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<\/a><\/p>\nOne of our stops was at Khao Phing Kan, also known as James Bond Island. Does this look familiar?<\/p>\n It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Scaramanga\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s island hideout from the Man with the Golden Gun. Can you picture Scaramanga\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s laser weapon, powered by the Solex Agitator, popping up from the top of that rock formation and firing on 007\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sea plane?<\/p>\n Doing our best 007 impersonations. Dave and I swam out to the rock and tried to climb on it for posterity\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sake. That didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t happen, but it was fun trying. Maybe you need a third nipple to succeed.<\/p>\n We also stopped at Koh Khai Nok, a tiny little island that is full of day trippers<\/p>\n Andy and I got in a pretty good snorkel around the island, saw some barracuda and some really unique corals.<\/p>\n The Captain let Andy take the helm for most of the ride back to Phuket<\/p>\n Thanks to a giant bag of ice compliments of the Captain, all beverages were ice cold until the end<\/p>\n If you feel like watching a quick little video from the day, click on this link. It may take a minute to load:<\/p>\n http:\/\/chroniclesofleisure.com\/links\/phangnga1.AVI<\/a><\/p>\n Back in Phuket, we hit one of my favorite places for sunset, After Beach Bar up on the cliffs between Kata and Nai Harn Beach. You can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t beat the view<\/p>\n The other days in Phuket were spent pretty lazily at the various beaches in the area, or around the pool. As far as the nights went, well, you know\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n Andy left straight from Phuket to head back to London, and Dave, Darwin and I went up to Bangkok for a few days before they headed home.<\/p>\n The sports bar across the road from our Bangkok hotel serving our new favorite beer<\/p>\n Ironically, a tasty bottle of Phuket Beer can be enjoyed in Bangkok, but was nowhere to be found in Phuket. And of course, no bar in Bangkok is complete without a posse of women trying to get you in the door, and then trying to keep you drinking<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n