026 - Phuket Trip with QQ (Days 2 - 4)

Continuing my entry for Phuket Trip! More of a pictorial entry this time! =D

Day 2.

Woke up early for our hotel breakfast. We were expecting buffet breakfast, but meh, only set breakfast was available. Each of us ordered an American set, but NOT NICE! =(

A shot before I left the room. Love the top I got from BKK! $4 only! =)

Looks are really deceiving. Sighs.

We had a short stroll around the hotel and at the beach. Feels good walking under the morning sun! 

The Belle Resort.

Morning view of the street.

Bad angle. But that's the best I can manage. =(

Do I look like the meow meow on my top? Haha.

Checking out the restaurants at Banana Walk! 

Carried on with our plan to head out to Phuket Town to see what's around! And our mode of transport would be a tuk-tuk!! My first ride on a tuk-tuk! Excited much!

And we're in search of a pretty tuk-tuk..Ok. Actually I was. He doesn't really quite care. Lol.

And I saw this pretty pink one! "My Dream" tuk-tuk, saw it? Haha! The interior was pink and full of heart shapes too. But they quoted us too high to Phuket Town, about 500 baht. So I can only say byebye to it. ='(

Anyway, we found another tuk-tuk along the street soon after! Not as pretty, but still looks new and chic in lime!

LOL. Funny face.

Looking very happy! New experience!

Soooo windy!

The ride lasted about 30 minutes and was a pretty scary and bumpy one! We've gotta go up and down the hill and the driver swerved the vehicle so quickly like nobody's business! My butt was like off the seat, just happy that I didn't fly off!

Finally at our destination! The Central Festival Mall! Looks huge!

Hey Ronald!

Decided to head inside Mcdonalds coz he's tempted by this!

The real deal. I took a few small bites of the chicken and it really tasted not bad. But I could not manage anything else coz I was still full from breakfast!

Walked around the mall, and mehhh, it was a bad decision. It was just like any other shopping mall, nothing special. The only good thing was that tourists were able to get free wifi in the mall for 3 hours. Wifi is ever so precious whenever you're overseas, so of course we made good use of it!

Lunch was at Black Canyon, his favourite restaurant whenever he's in Thailand. Not sure if we were too full or the food was really bad, everything was a disappointment! =(

Hanged around till about 3 and we had a taxi driver to send us to a warehouse store where they were selling local products. He was telling us how cheap the stuff were, but all lies! Not cheap at all! Left the store after awhile and off we went to the Chaofa Variety Weekend Market! It is a huge market, something like Bangkok's Chatuchak! Had a few good buys here! Thankful that we reached the place early, coz while we were leaving, the crowd was just coming in! We can really do without all the squeezing! Hopped onto a cab, and back to Patong! 

Troubled as to what to have for dinner, we had a long long walk along the streets looking at every restaurant, but nothing really caught our eyes. Then suddenly I found a familiar signboard stating "No. 6", and hey that's a local thai restaurant which many bloggers have recommended from what I have researched! Went forward a little and we saw that the queue was really really longgggg. Decided to give it up, and before we took another step away, there was a staff from No. 6 stopping us and asked if we mind going up the hill as they have another new branch opened recently. Transport was provided and it was just a 7-minute ride. It sounded good to us coz we didn't have to queue and transport was provided for to and fro, so we went!

Coconut shake! My favourite drink in Thailand! I have missed this drink so so much!

Tom Yum Seafood Soup. Love the fresh fish in the soup!

Very yummy and chewy stir-fried squid! Gravy was goodddd.

Morning Glory, a mandatory order for some. But so-so to us only. =X

Day 2 ended with another massage and back to hotel to rest!

Day 3.

Slept in late and we had brunch at Sabai Sabai restaurant just steps away from our hotel.

Mini bowl of Tom Yum Seafood Soup.

Mixed Veg. Love the baby corn!

His Tang Hoon Soup. Too porky for me. >.<

Walked to Jungceylon with basically nothing much to do. Except to eat and eat. Day 3 is all about eating.

Black Canyon again. Still a disappointment. Sighs.

Mcdonalds again to try out the pork burger. After buying that we realised this meal cost SGD8. 

SO EXPENSIVE! =(

Went back to the hotel to rest and out again in the evening to catch the sunset! So many people parasailing!

The price list for those who are interested!

Breathtaking.

Decided to have dinner by a street stall which we saw a crowd the night before.

His Pork Noodle Soup.

My Chicken Rice.

Both cui max. The worst meal in this entire trip. Couldn't finish it coz it was so so bad. Bad mood after that. Went to the Pizza Company hoping that they will not disappoint coz the one at Bangkok was great!

Messi on the can.

This has got to be the best Hawaiian Pizza ever. Not a fan of pizza, but I really love this!

Can't remember the name of this pasta, but it tasted great too! Happy that we made the right choice!

Foot massage after that and end of Day 3!

Day 4.

Last day in Phuket already! Did some final rounds hoping to grab more good deals before going to the airport! We took the minibus service back to the airport again! 

Had some quick bites before boarding the plane!

The return journey was short coz both of us fell asleep onboard. Anyway we were seated at different rows, although we checked in together. Just wondering if we are able to request to be seated together? 

So overall, the trip was still a good one I feel! New place, new experiences. A relaxing trip with no aching feet! Will be back again, next time perhaps to join the tours!

024 - Phuket Trip with QQ (Day 1)

Finally here to blog about my Phuket trip! It's a little backdated, but not too bad la. Just about 1 month ago. Lol.

And so, we had our first overseas trip together for this year! Somewhere new, coz it's not to Bangkok this time but to Phuket! We were unsure of what to expect coz we were both heading there for the first time and we don't know if we will like it there coz we are not into water-activities. Lol. So, many asked me then why choose Phuket then. Just go visit and experience cannot meh? Zzz.

We were due to fly on National day! Somehow had more feel coz it was a vacation on a public holiday. Lol.

Flight was in the late afternoon and it was our first time having lots of time to idle around at the airport. So I requested for a shot at The Social Tree! Haha. It was fun flicking the photo up the treetop!

See, the theme of our photo totally fits our destination! There's sea, sand and coconut trees! They should have just included the sun somewhere!

While waiting for boarding!

Love looking at the fluffy clouds when up in the air. That's when I'm not sleeping of course! =P

So 1.5 hours later we arrived at the Phuket International Airport! No photos of the airport coz I saw signs everywhere stating "No Photography Allowed". Bleah.

Anyway, we spent soooo much time at the airport, not doing anything, just queuing at the immigration counter. Okay actually we were doing something. We were playing a boliao jumping and killing ninjas game on the phone while waiting. For about 60 mins. Yes, 1 hour.

Headed out to the taxi area and for a moment we were quite lost coz it was so crowded and messy. Our initial plan was to take a cab out to Patong but we ended taking up the minibus service instead. Cab out to Patong cost 800 baht, which I find it really really expensive. The minibus service on the other hand only cost each of us 180 baht, which I find it more reasonable. Although it's a shared transport with other tourists, we didn't feel uncomfortable at all. In fact, we felt more at ease. Lol. Afterall, we were in a foreign land and we were really unfamiliar with the place. Furthermore, the night has fallen. So abit scared la.

Halfway through the journey, the bus stopped at a place where there will be people to introduce you to tours available at Phuket. We didn't take up any coz we just wanted a laid-back and relaxing holiday. And that means sleeping in late, and shopping at a slow pace and nuaing when we feel like it. Haha. So we hopped back to the bus and the driver sent us one by one to the hotels which we are staying at.

Soon after, it was our turn to alight and we were pretty pleased with the location of our hotel! Just a couple of minutes walk and we would be at the beach! We had a quick check in and quickly went up to our room!

The room had a pretty modern design, uhh in fact too modern? Haha. The room is almost as big as what you see in the above picture. Bathroom is right behind the bed with a see-through glass, of course with blinds which you can draw down. But if you have already realised, there is no door to the bathroom, which we really don't like! Imagine if you're doing some big businesses, it almost like you're doing it in the bedroom. So unhygienic!

Anyway, we quickly placed our stuff and had a quick walk nearby in search of FOOD! It was already 9 plus at night and we were starving! Decided to have a quick dinner at Song Pee Nong Restaurant along one of the streets.

Crab Meat Fried Rice! Portion was really big!

Stir-Fried Kai Lan with Deep Fried Pork. This dish was not fantastic, but still alright.

These were the only 2 dishes we ordered although we were very hungry. Coz we were planning on having some small bites along the streets later on.

Explored the streets like many other tourists, hoping to find some good deals but it was pretty tough. Things were expensive, same for food. I was hoping to see vendors selling prata on the streets coz I was missing those that I had in Bangkok but they were all selling pancakes only. =(

Bought a Strawberry Banana Pancake to share, but it was too sweet and we can't finish it. Can't remember the exact price, but it should be around 50-60 baht.

Came to Bangla Walking Street and there were soooo many people! Probably the only official famous nightspot at Patong? I think 50% of the pubs and clubs in there had bar top dancers, some doing pole dances. I've never seen these kind la, so it was really 大开眼界 for me. Anyway, we didn't hang around in there for too long coz we were rushing for massage before heading back to hotel to rest!

The massages in Phuket were really different from those we had in Bangkok, and we really still love Bangkok ones. Make me want to head back to Bangkok already! >.<