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Cruising Phuket

Because of our good beahaviour on the boat, Ina and Claudia invited us back to thier place in Phuket for the week to celebrate the Songkran fesitval. Songkran is a big Thai festival which is celebrated by a mammouth water fight on the streets. We geared up for wetness and headed out. Before we even reached the town we were ambushed by revellers on the side of the raod at traffic lights with a hug bin of water and water pistols! We walked the streets and bought cheap water guns. The next few hours were spent getting very wet indeed!

Another day we cruised down to The Phuket Aquarium, which had just opened. Not a bad display of life. After seeing it all in the flesh on the Similans it seemed a little too tame to get excited about. This is a photo of a lionfish. Their spines are highly poisonous. Luckily this one was behind glass!














We did a few dives from Phuket. This photo shows me over a Leopard Shark with a message wishing my Dad a Happy Birthday. I thought I would try and do better than just sending him a card and personalise it a bit! Its a shame its a little blurred, but you get the idea!