Venturing out of Potong...

Well being somewhat disenchanted by Potong I decided to get out and see more of the island..so I did it on two wheels with a Honda Scooter. Frankly riding here seems a bit crazy, but you soon learn to adapt to the rules of the road. It all seems to work . Those who know me know I normally gear up to ride, but this time all I was wearing was a tee shirt, shorts, flip flops and my Thai manufactured crash helmet.. ai caramba...!!!


This was my trusty steed:

Of course it has about 65 HP less then my bike at home, but for the road conditions here it is plenty and there were many nice twisty roads that I enjoyed. I headed north to explore some of the other beaches on Phuket and to find some more relaxed areas. I ended up at Lampang beach which is really lovely:


It also had a nice restaurant:


Pic with locator:
http://picasaweb.google.com/mnztr1/GreatAsianAdventure?authkey=Gv1sRgCI-y7PmhxfaBDA#5437366655516137634


Not that cheap, lunch cost me $15



This was the view from the restaurant:



After lunch a swim, chilled out on the beach for an hour and headed down beach road:
Locator tag:

http://picasaweb.google.com/mnztr1/GreatAsianAdventure?authkey=Gv1sRgCI-y7PmhxfaBDA#5437369720156229394


I headed to Naithon beach next:



Check out the villas on the hill, imagine waking up to that view every day.. stunning. But I suppose it would get boring eventually lol...such is life.:


More Naithorn:


Loc link:
http://picasaweb.google.com/mnztr1/GreatAsianAdventure?authkey=Gv1sRgCI-y7PmhxfaBDA#5437371262360397458

Then I got lost down some road and ended up at this abandoned hotel. I think it was abandoned as it was in a Tsunami danger zone (what isn't here though)

GPS link:
http://picasaweb.google.com/mnztr1/GreatAsianAdventure?authkey=Gv1sRgCI-y7PmhxfaBDA#5437372172281599378




that was yesterday, today I went to the Similan Islands for snorkeling will upload pix tomorrow, but here is a preview: