Friday, 6 September 2013

We are now in Phuket, Thailand!! It was quite the trip to our hostel. Flew air asia which was suprisingly good, when landed a bus picked up all of passengers and somehow we all fitted into this tiny little bus! Immagration we just walked through with not one question. All of a sudden we got bombarded with taxi drivers " 800bht taxi" it was very intense. Went to a proper taxi stand couldnt speak a word of english. it was a uncomfortable feeling. Gave our taxi driver instructions in thai to get to our hostel. On the way to our hostel we definately had 9 lives. Every driver was a rally driver, well they thought they were and wernt good at it. So many scooters flying along the highway with new borns and upwards sitting between the drivers arms. Not just one kid 2 or more! Scooters with the driver holding planks of wood.we couldnt believe it! no helmets! one lane with 3 abreast that includes bus truck scooter car tuk tuks side cars! These thai's are crazy people! Also we nearly hit a dog and had to slam on the breaks, nearly rear ended someone. you name we did it!! no licence,seat belt,shoes,helmet,indication and so on. It was like a roller coaster ride! Also along the way scaffolding made with branches, bunches and bunches of power lines dangling! Food stores attached to motorcycles. The best thing is that we made it to our hostel both in one piece and got ripped off! Our hostel is nice, brush your teeth with bottled water, cant put toilet paper down the toilet, mosquito warning signs everywhere,electric power shower. Went for a walk at night to get dinner and we got chicken, pad thai. we wernt going to get chicken but we did! hopefully we will be ok! you have to be so careful crossing the roads, walking on the road when there are no footpaths! we are really looking forward to tomorrow!

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