Bangkok to Phuket

It was an early start to the day at 6 am to get to the airport for a 10 am flight to Phuket.  We looked at the options of getting to the airport, taxi or train, and opted for the train.  We could have taken a taxi which would have cost about the same as the train, but with the traffic we did not know how long it would take.  We pulled our suitcases the short walk to the Skytrain and used the escalator to go up the 3 floors to the train.  We only had to go 1 station to the Airport Train station so we were there in plenty of time for the 8 am Express train that only took 20 minutes to the airport.

The flight from Bangkok to Phuket took about an hour and 15 minutes, and then we met the car that we had organised, and it was another hour to the other end of the island.  Our hotel is on a headland overlooking the Kata Noi Beach which is a stretch of nice white sand.  The hotel is absolutely spectacular and our room has an amazing view of the beach.

 

We walked to the town of Kata for lunch and then looked around the town quickly, but there isn’t much to see other than beach, lots of restaurants and tourist shops. 

 

 

Back to the hotel to change and go to the beach for a swim in the unbelievable warm water.  It was lovely!  Then we laid on the lounges belonging to the hotel before returning to the hotel for a swim in one of the three pools, and a bit more lazing around. 

Then we went to the restaurant for dinner which was superb, but we have to stop eating so much.