Phuket or bust

Good afternoon from a hot and steamy Phuket. Well to pick up from the trip from hell and back, the flight from Gold Coast to KL went off without a fuss. We didn't expect toooo much from AirAsia and we were not disappointed with the result lol. Yes we had business class reclining seats, yes we were in 1A and B so lots of leg room but that's were things sort of petered out. The plane was dirty, the seats I am sure were recycled from somewhere else and they were the absolute basic in recliners but as it was a day flight and sleeping was not a prerequisite it didn't matter to much.  As soon as the flight left the flight steward came around and enquired about what time we would like lunch and as it was still pre 9am we opted for 11.30 ish and it arrived at 11.45 which was fine. The poor buggers in economy were getting lunch from 9am.  When I booked it said there was a choice of several different meals and that would all happen on board. It was chicken lasagna or chicken lasagna or chicken lasagna, al well travelled as it had made the flight from KL to the Brass Coast and was now feeding us on the return lol.

The 5 hour lay over in KL AirAsia terminal was a challenge. Dirty, crowded, old, smelly, uncomfortable and that was the premium lounge that we paid extra to access, the terminal itself plunged to new lows but in the end we clamored onto the plane and an hour later we had arrived safe and sound.

Bruce was waiting for us so the trip home was quick and painless. Bruce has a great house lots of orchids, a pool and in a quiet neighborhood so a good night sleep was had.

This morning we were off on tour proper lol. First stop the elephants.

Ron is the one on the right, I know its had to tell as they were both eating the same thing lol.

This afternoon we headed off to the Go Kart track more on that tomorrow when we work out how to get the photos off Ron's camera lol