Phuket, Thailand - Part 2

21^st March 2010

1000am (Thailand time). Good morning Phuket! Start a day with a delicious breakfast in Club Bamboo Resorts.

1100 am (Thailand time). Enjoy the swimming pool while waiting my friend, Tasha & Mr. Lim.

After they arrive, we rent two motorbikes from Club Bamboo.

Price: 250 baht per motorbike (after negotiate)

Hunting for lunch! Major places in Patong are offering quite high prices which are more than 100 baht with small quantity. After all, we manage to get a place where is not that expensive and worth it.

Tom Yam Soup

Vegetable mixed with pork

PhuketHotDeals.com manages to provide us a low rate tour for our next day activities (after negotiate). Best rate, best service.

Our next day activities

Phi Phi Island by Speedboat. Price: 1700 baht per pax

Half Day Phuket Safari tour. Price: 1300 baht per pax.

*With condition, pay in advance.

Once confirm, they will send someone to come over Club Bamboo to collect the payment for the next day activities. Their office is at Karon (one of the place that quite far from Patong – about 40 minutes trip) and willing to come over to Patong to collect our pay. 2 girls and they recommend us to go enjoy one of the most famous night markets in Phuket town. Our dinner is there!

Along the way to Phuket Night Market, the road is quite hard for us to go plus is at night. So we are starting to ask some of the people the direction to get there. Surprisingly, one of the girls said, "Follow me". Nice? I can say, “Super Nice!”

Squid - Fresh & they eat with some special homemade chili sauce. Nice. ~~

What I realize is major of the shop along the streets are closing but just 2030pm! Different feel & environment from Patong (heaven of nightlife)!

Phuket, Thailand - Part 1

20th March - 25th March 2010 is a remarkable days for me as this is my first overseas trip and my first country stamp in my new passport. PHUKET is the best place! Happy & excited. *Mixed feeling* ^^

20^th March 2010

1245 pm. AK 826 flight, Air Asia. Get ready....FLY! This was the first time have an overseas trip with him.

1435 pm (Malaysia time). Upon arrival, please grab a free map available that hanging along the way out from Phuket Airport (just right after the customs). If not, a charge applies on some places in town. Limousine come and gets us from airport. So called limousine is Honda VIOS which is from Club Bamboo Boutique Resorts & Spa (our first stay at Patong).

Limousine service: 600 baht.

Accommodation: 1850 baht per night.

*p/s: For budget travelers, you can counter back the offer and get the cheaper rates.

First day, doesn't have much things to do. What we do is hold a map, hold a camera, and just walk around Patong. Treat as exercise. Besides, by walking, you may see their cultures and specialties more clearly. On the way looking for lunch & dinner, we found “Pork Pao” (Pork Bun) that sell in 7-11 (7-Eleven). Cute & delicious.

Price: 15 baht.

Just opposite 7-11, we saw a stall selling pancakes which I would say is quite competitive as too many stall are selling same things just along the Patong beach. We order Banana Chocolate Pancake. Yummy… ~~

Price: 40 baht.

Along the way, we saw......complicated and danger as you can see image below...and this is Patong.

Hello Kitty shop. I would say is the only one shop that specialize selling Hello Kitty products.

McDonald's Thailand. Different.

Jungceylon, The International Shopping & Leisure Destination in Patong-Phuket. A place where you can found Carrefour, Robinson, Cinema (SF Cinema City) & many more. Besides that, the environment and decoration is best area to take some photo too.

Prices in Thailand Carrefour are much cheaper than Malaysia.

Example: 6 litre water only costs 33.50 baht.

We are planning to have a Tuk-Tuk service but the price that they offering are too expensive. Only a short distance, they offer us, 200 baht. Not worth it at all.

*p/s: Please ask the price before you try anything in Phuket.