Mmmmmm! Delicious soft rice paper parcels of yumminess!
Rawai, at the southern end of Phuket
Sticking gold leaf on Buddhas at Khao Rang temple
Light refreshments at Khao Rang
I just love those banisters!
The "honking temple" near Kathu - it's good luck to hoot your horn as you drive past
Hat Surin in the rain
Chris & Andrew's lovely house...
...and their delightful pool
The view from above Kata Noi
Andrew, my marvellous tour guide & host
Hat Nai Han beach
Boats at Rawai
More boats at Rawai
Karen immigrants from Myanmar do all the dirty work in Thailand, and get to live in windowless metal shacks - if they're lucky
The Big Buddha, the almost-complete biggest Buddha in the world
Monkeys in the forests at the feet of the Big Buddha
Ao Chalong, as seen from the Big Buddha
The King's flag
A clay model of how the Big Buddha complex might end up
Designers at work
A prayer gong at the Big Buddha
Some of the Big Buddha complex is already "active"
Sundowners at Hat Nai Yang
Hat Nai Yang
Chris, a fabulous host
My first actual setting sun (the others were obscured by rainclouds - well, it WAS still wet season)
A gecko loiters in Chris & Andrew's garden
The street behind Bang Thao beach
Off-season silence at Bang Thao
Bang Thao on a sunny afternoon
Waves lapping at Bang Thao
Rocks at the end of Bang Thao beach
Tropical idyll
This palm is native to Phuket
Sundowners at Hat Surin
The sun sets
My hosts walk towards the beach bar at Hat Surin
Diving from Ao Chalong
Matthias & I in our fabulous wetsuits
Argh! It's a whale! Oh no, it's just me
Very red fish
Pipe cleaner seahorse
Me & Matthias underwater
The grace! The poise!
Phuket's most famous toilets
Diving through a wreck
We survived!
Spooky sunken ship
Dodging the sharp corners
Three fabulous sharks!
Four fabulous moray eels!
One fabulous blue-spotted ray!
One huge leopard shark!
Spot the odd fish out...
Matthias enjoys the trip back in from our dives
Ao Chalong
Dinner in Patong
Yummy watermelon shake
Andrew enjoys a beer
Simply divine food at Yo Yo restaurant
Chris & I
Matthias & Andrew
Near Chris & Andrew's village in the centre of Phuket
Electric spaghetti
Laypang beach - a delightful end to my week in Thailand
My last Thai sunset
My last Thai sundowner cocktail (okay it wasn't the last one)
Restaurant with a view
Loykrathong Festival starts tomorrow - but I get to light a lucky lantern now!
Thar she blows!
Hanging firecrackers off, it for more luck - and more effect
