We check out of Ibis today. Had our breakfast and started the long drawn out process of packing our bags. What a nightmare! As we tried to squish all our stuff into our bags we realised that we had laundry to pick up. GRRR.... more stuff to pack. Time to buy another bag :-)
Finally we got our stuff packed, returned the motor bikes and checked out. We caught a taxi to Phuket Town - Phuket Backpackers. We have such a big room with aircon and the Thai 1000 matress. Jono and I have a running joke over how hard the beds are. The first few nights in Bangkok we had the Thai 1000 (solid matress that doesnt allow for any comfort what so ever), the Ibis had the Thai 5000 (the upgraded version; a little more cushiony, yet still solid) now at the Phuket Backpackers we are back to the Thai 1000. Puting aside the shitty bed, we have a great room with a tv, fridge and our own bathroom. Its a hot spot for all the backpackers. All of them sit in the lounge room swapping stories and email addresses. The internet connection is a little better here too. WiFi from the lounge, but drops out just before our room.
The hostel has its own kitchen, so we went to shop and bought some food and drinks from the local super market. All the locals told us that its the biggest in the area 'lots of stuff' they said. I was expecting a big Coles or Woolies, we found a small IGA equivalent. Gotta love this city. After stocking out fridge up with food, we promtly stuffed our faces. I went down to the lounge to upload some of the blogs from the days before. The backpackers hostel has a massive tv (bigger than adams and chris's) with an even bigger dvd collection. After playing online for a while I watched Shawshank Redemption (great movie).
After a movie we walked down Ranong Road for dinner at the local Down Town Inn - two main meals, two soups and one large beer to share 100 bht = $4.80AUD. Cheap cheap!!
Like old farts we came home and were in bed by 9pm.
:-)
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