Heading to Phuket...

JDelage · Post by **JDelage** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:36 pm

Hi all,

Am going to Phuket for well-deserved vacations. I'll be flying out Friday evening. Hopefully I will have some great pictures to share upon my return...

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:27 pm

May I inquire if you made the arrangements yourself or are you going with a diveclub or?

I will be in Nepal this Fall and am wanting to take an extra 5 days or so to dive in Thailand if it works out.

Have a great trip!

-Tom Nic

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:22 pm

I know a little bit about diving in Thailand, since I got my first two certs there (and traveled there 25 times in 2 years). Kgdiver is also a great person to ask, since he was a DM there.

Have fun in the Land of Smiles!

Ken G · Post by **Ken G** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:41 pm

I spent a few years working there. I did most of my diving in the South China Sea but also a bit on the Andaman side. Let me know if I can be of any help. Have a great trip

JDelage · Post by **JDelage** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:03 am

Thanks, I should be fine. It is going to be very mellow and relaxing.

Calvin - that avatar is very disturbing... Poor little kitty(ies)...

JDelage · Post by **JDelage** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:30 am

Actually, one thing I'm wondering about is the money issue. Should I carry mostly Thai Bahts? Or do most business take plastic? If cash is king, what's the most efficient way to get it (ATM from my debit card I suppose...)?

Thanks,

JD

BASSMAN · Post by **BASSMAN** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:06 am

JDelage wrote:Hi all,

Am going to Phuket for well-deserved vacations. I'll be flying out Friday evening. Hopefully I will have some great pictures to share upon my return...

Am I the only one here who thinks this place called "Phuket" sounds like other words one might use if he or she decided to call a dive before you even get in the water?
Only that you allready have your regulator in your mouth and the words come out a little distorted.

Not me ofcourse, I would not use a citys name like that.

Just a funny observatin.

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:12 am

You may be the only one that actually admits it. ...or cares ...or is doing the adolescent thing ...or ?

It is fOOket... I think. ](*,)

jackieg · Post by **jackieg** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:48 am

Thailand is an amazing country - I dove the Andamon Sea on a liveaboard for 6 days in 2003.

ATM machines are easy to find to get Thai bahts (get the best rate of exchange) and most places (read dive outfitters) took plastic. Enjoy your trip!

Zen Diver · Post by **Zen Diver** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:26 am

Tom Nic wrote: u
It is fOOket... I think. ](*,)

I believe it's pronouced "POO-ket."

-Valerie

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:20 pm

Valerie is right, though a less fecal way of thinking about it is pu-KET.

Zen Diver · Post by **Zen Diver** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:37 pm

Calvin wrote:Valerie is right, though a less fecal way of thinking about it is pu-KET.

Sorry, I'm a nurse and sometimes I just can't stop the reflexes...

-Valerie

Sergeant Pepper · Post by **Sergeant Pepper** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:50 pm

Phucket ... hee hee.

Sorry, I know I'm late to tht party but I couldn't resist.

Northwest Dive Club

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