Saturday, December 25, 2010

Phuket Trip Day 1: Phi Phi Island

10 July & 11 July 2010
In fact, this Phuket trip is my 2009 Christmas gift from my bf. That's mean he booked the round trip airticket almost half year ago. I truly love to travel and a pair of air tickets is always the GREATEST gift in my life! ^_^
We arrived at Phuket Internation Airport at 925pm. Mr Wooddy's staff fetched us to our hotel. We booked our tour online through Phuket Easy Tour. Mr Wooddy, who is this agency's manger, is considerate and patient to all our request. He even provided us free land transfer to airport and hotel.
For the following 4 nights, we stayed at Asialoop G House. It is situated at Southern end of the Patong beach. The hotel is within walking distance to Jungceylon Shopping Complex and night life of Bangla street and Simon Cabaret. It even provides FREE WIFI in the room! The room rate is relatively cheap, and the room is always clean. ^_^


First day morning we went to Phi Phi Island and Khai Island by speed boat. We paid 1500 THB each person. Mr Wooddy's staff fetched us to the pier at Chalong Bay around 8am. From there, we departed to Phi Phi Ley for swimming and sightseeing at Maya Bay together with other tourists. Maya Bay is popular for diving and has become more popular after the movie "The Beach" has filmed here in 2000.

After sightseeing at Pileh Cove and Viking Cave, snorkeling session starts at Loh Samah Bay. I don't know how to swim, even phobia to the sea. Therefore I never get to snorkeling. =(
We had our lunch at Phi Phi Don and tour guide gave us 1 hour to stroll around at Phi Phi market. They mainly sell craft, swim suits and souvenirs. After a short shopping, we departed to Khai Nok Island. The scenery is great and the beach is clean. We were relaxing on the beach before return to Patong.
In evening, on the way to Bangla Road, we saw stall which selling banana pancake. We tried it and it really tastes delicious! Not so oily. Tastes good.
Here we arrived at Bangla road which is always full of untidy wire system.
We had our dinner at Savoey Seafood restaurant. This restaurant is famous amongst locals, but the price for the seafood is expensive. We found the lobster expensive because it is 180THB per 100 gm.
The ambient is good. We choose to have our dinner indoor because after one day sun-burn at Phi Phi Island.
Chilli crab
Baked white prawn.
Tom yam soup.
Night life at Bangla road.

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mk said...

The tom yam looks very nice :D

Connie said...

Yes, but white tomyam also not bad. =)

mk said...

Cool. Last time I joined my sister's company trip, got restrictions and the food so so only lor....

Connie said...

It's a always a good idea to plan the itinerary ourselves in Phuket. More freedom and we get to choose what we love to eat. ^_^

Surin Beach Phuket said...

My friend and I were enjoy very much our 4 night 5 days short trip in Phuket last week.
Phuket in Thailand is also the best choice for a tropical beach vacation and this is affordable and wonder place for enjoying holidays.

Patong Guesthouse said...

Thanks for sharing your Phuket experience,
this post was very helpful… Keep posting and good luck with your post!