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Welcome to
Simon
and Linh's
Web Page.
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Our trip to Phuket, Thailand.
A true story.
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This account is of days two through four of our
trip to Thailand.
For the day one of the trip, click here. |
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| Thursday, April 22, 1999 |
On Thursday, Simon and Linh bought a sea tour
that included a visit to a place called "Phang Nga Island", better known
as "James Bond Island", from the movie "The Man With The Golden Gun". There
were many other cool things to see along the trip, including some neat
lokking caves and islands, and a pet eaglet owned by the tour providers.
Phang Nga Island is very touristy, in fact it is over-run by tourists and
merchants attempting to sell their wares. |
| 9:30 am |
Some pics |
| 10:00 am |
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| 10:00 - 10:10 am |
We went to play some miniature golf at a theme
park called Dino-Park. Here are some pictures of the park, some of the
dinosaurs, and the FredFlintstone-like restaurant. |
| 10:10 - 10:40 am |
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| 10:50 am |
Food was good and cheap. Beach and swimming pool
were fun. Went parasailing. Didn't get a chance to get jet-skiing. |
| 11:00 am |
After Simon and Linh got off the train, they
realized that they left one of their bags back at customs. They figured
"Ah, Phuket!" and went to the gate without the bag. Now they only had 20
minutes .Simon and Linh rushed to the gate and told the gate attendants
that they left their bag back at customs. So one of the attendants went
back with Simon to get it, while Linh stayed at the gate. |
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| 11:00 - 11:10 am |
Simon and the attendant went to get the bag.
They ran down to the subway. Missed the train. Waited for the next one.
Boarded it. Ran back towards customs (there are two of them, one on the
North wing and one on the South wing. Luckily, Simon remembered the right
one). They got the bag with about 10 mins to go. |
| 11:10 - 11:20 am |
Simon and the attendant ran back down, caught
the subway, ran back up. All the while, the attendant was comforting Simon,
saying "it's OK, we have enough time". |
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| 11:01 am |
Right after Simon left, one of the attendants
informs Linh that she must make a decision. The plane is ready to leave,
so Linh is to either board now and leave Simon in Hong Kong, or to miss
the flight entirely. Linh replies that they should have told her this information
BEFORE Simon left, that way Simon and Linh just would left left the bag. |
| 11:02-11:15 am |
Linh said "but we still have 20 minutes before
the flight leaves". The attendant replies that they close the gate 10 minutes
prior to taking off and that Simon won't make it back. |
| 11:15-11:20 am |
Minutes later, Linh is informed that because
of technical difficulties, the plane is delayed another six minutes, therefore
Simon might still make it. Linh is very relieved to see Simon running down
the hall towards her, and she then runs inside the waiting airplane. |
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| 11:20 am |
RIGHT ON TIME!! Simon and Linh manage to
arrive on the plane in time, about 30 seconds before scheduled departure.
It is then announced that due to technical difficulties, the flight would
be delayed by TWO HOURS. AAUUGGH! Phuket! Phuket all!! |
Incidentally, the proper way to pronounce Phuket
is like "poo-ket". It does NOT rhyme with "bucket",although
personally I think it should.
The first day of the trip
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