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Phuket April Trip

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Yeah~ Back from Phuket again.

This trip was fun, except for the rainy weather for a couple of days. And in addition to Songkran Festival, I was TOTALLY DRENCHED! Haha.

Having stayed there for so many days, I've picked up the traditional Thai Bargaining Skills. Just mark down 40% for all the initial prices quote to get a good price. Hehe. But darn, it's still much more expensive than Bangkok. Ok, next trip, CHINA! Ha.

Here's the hotel I'm staying at.... Great view of the pool and sunset.


Wanted to rent a Jeep to travel around the island, but just simply cant find one near my hotel. Darn. And wanting to absorb the great Phuket weather (which I regretted almost instantly), I've gotten myself a cute bike named 1 Lai. Haha. PS: regretted caused it rained an hour after I got the bike.


Looking cool on the bike yeah. Didn't wanna have pillion rider cause it's way too dangerous (my skills were good, it's the traffic which is terrible) ha.


So gotten around the island on the 2 wheeler, and you can see me taking refuge from the rain. Bikes soaking wet. The darn rain felt like needles piercing my body. Worse part is the toot helmet.... should have gotten full face helmet. Ha.


By the time I reached Patong, I was so wet from the rain that I didnt really bother about people splashing water or using their super-soaker on me. That was one of the times I regretted getting the bike. Ha.

Anyway for the next day, Songkran Festival, went island hopping on a yacht. (Partly also to avoid the traditional water spashing, had too much of it the previous day). So well, saw JAMES BOND ISLAND. Haha, so commercialized that even Sentosa looks better than that.



So ended up at an island called Long Island, with Long Island Tea being their specialty. (no it didnt originate from that island). It was so relaxing that I fell asleep almost immediately when I laid on the hammock, and oh man, look like a pig in this picture.


We went to this floating gypsy village too.... Too tired of tourist hotspot, so left there pretty fast.


Anyway, it was fun.... Wouldnt mind going there again, except for the fact that there're more Farangs (thai for foreigners) there than locals. Mm, not to visit tourist-filled places in the future.

Oh well, the other pics are just too embarrassing. Ha. So well, that's all folks~!

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