Hello Phuket

My last two weeks in Delhi felt exhausting. Saying good bye to friends, getting everything ready to be packed, getting Jai ready for his solo trip back to the US, and did I mention, the last Sundays of brunches and drinks with friends and visits with family. Needless to the say the stress was causing me to become a bit of an insomniac.

So when I arrived after a whole night's travel from Delhi to Phuket, I was ready for a nap. On the beach. Under an umbrella. It was awesome. Phuket is region unto itself made up of different areas, and I was staying in Kata (much much quieter than Patang, for those of you who know Phuket). Since it is currently low season because of the monsoon, the beach wasn't crowded, but it was still beautiful. I remember sitting up in my beach chair, staring out at the Andaman Sea and feeling tears stream down my face. I was just overwhelmed with the idea that I was sitting on a beach in Phuket, Thailand. I don't know that my younger self could ever have anticipated that my life would take the twists and turns that would bring me here. Obviously, since I'm not usually this sappy in real life, I needed sleep.

I was lucky, both Thursday and Friday turned out to be gorgeous days (other than the brief downpour that went on while I went for a run on Friday) and I was able to really take in the beach. Saturday, I had booked a tour to see the caves in some of the islands in Phang Nga Bay and do some sea canoeing. While the weather didn't hold up, it was still a great day. It rained while we were in the boat going to the islands but mostly while we were canoeing the rain held up. It's a beautiful Bay, well worth visiting.

a bit of a safety share for my work colleagues - and a reminder to me to be extra careful, especially while traveling on my own - be careful on the ladders on boats - they get slippery - as one of my fellow travelers learned when she fell and apparently broke some bone in her leg and had to be whisked away in the middle of our tour.

All in all, Phuket was fabulous!