What a trip!!!

It was indeed a truly memorable trip as I embark on my first unsupervised trip overseas. The trip was filled with the 3 most important events of any holiday- Adventure, Shopping, and Eating.

Adventure wise, we managed to have a full day tour aroung Phi Phi (pronounced as Pee Pee) islands, went elephant trekking, raced All-Terrain-Vehicles (ATV for short), snorkelled among the beautiful coral reefs, swam in clear blue waters and of course explored the famous Patong District.

Shopping in Patong area was one heck of an experience. The shop owners can get violent. They will stop at nothing to swipe helpless tourists of their money. Nevertheless, the things that were on sale there were seriously cheap. You can get an "original" Billabong t-shirt there for as low as 4SGD!!! Items on sale includes exotic bags, slippers, shoes, clothes, and of course lots of games for PS2, X-boxes and Game Boys. You can also scare the daylights of your parents by going for a Henna Tattoo. Looks like the real thing, but last for 2 weeks and is cheap, safe and painless. Like anywhere in Thailand, a hard day of shopping must be wrapped up with some form of relaxation for the tired body. And what better place than to go for some massage (clean one!) in Phuket. A 2hr full-body session including transportation will cost no less than SGD20. What a steal! Totally invirogating!

Patong is also known as Seafood Heaven. Almost every eatery will offer you seafood. Futheremore along Patong beach front, you can enjoy the finest seafood dinner, while viewing the setting sun, accompanied by a band with the soft sound of the sea embracing the beach in the background. Awesome... "Exotic" dishes like king prawns in white wine or a steam garoupa would cost only 5SGD each, from one of the more posh restaurants too. Man...

Besides restaurant food, the roaside mobile foodstalls will offer much too to tickle your tastebuds. You can get a piping hot corn on the cob for 0.5SGD, or wash down your heavy meal with some sweet jelly desserts or some flavoured ice. Of greater interest to a lot of us would be their MacDonalds there. Their Double Black Pepper Pork Burger value meal will definitely leave you begging for more. It would do Patong great injustice if I could ever finish writing about the dining opportunities they have to offer.

We also had a little "Educational " tour wrapped in. We visited a jewellery factory, a batik shirt workshop, saw the grandest temple in Phuket. We even saw a workshop making wooden educational toys previously found in TM's IQ Quest. We also went clubbing on the last night! What a night that was. The feeling of watching Liverpool play Birmingham on SCV Live in a pub is absolutely exhilirating. Got lots to say about that night too. All in all, it was the complete trip. Will tell you all much more stories if I have the opportunity to.

Here are some of the 187 pictures I took in the 4 days. Do enjoy them!


Kokster and I at the majestic temple.


The top of a temple building offers one of the best view of the region.


The interior ceiling of the temple. Beautiful.


A local doing some very fine Batik shirt printing.


Peter and I before riding our elephants into the jungles.


The view of Patong Beach from afar.


Group photo on a hilltop!


Breathtaking sunset, an everyday thing at Patong Beachfront.


Boat ride to Phi Phi islands!!!


What the locals use to travel between the close islands.


Myself, Sam and Kokster. Don't the waters look inviting???


A Swallow's cave. Bird's nest is harvested here.


You don't get fresher seafood than this...


Sinners yet to repent from a meal of guilty premium seafood...


Daily International Breakfast Buffet! No wonder I'm getting fatter.


Seen all these stuff in IQ Adventure Quest before?


Kiam and I, cockster Gucci posers.


Flea markets- The way of shopping life in Patong.


Can't resist capturing all the beautiful wind chimes.


A night at Crazy Horse Bar! Unforgettable...

Yes, my lull (slacking) period officially ends of today. You all can go ahead and gloat now. But you will not hear the last of slacking me yet! Bwahahaha.

Almost time to book in. Till we meet again!