Oh, jak jsme se prejedli, mela jsem pocit, ze mi praskne bricho. Predstaveni bylo zajimave. V nekterych chvilich jsme presne nevedeli o co bezi. Kostymy byli pekne, lidi tancili, videli jsme nejake kouzla a letajici akrobaty. Dalsi den Andy pronajal auto, takze jsme vyrazili na vylet podivat se na mistni vodopad. Voda byla hodne osvezujici. Pak jsme se zastavili na plazi, kde jsme vypili par piv a vsichni sledovali zapad Slunce. Jak jsme prijeli zpet, sprchli jsme se a sesli se na posledni spolecnou veceri ve svycarske restauraci, kde jsme si dali fondue, coz znamena, ze uprostred stolu je maly sporak na nem specialni nadoba s horkym olejem, prinesou sirove maso a ruzne druhy omacek a podle toho jak kdo ma maso rad si ho opece podle chuti.
It was so great to see Mum and Dad, its difficult to explain but theres something really comforting to have them out for the week and to hear about people from back home. It kind of revitalises us for the next half of our travels. They also brought me out goodies - a travel pillow and few pairs of shorts and took some of our junk (I mean souvenirs) out of our backpacks. . . . and they spoilt us with some proper food for once.
Bylo super, videt Peteovy rodice, kteri tak svou navstevou rozpulili nas vylet. Jsme pryc na dlouhou dobu a je dobre videt povedome tvare. Vsichni jsme si to uzili. Privezli nam par veci, o ktere jsme je zadali nez dorazili a aby zpet nejeli na prazdno, tak jsme jim nabalili par nasich veci a ulevili tak nasim ruksakum, ktere uz byli plne k prasknuti.
In the morning they drove us and our rucksacks to a bus stop near the airport and we said our goodbyes, we saw a bus approaching so ran for it only for it to be a different bus. We were heading to Malaysia but whilst we were waiting we changed our route from SuratThani to Malaysia into Hat Yai to Malaysia. We had wanted to steer clear of the south as they have problems down there but we went for it and 7hr later we were checking at our hotel. 5am the following day we were back on the move, tuk tuk to the station and then train to Malaysia. At the border, i went through and was witness as the guy came out holding veronika's passport, he called another couple guys over and next thing we are put into a side room whilst the "boss" shouts thai and makes phones calls . . .
Rano jsme vyzvednuti Peteovyma rodicema, kteri nas vezou na zastavku odkud nam jede autobus smer Malajsie. Kdyz nas vysadi, jeden autobus zrovna prijizdi, tak se s tou nasi plnou polni rozbehneme a bezime a bezime, aby jsme zjistili, ze to vlastne neni nas autobus. Cekame asi dalsi hodinu nez prijede ten spravny autobus, ve kterem stravime horkych a upocenych 7 hodin. Jak dorazime na nadrazi je celkem pozde a tak se rozhodnem prenocovat a jet vlakem brzo rano. V 6 rano uz jsme na vlakovem nadrazi, nasedame a vlak nas odvazi smer Malajsie. Protoze je to prechod pres hranice, musime vysednout na jedne stanici, aby nam zkontrolovali pasy. Jsme jedni z prvnich na rade, takze bysme meli mit cas se i nasnidat. Pete projde a ja jim podam muj pas. Po chvili, kdy ten pohranicnik prelistoval muj pas dopredu a nazpet asi 5krat, vola kolegy a spolecne me odvadeji do imigracni kancelare, kde drzi muj pas, neco si rikaji v thajstine a ja nemam tuseni o co tady bezi. . .
. . . To be continued
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