Day 6 in Phuket

This morning we went to the Gibbon Rehab Project & Bang Pae Waterfalls. The Gibbon Rehab Project is where gibbons that have been kept as pets or being used by photographers/bar owners as a tourist attraction are successfully rehabilitated back into their natural habitat. We chatted to one of the volunteers who told us that for every gibbon in captivity around about 8 would have been shot to get the baby - we could see some of the gibbons playing in their cages.

We then walked on to the Bang Pae Waterfall which we thought was just up the road but it turned out to be quite a trek through the jungle, climbing up and down a rocky path. It was so hot and humid that we had sweat pouring of us by the time we got there - and after all that hard work it wasn't really worth it!

In the afternoon we went in to Phuket Town and stopped for lunch at Tung Ka Cafe which is perched high above Phuket Town on a hill.  We were eating our lunch when we suddenly heard a load thud - a lady on the table next to us started screaming 'snake, snake' and beside Peter was this massive green snake that had fallen out of the tree canopy in to the restaurant - I was up on my feet ready to run for my life but Peter didn't seem at all bothered and didn't even move as the snake slithered out of the restaurant - you don't get that every day!

We had a look round Phuket Town, checking out the large mansions and sino-portuguese architecture.  We were able to have a look inside one of the houses which had been opened up to the public as a museum which was very interesting.  The lady had already locked up the place for the day but we looked forlornly through the gate at her and she let us in.

One of the streets in Phuket town

Mansion in Phuket Town

Chinparcha House (the museum that we toured)