day one
- arrived at phuket international airport at 10am
- did a fast check out and managed to get a cab for a steal at 500baht
- drove for an hour through city roads, suburb streets and mountain ways till we reached the picturesque Old Phuket Hotel
- checked in and it started to rain.
- rained in so we order room service - phad thai, soup noodles and shrimp toast
- napped and caught up on sleep.
- ventured out to the enclave that was outside the hotel for dinner. Settled on Andaman Seafood Restaurant because woman was very nice.
- had garlic mussels, green curry, bbq sotong and veg
- during dinner, some kid set off fireworks at the beach, it was awesome!
- bought supplies of chips, drinks and munchies back to the hotel.
- had an early early night.
day two
- woke up early for buffet breakfast! had awesome scrambled eggs and toast.
- packed up and swim suited up for karon beach. beach was awesome and windy. the beau got beers and we just chilled.
- headed back to the hotel for a short snooze.
- tested out the jacuzzi in the balcony. lazed in there for a good 3 hours.
- headed out to Jungceylon for dinner: samurai burger from macdonaldns
- ta-pao Zaap from KFC (tomyam drumlets) back to hotel
- bought shit loads of water and goodies from Carrefour
- had an early night in anticipation for Phi Phi!
day three
- woke up at 6am for our tour out to Phi Phi Island
- got into a minivan and sat through an hour long journey to Phuket Pier.
- got onto a boat for an hour and a half ride to Phi Phi Lay, smaller of the two Phi Phi islands.
- saw undoubtedly, the most beautiful island ever
- got off the boat and snorkeled and played with fishies. Freaked out because fishes swarmed around me and nibbled. personal space please!
- got off a Phi Phi Don for lunch
- explored Phi Phi Don's many enclaves and streets.
- settled down at the cutest bakery and had cinnamon bun, chocolate eclairs, coffee and the best mango smoothie ever.
- headed back for a very choppy boat ride back to main land.
- got back to the hotel, showered and went out for kick ass steak at Buffalo Steakhouse - steak, pork steak, meatballs, shrimp salad, french onion soup, garlic bread.
- headed back to the hotel and had an early night because we were knackered.
day four
- woke up considerably late but still in time for breakfast
- spent the whole morning in the jacuzzi - ah bliss!
- checked out at 3pm and headed to Jungceylon for last minute shopping.
- had phad thai, shrimp fried rice and tom yam goong for lunch.
- had couple time out - I got a manicure and he went to an internet cafe for one hour of me time.
- went to the hotel then airport for our flight home.
- flight got delayed! touched down at singapore at 2am.
Phuket was seriously awesome.
