The day after our elephant tour, we caught a plane from the top part of Thailand (Chiang Mai) to the bottom (Phuket). We had the yummiest breakfast we could find in the airport. I definitly was not complaining!
We stayed near Patong beach. It was pretty, but really quite overcast and rainy the day we arrived.
My sister in law, Leslie, told me I had to try a mangosteen. I searched everywhere and finally found this yummy fruit.
Our second day in Phuket was a bout/kayak tour of some of the islands. This was our other favorite thing we did in Thailand - so cool! Everything looked like it was out of a magazine!
In one of the Hongs ("Room" in Thailand), we saw this cool looking animal. It looked like a frog in the front but had a fin like structure at its rear. A Hong is a big circular opening in the middle of the rock/island. We had to lay down on the kayak to get into them because the opening was so close to the water. Once we got inside, it was so neat to see the tall cliff faces with beautiful greenery. Such a cool experience!
Towards the end of the night we made these pretty plant structures made from banana tree trunk, banana leaves, and flowers. When it was dark, we lit the candles on fire and floated them in the ocean. It is the Thai people's way of saying thank you to God for the water.
Our last day we caught a flight up to Bangkok and went to their big weekend market. We enjoyed some yummy treats and foot massages. Ryan was a good sport walking around and looking at souvenirs for hours :)
We also saw these delicacies but decided to pass - no thank you! And if you wonering if they are real, the answer is yes! Its funny, the man was actually charging people to take photos of them - I guess he probably makes way more money doing that than actually selling the bugs!
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