Last week's 4D3N trip to Phuket was one of the best I've had in the longest time! It was a real stress-reliever, great fun, with great company, and my boyfriend and I celebrated our 7th month anniversary! We got a wonderful hotel with an awesome pool pent room. The swimming pool was literally outside our balcony. So we could, at any time, just step out of our hotel room and jump into the pool. It was a rather inexpensive hotel, definitely a good bargain! For those wondering, it's called 'The Lantern Resort Patong'. Definitely go check it out!
On the first day, we mostly recce-ed the area around our hotel. When we arrived at our hotel, it was around 10am in the morning. We found out that Patong beach was just a 10 minute walk away, and the malls were just literally around the corner. Needless to say, we were right smack in the middle of the most happening area in Phuket-Patong!
On the second day, we went island-hopping round the various Phi-Phi islands. Phi Phi island is so ridiculously beautiful. I mean, seriously. The water is so clear, and you can see fishes everywhere! We had a hilarious Thai tour guide who made the experience even more wonderful. And it was my first time snorkeling! I gotta be frank though, I was really nervous about snorkeling, since I can't swim very well. The ocean makes me uneasy, plus there were fishes all over, which made me even more terrified. But I figured, hey, I don't know when I'll be doing this again, so what the hell! And I have no regrets! Best experience of my life!
Later that night, we also took a stroll down Patong, where we encountered the various sleazy bars. Never fails to amaze me how sex is such an open topic in Thailand. Everywhere you turn, there are women dressed in close to nothing, ladyboys, and salespeople coming up to you asking if you would like to see a 'lesbian show', or even a straight up 'f**king show'.
On the third day, we spent the entire morning and afternoon lazing on Patong Beach. It drizzled a little but we decided to stick it out, and it paid off! The sun came not not long after bright and shining in the sky! Patong Beach is beautiful. We watched people para-sailing, while we laid there in the sun, occasionally jumping into the ocean to cool off. Man, if only I could do this everyday! Needless to say, we got burnt. Very very burnt. Haha.
After dinner that night, we decided to go watch the infamous 'Thai Girls Show' aka 'Ping Pong show'. It was just one of those things that you have to experience when you're in Patong. We didn't pay alot. Just 300 baht for a drink, and an hour of watching girls pull a variety of different objects out of their private parts. It was disgusting. There were live birds, terrapins, fishes, frogs, razor blades, Christmas lights, needles etc. It didn't help that the girls weren't very attractive. Most of them were overweight, and late into their 30s or 40s. I feel kinda sorry for them though. Must really suck to have to do this every night for minimum wage. One thing's for sure, I never wanna watch a 'Ping Pong show' ever again.
We didn't do much on our fourth and final day. I was pretty exhausted by then. We had breakfast, checked out of our hotels, walked around the nearby malls, then stopped at their Premium Factory Outlet store before going to the airport.
I had so much fun those 4 days. I definitely wouldn't mind going back to Phuket again. In fact, I really want to! We did a little video blog when we were there. Click on the video below to watch it!
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