OK.  Remember that quote by Nietzsche?  The "what doesn't kill me" one?  Consider this: 23 hours from Phi Phi Don Island (in Phuket) to Guangzhou in China.  3 hours on a boat, a quick lunch, a drive to a "gem showcase" where we were pestered by sales drones while looking at a godawful selection of tacky gems.  Then, the airport: wait, wait, wait, board the plane.  Oops!  Back off the plane, it's broken.  5 hours of no answers from Orient Thai Airlines, followed by a 10pm departure, 2am arrival, bus to downtown Hong Kong to a bus to the Shenzen border to a van to Guanzhou, arriving at roughly 7am.
Sigh.
Also, while there were some nice moments (an elephant ride, a half day snorkel trip), Patong really is only suitable for 23 year olds and creepy old men who like young Thai women.  Not for families.
So, I need a vacation to recover.  Would we return?  Well, maybe.  But not to the same places.
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