An Independent Trip To Northern Thailand & Vietnam, Part Fifteen: From Phuket To Phra Nang, Thailand, 27 March 1996

Arriving at the Dusit Rayavadee in Phra Nang, near Krabi.

Early up and walked around [Phuket Laguna] resort.

Transfer to Phra Nang – Dusit Rayavadee.

Settled in, got bearings, swam, ate noodles, swam…

Sunset on Railay Beach

Ate in main restaurant and watched The Lover.

All the photos from the part of the journey that featured Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam & then Thai resorts can be found through the Flickr link here or below.

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An Independent Trip To Northern Thailand & Vietnam, Part Fourteen: Ho Chi Minh City & On To Phuket In Thailand, 26 March 1996

In the lobby just before leaving the Saigon Floating Hotel

Early start on our own account [unguided]. Taxi to Jade Emperor Pagoda…

Devotee within Jade Emperor Pagoda (above) and the view out (below)

– then money exchange hunt & short shopping spree and return to hotel for pick up…

This Taiwanese couple were having their wedding photo shoot outside the hotel

…and then schlep to Phuket – three hours at Bangkok [airport] especially wearing. Overnight at pretty decent Dusit Laguna Phuket.

It wasn’t possible at that time (still might not be) sensibly to get from Ho Chi Minh City to Phra Nang in one day, so we arranged an unwanted afternoon & night in Phuket. Actually we rather took to the Laguna and returned there (although to a different property) for a short break in 2017.

But back in 1996, our short stop at the Dusit Laguna Phuket looked like this:

All the photos from the part of the journey that featured Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam & then Thai resorts can be found through the Flickr link here or below.

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