Thanx Dave - now I know to go in and bargain hard until I get it to at least AUD$50 each tour. Gee they must rip some people off big time if they pay straight up the $100+ as in the brochures.
You have really seen a lot of Thailand - this time we are only doing Phuket and Bangkok. Im glad you mentioned how good the food court is at the MBK as we are staying 5 mins walk from that - so thats definitely handy to know - thanx again!
We are planning to do an elephant trek tour in Phuket and have only found one in the brochures that involves ONLY elephant and not a whole heap of other stuff, like white water rafting which we dont want to do. I think it was with Siam Safari and was about 2-3 hours long. Would you recommend any others? We also want to see Phuket Phantasea - the kids will probably enjoy that. I know most people say its quite expensive but I think its one thing that you JUST HAVE TO DO especially the first time you are in Thailand.
And ... YES ... WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE FUN
(only 53 more sleeps!!!)
Lindy