After
returning to Phuket yesterday Mike and I had a pretty great Saturday evening
out with three Couchsurfers: Coco (FR), Kim (UK) & Sahra (FR). After
meeting up in a bar at Chalong pier, a casual local dinner and some fun rounds
of pool we decided to hit the Laguna club and dance the night away…
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| Coco about to miss just another shot... ;) (She was professional enough to not discourage us with all her skills.) |
Today was
our day off, which is why we took it very easy. I got out of bed around 1pm,
had some "German Gut & Günstig" chocolate cereals for breakfast (oh yeah! Bought at
Villamarket, a pretty expensive supermarket, which sells you loads of imported
goods that easily cure homesickness *g*) and started to make plans what to do with
this marvelous weather. The sun was shining, it was boiling hot outside, and
even in Khao Sok the skies were blue. Unfortunately a bit rare these days.
It wasn’t
until 3pm, that Coco decided to take half a day off from her job at the All Seasons
hotel in Naiharn and head over for some beach action. She arrived perfectly on
time, around 4:30pm, when suddenly the sky darkened with grey clouds, only
seconds before it started to rain cats and dogs. If you ever survived a proper monsoon rainfall, you know what I'm talking about!
So we sat
in my room, discussing whether we should drink apple or orange juice and which
chocolate to open first, when we decided to do what (almost) every normal (?)
person would do in our situation: We threw on our swimmers, put on sunnies and
left for the O2 Beachclub. ^^
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| Oh yeah! That's the MAN! ^^ |
Upon
arrival we even met a couple of other people there, and as we were wet already,
we went straight for a dip in the tropically warm pool, ordered an overpriced mango fruit
shake at the pool bar and enjoyed the brilliant views of Koh Loh and the Pha Nga
Bay.
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| If I hadn't told you - would you have detected that it is raining? |
We didn’t
realize that it stopped raining at some point, as we were busy all afternoon playing pool
volleyball, dancing in our chairs to some relaxed lounge music and eating Swiss
beef burgers. Life is what you make it, they say…
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| Bon appetit, Coco! And some local school practicing for a beachvolleyball tournament as lunch entertainment. Great. :) |
After
returning to my apartment Sascha Baron Cohan aka “The Dictator” made us guffaw
for almost 1.5 hours, before Coco jumped on her motorcycle and rode home. I
stayed in my apartment, amazed how fantastic “bad weather” Sundays can be when
you enjoy some cool company. Thanks, Coco! J
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| Thumbs up for an excellent day off in Phuket. I think I could handle a couple more of those... ;) |
Creative
ideas for next time are welcome: How did you spend your most memorable rainy
day?
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