Day 28
This morning, we caught the tour company courtesy bus from our resort for the hour-long commute to the marina. From there, we boarded our boat which ferried us around a bunch of iconic islands to the east of the Phuket peninsula. I don’t know what it was, but I felt crook all day, but it wasn’t seasickness, as it crept up on me before we even got to the marina.
Despite that, I shot as many images as I could. We visited a couple of different islands;, the first of which was made famous for being used in the James Bond film “The Man with the Golden Gun”. We stopped at another island to have lunch. But by lunch time, I couldn’t even look at food, so I spent the half hour to 45 mins we were there lying down.
Toward the end of the trip, we anchored near an island, and were,. in small groups, placed onto kayaks, and our guide would paddle us around some small caves and passageways. Bizarrely, I felt less ill-at-ease on the kayak than I did on the boat. Maybe it was a bit of seasickness. Who knows.
By the time we got back to our resort, I was ready for bed. I told Cath that she and Max should head down into Pathong Beach and grab some dinner, and that I was heading to bed. She said “You’ve got to eat SOMETHING”. I told her that if she could find some takeaway fried rice, to bring that back with her and I’d see if I could eat it. She did just that, and I managed to eat some of it and promptly went back to bed. Great end to the holiday! Not. But apparently, it was going to get worse before it got better.
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We were checking out of the resort at midday, but had already booked a taxi to pick us up from there at 17:00 for the trip to the airport. We decided to head down into Pathong Beach one last time to kill a few hours. We got off the shuttle bus, and Cath said “The place we had dinner last night was really good. Shall we go there for lunch?” So, that’s what we did. Cath ordered a Pad Thai with prawns. She ate all the prawns and a few of the noodles. Max finished his lunch and half of mine, and then tried some of the noodles from Cath’s dish.
Fast forward to 17:30. We’re about half way to the airport when Cath mentions that she’s feeling sick. I initially suspected motion sickness, as she was in the back seat with Max. We get to the airport, and she vomits twice before getting on the plane. Thankfully, we flew from Phuket to Singapore without incident.
At Singapore, we got settled on our next plane for the Sydney leg, and Cath says “I’m gonna be sick” before we’ve even taxi’d away from the terminal. Twice more in the next half an hour. Then Max says “Dad, I’m not feeling too good.” Oh… great. By now, we had come to the realisation that we were dealing with food poisoning from the Pad Thai. I had not eaten any of it, and I was the only one of us not feeling crook. It was a rough 2-3 hours out of Singapore until both of them had got it out of their systems.
By the time we landed, they were both feeling fine, although all of us were in need of some sleep. The flight had not been the most relaxing. And with that, another family adventure comes to a close.
