18th May 2008....
Yeah Yeah, today CH and gang going to travel again. This time their destination is Phuket. They already booked the ticket half year ago when AirAsia offered the RM6 flight ticket promotion. Their air tic after airport tax is RM269.00, quite cheap right? This time the trip consists of Luna, CH, Furby, Eddy, Tyng Yan, Hui Mei and Wen Yaw.
The flight was at 3.25pm. Around 1pm, they already reach airport. After checking in, they went to McD to have their lunch.
Thr first day itinery was simple because they will reach Phuket around 4.30pm. After checking in hotel is already 5.30pm. The first day itinery:
1) Walk around Patong beach and look for tour package to Phi Phi Island and Jams Bond Island.
2) Dinner
3) Leisure walk around the Patong Beach and some shopping
4) Massage Hour
Everybody busy filling the arrival form of Thailand.
The flight took around 1 hour. Here they are! In the Phuket Airport! Luna and impatient Eddy say Hi to you all while waiting for the luggage.
They seperate into two team to take cab to the Hotel called Club Bamboo at Nanai Road in somewhere around Patong Beach. The cab cost them RM50 per cab. Try to negotiate with the taxi company before you hire a cab. Glad to see the cab is Toyota Altis, which is quite comfortable for them. Unlike in Malaysia using the local made old car.
Checking in Hotel time. The
sui jing jing Hotel staff briefing us about the Hotel but naughty Eddy keep on kacauing(disturbing) the hotel staff.
Wow! The rooms interior were good! A traditionally Thai & resort designed room.
After settle down in the Hotel, the hotel offered them a freeride to the Patong Beach. The Taxi dropped them at Thaweewong Beach Road, which is the most happening street in Patong beach. This is somewhere they purchase the tour package.
The packages as below:
1) full day Maya Island, Viking Cave, Monkey Beach, Phi Phi Don Island, and Khai Island with 3 engine speed boat - 1200 Thai Bath per head.
2) full day James Bond Island, Phanak Island canoeing trip, and some cave and some snorkelling spot with ferry - 1100 Thai Bath.
Kind advise for travellers: Please try to negotiate as much as possible (as much as 60% discount) before you purchase. The high price offered is to "slice" the rich & juicy caucasion.
After some searching around, they decided to dine at this restaurant at
Soi Dr. Wattana Road. The interior was nicely decorated.
The very kind owner of the restaurant welcoming them with thi F.O.C appetizer. Don't really know what is that. But it really tasty! CH guess it was the pork and squid meat mix wrapped in seaweed with the spicy thousand island sauce. Thanks to the very kind owner offered them another plate F.O.C after they request one more plate.
CH ordered the Pina Colada. Coconut juice with Rum and bla bla bla....
Singgah Beer is a must try in Thailand. Best to have the beers with all those spicy food.
The green curry chicken. The basil leave taste really strong.
The Thai style glass noodle salad. Yummy! The appetize-stimulating appetizer!
The duck breast meat curry cooked with fruits (Pineapple and grape). The curry taste fruit-full! CH love this special fruit-full flavour.
A typical Thai dish. The stir fried minced pork with basil leave and chillies.
Tyng Yan have this Mai Tai.
The prawn cooked with glass noodle in pot. The essence of the prawn complete absorbed into the glass noodle.
A must have soup in every Thai Meal - Tom Yam Gung. The restauranteur prepapred them a white tom yam. Really enough spicy, sour and flavourful. They did it much more better than the one CH had in Bangkok.
And the final one is typical Thai steam fish. The siakap steamed in lemon sauce. A mouthwatering dish with plenty of chilli and lemon sauce.
After dinner, they have some walk around the Patong Beach by the while did some shopping. Luna bargaining with the seller but finally the seller reject to give Luna the favourable price.
Becareful! Some drunken fellow crossing the road across the famous clubbing street.
All along the street can easily find the well-decorate store and restaurant selling nice and cheap(if you're good in bargaining) foods and goods.
According to the advise of the driver, CH and gang entered the Band-la Road, which is famous of varieties of pubs and disco with tons of ah gua. (Transsexual human)
Ah Gua dancing on the stage to attract customer.
Did some effect by simply rotating the camera while releasing the shutter.
The typical 灯红酒绿 Pub in Phuket.
Three 男人老狗 in the middle of hangkie pangkie Band-la Road.
Young, Sexy and Beautiful Thau girls attracting pedestrian to enter their caberet show.
Taken at the end of the Band-la Road
The tsunami evacuation route for the tourist as a precaution to the tsunami.
Have you seen this McD "uncle" before? Sawadeekaaa
CH and gang unintentionally walk into this ally(which is two street before the Band-la Road) which full with massage shop. What a conincidence as they're looking for massage.
All of them choose this shop. The owner happy until laugh until mouth cannot close. Anyway, some out of the gang not used to their pinky attire and their worth-guessing sexual identity.
Anyway, the massage was a nice one and only cost them RM20 for 1 hour. After the stress releasing massage, the gang already sleepy and went back to Hotel by riding a tuk tuk(150bath per ride, but the Hotel just 5 minutes away! It was expensive) for a good night sleep.
