Phuket

It was a great trip. Not awesome, but still very great.

A good mix of outdoor activities and thank god the weather was very very kind to us for all the 4 days we were there! =D

At least it felt like a holiday, or a more decent getaway. Patong Beach is a rather touristy place. Almost every street is lined with only 6 different kind of shops:

- massage parlour
- shop selling Chang Beer or Redbull singlets
- seafood restaurant
- tour agency
- convenience store
- pharmacy

Like, seriouslyyyyyyyy! You only have to walk 30 steps to the next convenience store/pharmacy it's unbelievable. Nonetheless, I love Patong Beach because it feels so touristy with all the ang mohs bobbing around; it reminds me of Virginia Beach.

You would see every tour agency recommending similar tour packages to Phi Phi Island, shooting range, or to do ATV/elephant trekking/water rafting. Lucky I did my homework prior and we walked around before finally settling down on a price somewhat reasonable. On one of the trips we discovered that another grp paid almost twice as much as we did, haha.

















Look at the awesome number of fish! Quite amazing to be wadding around fishes :D

I paid only $90 for the air ticket and this trip widened my horizons and life experiences, lol.

They range from:
- First time riding ATV
- First time riding an elephant. It feels scarier than it looks.
- First time water rafting. Fun TTM!
- Visited a Thai-girl show. OMGOODNESSME.
- Got food poisoning, fortunately only minor. I couldn't walk more than 10 steps without stooping down to tolerate the sharp volleys of acute tummy ache. In the end I had to curl up in bed for about 1.5 hour and downed some medicine (thanks to the pharmacy that can be found at every street corner)
- Our tour guide was a pretty ah-gua and he/she was super entertaining, haha!
- Took beach-related pictures using a water-proof camera. Btw it is now not working.

Anyway, I would highly recommend Rayaburi hotel. The rooms are clean and spacious and has a rustic feel; the hotel's amenities are great (got Jacuzzi + swimming pool), breakfast is decent and the staff are very friendly! Anyway the Thais are all very friendly! =D

I had my decent share of cheap booze and seafood.

See:















Like seriously, who wouldn't pay 2 Baht more (roughly 8 cents?) for booze!
Haha.

Some other interesting finds:

Arsenal shop!


















I walked out empty handed cos too disappointed with them for the past 6 years.

Signboards by the beach: