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Mark & Helen Syrett
Fri 1 Mar 2013 02:31
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On Wednesday afternoon we went to see the Big
Buddha who sits high above Ao Chalong at the southern end of Phuket. Major
expansion works are taking place which will make it a very large visitor and
religious site.
En route to the 'shipping dinner'' in Phuket town
we stopped to feed and photograph the elephants and then went to the Ao Chalong
temple complex. Then to the dinner hosted by the shipping company
Sevenstars.
This brought together most of the owners and crews
from the boats being shipped and the Sevenstars staff including the diver who
puts the slings under the boat. We were told the procedure for loading and given
an update. The boat (Thorco Svendborg) is still in Indonesia (3 to 7 March)
currently loading and unloading cargo in Map Ta Phut. Then
to Singapore to bunker fuel and pick up a yacht before coming up to
Phuket---due about the 12 March. It will take about 4 or 5 days to load the 17
yachts and then about 11 days sailing to Marmaris, Turkey.
We sailed down to Koy Racha Yai yesterday and will
return to Panwa Bali today in time for Lucy's flight on Saturday
afternoon.
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