Saturday, June 30, 2012

Phuket Funtastique!

Dear strangers!!

Whatsuppppp???????

It was another unplanned and yet turned to be funtastique trip ever, it was really beyond my expectation! I was in dilemma last week to decide between going to Phuket or JB to extend my visa, of course the cost is one of my concern. Going JB is cheaper and it is almost free, I only need to pay my transport but I know I wont be enjoy there instead will make me feel worst. Phuket is an excellent choice but yeah I need to fork out a little bit money for everything, it really worth spent tho! There are a lot of flights to Phuket I chose to fly with Jetstar, I am such a loyal customer,  I got the tickets with good price since it is low season in Phuket - the monsoon season, it supposed to be raining and gloomy but the sun is on my side. 5days 4 nights there the weather is perfect seems like they were welcoming me!

My flight was the connecting flight from Australia to Phuket, it was fully booked with all the Australian, most of them traveling with family. Like usual I was on my own, it didn't bother me much tho, my mind was wondering miles away, excited and nervous, I had no idea how this trip going to be. The flight was on time, I got the nice seat at 5C, I like to seat in the front rows either aisle or window seat, I dont like the middle seat. Next to me was a Thai lady who is going Phuket for working. I sat down, buckle my seat belt and try to read my book. I brought Twitchhiker with me I didn't manage to read a lot of pages during the flight right after the steward gave the announcement for the safety procedure I dozed off and awaken when I almost reach Phuket. Flying with Jetstar was fun, the steward who gave the announcement made the journey filled with laughter, he always throw the jokes through out the flights. Finally after one and half hour journey we touched down at Phuket International Airport and P Giff picked me up.

I haven't seen her for two years since the last time in Newcastle, nothing much have changed she looks the same, she still have the flawless skin with blonde hair. She gave me warm hug. We chatted a bit and then had dinner at local restaurant. After that we went to Old town Phuket. Old Town Phuket is a small area part of the Phuket city where the local and expats who are living in Phuket loves to hang out. There are a lot of old buildings with bat windows and lanterns hanging in front of the house. It is similar to the buildings at Keong Saik rd or Duxton area in Singapore. We stroll around and explore a little bit, nothing much to see since it is quite late already. About midnight we went to P Giff's house and relax. Her place is compact and comfortable with big tv screen. She has a lot of DVDs to watch, I chose to spent the night to watch 'In Time', it was quite entertaining movie. 







I woke up at 10am the next day and ready to hit the beach, we went to Karon beach, I have to admit it, it is one of beautiful beach in Phuket. I can feel the white velvety sands and crystal clear water as I walked on the shore. I didnt apply my sunscreen after I walked for an hour, I got burnt. I like my skin colour tho but it irritates me when the burnt is unevenly. Karon is not as popular as Pathong beach but it is nicer than Pathong with less crowd. 





After roaming around under the hot sun, I decided to grabbed some lunch at Centara Grand, one of the resort located along the beach. I went to Maze, an Italian restaurant. I chose to sit down under a big umbrella at one corner of the plaza. The waiter greeted me with warm smile and 'Sawadikaa'. I love how they say it, i feel the sincerity every time I hear it. I took the menu and ordered a seafood pizza and coconut milkshake. I know I should eat some Thai's food instead of some Pizza, I traveled miles away and found myself sitting on the sofa reading book and eating pizza! unbelievable but with that kind of hot weather I refuse to sit by the beach and there is no Thai restaurant around. Soon after, my coconut milkshake came to save me from the hot summer day and pizza with homemade bread! Its all delicious! In the afternoon we headed to the hotel to check in, we stayed at Tony Resort Patong. It was a reasonable hotel with every rooms facing the swimming pool. The room is spacious with very good price.





In the evening I went for fabulous dinner with P Giff at Summer Wind, a Thai restaurant near Juncyelon - Pathong area. We ordered poppiah, pad thai, and grilled fish. The food was delicious and I had screaming orgasm. 





After dinner, we had walk to Bangla Rd. On the day time I passed by the road on the way to our hotel, it was filled with shops and street vendors but at night it totally a different things going on, the whole stretch road turn to clubs, bars and all the exotic shows starts. I was busy checking out the place, I was excited to see the crowds, bunch of drunk lads, the hookers who prying for fresh meats, the well groomed lady boys with their big fake boobs, bars with loud music and pole dancers showing their best moves, I was not sure if they are ladies or ladies look alike, tourists are everywhere busy taking pictures and recording the shows, some of them browsing the exotic shows called 'ping pong' show, the street filled with all the people who are seeking for a little bit wild adventure and fun. None of cute guys I saw along the street at least none of them close to Adam Levine. Phuket is the right place to have fun to the max, have a little break from hectic life, get wasted, party till drop and then back to reality. Once a while it is a good therapy. We stopped at one of the convenient store and bought some Smirnoff it cost us 60B per bottle, which is super cheap, cheap as water. P Giff show me one of the famous club on the street called Tiger club, it was super crowded with lot of girls or girls look alike stood in front of the entrance offering drinks and all kind of service they have there. After roaming around a little bit we stopped by at Red Hot Club. As we stepped in, I heard the band who performing sang 'Zombie', they were pretty good. We got the table in front of the stage, I really enjoyed the show. We had few drinks Margarita Phuket, Shisha and few shoots called Quick Sex. I drank a lot but yet I still sober. We dance - drink - sing along with the drunk crowds. I love the band, they can sing very good. Amazing voice.

The next day in the afternoon we went for a little bit adventure, Flying Hanuman, it is something like Flying Fox or Flying Gibbon in Chiang Mai where you have to slide from one tree to another tree 40m above the ground level with the longest track about 400m. When we reach the tour almost started, they show us some video while we enjoyed our welcome drink, a lemongrass drink, it was refreshing. We need to signed some papers before we proceed with safety brief and equipped with the gears and all of us was sprayed with mosquito sprays. Other than us there is one group of family from New Delhi. We had to hike about 200 m up to the hill to the first station. I can see all of us look curious and filled with enthusiasm. The mother who I called madame is pretty scared to do the first slide. After we reached the top of the first station, I was waiting for my turn to slide to the next station, I got the third turn. I didn't feel scared at all but I didn't do good for the first slide because I was twisted - it supposed to be slide straight and we have to break on the wood landing in front of every station to avoid any injury (like if we are too fast we might hit the tree or we might hit our guides who are trying to catch every one of us). Our guides are two guys who are very funny and professional, they were taking a very good care of us and show us some of the tricks. We called them P Tom and P Taxi, it was a funny nick name. After the slides, climbing, walking on the wood bridge, some wood ledge, finally we reached the 18 stations and I start to do better - well I didn't twist anymore, the station 18 is the longest 400m which we all have been waiting for. I was one of the lucky one because P Tom gave me the most fun tricks among all, superman where they hang me from the back and slide like superman (the normal slide you have to hold on the slider). I got all the special tricks where other just try the normal one. I think it such a waste if you didnt try the most fun one, we live only once rite!

We got pretty knackered when we back to our starting point. The staff were helping us to take off our equipments, gave us cold towel, complementary fruits and asked us how was the Flying Hanuman. While we were busy expressing our joy, fear and laughter about the ride, P Giff introduced us to the owner who are pretty generous to give us the free funtastic ride. He is good looking Thai gentleman not like most common guys I saw in Thailand. I did show my gratitude and shook his hands. We left soon after and back to hotel for quick shower before our dinner at Ratri, an Italian Bar and Grill on the top of hill. We can't park close to the restaurant because it was to stiff, so before our dinner we had to do some exercise by hiked up the stiff hill and climbed the stairs to the top of the hill. Well the restaurant is nicely decorated with the view of Karon beach at night. I run out my breathe and had a glass of ice water before I start to order the food. I picked up Risotto - mushroom saffron risotto, P Giff chose some spaghetti and pork chop with mushroom. We had one bottle of wine. After chat and nice dinner with spectacular view we back to the hotel and I straight fell asleep after long tiring day.








The next day I woke up almost noon and went for quick swimming and did my nails. I decided to checked out the surrounding area before the massage in the afternoon at Let's Relax which is located just opposite the hotel. The facade of the spa is like an old house, you can't really see the inside. I walked through the double wooden doors and stepped inside. I felt peace and calm inside, I can hear the water streaming from the pond, the floor was made from wooden strips and white decoration pebbles scattered all around with bali style wooden furniture. I flipped through the menu and chose the Thai Massage which is always be my fave. The price is a little bit more expensive than the normal Thai massage along the street, which the normal price usually around 300B at Let's Relax is 500B. The lady escort me to was my feet with some soap and put the rose petals on the sink. For a second I felt like a princess. The massage was about one hour, I had some super nice biscuits for complementary and tea before I left the spa. I know what is the difference to pay more, it is worth every cents. The luxury, the service, the quality of the massage and they even gave you the warm herbal towel while doing the massage which gave you a shooting reliving feeling, the normal cheap massage never provide such a luxury experience. I feel light after the massage and sleepy.




I had my last super dinner at Rum Jungle cafe. The cafe owned by an Italian guy who cooked super nice food. The cafe was crowded with the people, when we reached, there was one lady from Singapore with her son Harry, we had a little bit chat, and also there were another two little girls - the chef's children - they are super adorable. We had home made Italian bread, marinated seafood salad, fish fillet and pork fillet with mushroom, for dessert we had the best chocolate pannacotta with orange slices!












My flight was early in the morning, I felt sad to leave Phuket. It is always fun to visit a place for sort time and having fun. There is thousands reasons for me to go back to Thailand. The people are so friendly, having adventure to the max, the massages are good, cheap drinks and delicious food. What else you need to ask for? It is a place that good for a break - have fun - go wild and then back to the reality. It is a sin island. I definitely will come back to Phuket - Phi phi Island - Maya bay and Phang Na Bay! Whatever happened in Phuket stays in Phuket!


Laters people!!! 
xxx



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