Day 16 Patong Sat 8th May

Day 16 Patong – Sat 8th May
Heavy night last night with Geoff and Dai, Anyway we missed breakfast and decided to head off to Kata noi beach for some more chilling out. Water was really nice but some big rollers coming in, Was really good fun until Angie lost her bikini bottoms but never mind as I had just bought some snorkeling gear and managed to find them pretty quickly allowing her to get out of the water before she turned into a prune. We then headed up the road and stopped at the after beach bar to watch the sunset over a Margarita. Had our dinner and then decided to head back to Pucket, Just as we were getting into town there was a police road block, after some serious thinking I decided to stop as I only had a 50cc bike and he could have probably just ran after me. He then pointed for us to pull over and park up at the side of the road. He then asked for my driving licence, I was trying to decide which licence to give him, my UK one or my nice shinny new United Nations licence, I decided to go for the easy option here and give him my UK licence, thank Christ he never asked for the paper part as it’s in Swansea somewhere for safe keeping. (ps Angie never even got told off for not wearing a helmet.) Maybe that’s because the motorbike clothing here is a compulsory, shorts, flip flops and a pair of shades. There is a new law coming into effect of the 1st of June to make you wear a helmet but they say they will take a couple of years as that’s how things work here.
Still in the process of deciding what to do tomorrow but I’m sure it will involve a beach and a beer at some point, I will keep you posted and hopefully have some more pics for you. Went down town for a couple of beers and was back in the hotel for just after midnight so breakfast will be easy tomorrow then fuel the bike up and head off. No petrol stations here, you just stop at the side of a street and a little kid will sell you a whisky bottle full of petrol for 50 THB, around £1 so it’s not all bad.