Day 15 Patong

Slept in a little today after last nights Naughty Night Out. After breakfast we just chilled in the room before Noel and I got the shuttle into Patong. In Patong we checkout a few of the stalls and went down a few side streets looking for a Thai urn. We found one in a shop called Siam Ceramic Handmade. The shop owner was lovely and he shop was very helpfull pullign down all the urns we wanted to see very carfully. You don't want to break anything in here. The urn is made of Bejarong Porcelain and all hand painted including 18c gold. The one we bought is from the Phum Khao Bin collection which is a trellis pattern with rice motif and dates back to the reign of King Rama V (1869-1910).

After our special purchase we had very nice Indian for lunch then made our way to Jungceylon for a massage and supplies. When we got back to the hotel we hit the pool with Rob joining us before today's rainfall.

 Amanda and Rob are going to Phuket Fantasea which Noel and I have already seen. It is a great show held in a stage called the Pavillion of the Elephants. The show blends Thai culture with illusions, 4-D effects and elephant performances. They should have a great night.

Noel and I had no real plans so we headed to Bangla Rd and had dinner. After dinner we wandered up Bangla Rd and a pommy dude was spruking tickets for Genesis. Genesis is a magic show with the magician Joe Labero. He offered us one ticket for half price and a free drink each so we decided to see the show as Noel had been interested anyway. We still had some time to kill before it began so we had a couple of drinks in a bar watching all the passers by which is fasinating on this road. The show was running late due to technical difficulties so we went for another drink and offered for about the 50th time tonight Ping Pong Shows but a new one tonight a Banana Show. There has been lots of power problems in Phuket in the last couple of days so a half hour delay isn't tot bad.

The show began and to quote the brochure we were taken on on magical journey into a world that transcends the boundaries of the imagination where the unbelievable transpires. Well I don't know about that but the show was good and it also included some dancers and a juggeler who was actully pretty good. His name was Romano Frediani and he was very entertaining and a great juggler. The brochure reckons Joe Labero was voted the Illusionist Showman of the Decade but if that's true why is he playing in Phuket with dancers who look like rejects form across the road at the Russian Moulin Rouge? Actually it's a good show and we both enjoyed it even if the dancers weren't in sync. There was a few other couples from the hotel at the show so we shared a Tuk Tuk back to the hotel just before midnight.

Saturday Night in Phuket, tick.