Phuket

Gerhard had a business trip to Phuket come up and we decided to add on the weekend.

We arrived on the early Tiger Airlines flight and made our way to the awesome breakfast buffet at the J W Marriott. Our room was on the ground floor with a back door leading out through a tropical garden. We spent the day under a sun umbrella overlooking the Andaman Sea and next to a pool.

It was a lazy day only interrupted by lunch, a beach massage and the antics of a little boy and his elephant. In the late afternoon, Gerhard came upon the boy and his elephant body-surfing in the ocean. We were mesmerized by the sight of an elephant playing like a little kid in the surf.

On Monday morning, we moved to another hotel for Gerhard’s business meeting. It was called Twin Palms in Surin Beach. The hotel was really great; very modern and minimalist. Probably one the best hotels I’ve stayed at in terms of modern architecture.