Monday, January 08, 2007
Monday January 8th 2007 - Phuket Town
It's rather nice to be in Phuket town. More real it seems. More like Thailand somehow than where I was before in the last few days. The little hotel I am staying is cute. Not fancy but the people downstairs are lovely. We can't really communicate with words of course but they always greet me and smile and somehow we communicate that way.
I went for a run this morning and found my way to King Rama IX Park. Took me 15 minutes running to get there but once there I decided to do a good part of my run there. There were many Thai people there walking or running. It's not fun to run in the streets with the traffic and it's probably not that safe either. But this park was lovely and I must have stayed there a good 40 minutes before I headed back. I've done this so many times in my life, just leave somewhere for a run and I just trust my ability to get back. Most of the times, I'm fine. I've learnt to set my bearings and look at landmarks. I did veer off track coming back this morning but only marginally and got back maybe five minutes later than I would have otherwise. But that was not a problem. Just wandered today for a while. I had to purchase a couple of things so did that. I also located a gym and did a workout just to try to maintain a bit when I can.
It's finally nice to be within walking distance to many things and be able to amble out at night to find a meal and just look around. I couldn't do this from Kamalaya in Koh Samui. I had the scooter of course but it was some distance to ride to get anywhere. Tomorrow I'm off to Bangkok which sounds like a crazy plae. Called my friends Marc and Donna last night to inform them of my arrival. I haven't spoken to them in over 10 years so it was really nice to talk for a while. They have lived in Thailand for over ten years. Two years in Phuket and 8 in Bangkok. Just talking to both of them got me excited about my travels. I can't wait to sit down and talk to them more about it so I can get a better idea of timeframes and what to do and not to do. And, to catch up of course after all these years. They have been kind enough to research some options for me accommodation wise so I feel I can relax about all that and just go.
Bye for now and lot's of love to all of you.
It's rather nice to be in Phuket town. More real it seems. More like Thailand somehow than where I was before in the last few days. The little hotel I am staying is cute. Not fancy but the people downstairs are lovely. We can't really communicate with words of course but they always greet me and smile and somehow we communicate that way.
I went for a run this morning and found my way to King Rama IX Park. Took me 15 minutes running to get there but once there I decided to do a good part of my run there. There were many Thai people there walking or running. It's not fun to run in the streets with the traffic and it's probably not that safe either. But this park was lovely and I must have stayed there a good 40 minutes before I headed back. I've done this so many times in my life, just leave somewhere for a run and I just trust my ability to get back. Most of the times, I'm fine. I've learnt to set my bearings and look at landmarks. I did veer off track coming back this morning but only marginally and got back maybe five minutes later than I would have otherwise. But that was not a problem. Just wandered today for a while. I had to purchase a couple of things so did that. I also located a gym and did a workout just to try to maintain a bit when I can.
It's finally nice to be within walking distance to many things and be able to amble out at night to find a meal and just look around. I couldn't do this from Kamalaya in Koh Samui. I had the scooter of course but it was some distance to ride to get anywhere. Tomorrow I'm off to Bangkok which sounds like a crazy plae. Called my friends Marc and Donna last night to inform them of my arrival. I haven't spoken to them in over 10 years so it was really nice to talk for a while. They have lived in Thailand for over ten years. Two years in Phuket and 8 in Bangkok. Just talking to both of them got me excited about my travels. I can't wait to sit down and talk to them more about it so I can get a better idea of timeframes and what to do and not to do. And, to catch up of course after all these years. They have been kind enough to research some options for me accommodation wise so I feel I can relax about all that and just go.
Bye for now and lot's of love to all of you.
# posted by AdeC @ 2:54 AM 
