Fana & Niksu Gone Wild.

Assalamualaikum.

Alhamdulillah for another vacation and this time #fananiksugonewild to Phuket, Thailand! Yippie! It was an impromptu plan (we planned 2 weeks before we took off!). We bought the deal via Expedia.com.my, and we went there during Thailand's new year a.k.a Songkran water festival.

Return Malaysia Airlines flight ticket Kuala Lumpur - Phuket + 3 days 2 nights stay at Belle Resort, Patong, cost us RM509. Cheap tak cheap I tell you!

Day 1 - 13 April 2015

We departed from KLIA at 5 in the morning. See the zombie faces. Haha. 

Arrived at Phuket International Airport an hour after. Time difference - Phuket awal satu jam. We arrived at about 5 in the morning. We took a taxi to our hotel, for 900 baht.

Expect a crazy taxi driver driving experience in Phuket. You have been warned!

We arrived at Belle Resort, Patong 45 minutes after. We can't do early check-in because all rooms were still full. Yelah, about 6 pagi kan. So we had a nap at the hotel lobby. Hahaha, backpacker sangat!

Agak-agak dah sunrise, we went to the Patong Beach, 3 minutes walk from our hotel. It was still early though, we didn't know what to do, shops were still closed. So we just bergolekan di tepi pantai yang indah. Tanning-tanning lah sikit.

 This is Patong Beachhhhh! 

Songkran deco? 

Since we were here on a Monday, jadi, apa itu Monday blues?

We went back to our hotel at about 11am, hoping that we could check-in but sadly no. Ended up chilling and waiting at the hotel lobby, of course lah sebab ada wifi! Texted Haziq yang kebetulan berada di sana bersama Pedoq. Maka kebosanan kami diselamatkan oleh mereka. Lulz.

First purchase, pistol air (250 baht) and waterproof phone casing (75 baht) 

Berjalan-jalan sekitar Bangla Road dan Patong sambil water fighting, main air, tembak air, dan menikmati keriangan kegembiraan basah-basah itu.

Naik tuk-tuk mencari makanan tengah hari, 250 baht. 

Had our lunch at Hawa Kitchen, and this nasi goreng seafood bersama teh ais yang sumpah sedap gila berharga 100 baht. 

Kemudian sambung suka ria main air. 

About 2pm we headed straight back to our hotel and berjaya check-in sebab masing-masing sudah busuk dan basah tak hengattt. FYI, I did not sleep for the past 24 hours prior my departure to Phuket, because I went hiking and I didn't have enough time to rest. So masa dapat katil ni I bantai tidur beberapa jam sebelum keluar balik waktu malam.

Belle Resort was okay. We were lucky to get such a good deal buying the promo online. Hi-speed wifi, TV, clean, nice comfy shower and bed, strategic location and very near to the beach and easy access to other places as well.  

And paling best hotel kasi protection ini (insert emoji gelak nangis + evil face)

Had dinner at San Sabai Restaurant, tom yam campur, kailan ikan masin and sotong goreng tepung bersama air minuman masing-masing berharga 930 baht (232.50 baht seorang).

Ni muka-muka lapar, sebab service kat restaurant ni boleh tahan slow. Okay prolly because ramai customer tapi memang slow. Rasa macam satu lauk 30 minit baru dia hantar. Haha.

We continued walking and splashing water that night. Before sleep, I had a thai massage for 200 baht at a nearby spa. It was my first thai massage experience so I am not sure whether dia urut tu memang sedap or what, but my body felt good the next morning. Yelah, badan penat hiking the day before plus badan penat travel kan.

Day 2 - 14 April 2015

Second day ni Songkran at Phuket habis dah. No more water fight and splash. What we did was just jalan-jalan, acah-acah tanning, cari souvenir and menikmati keindahan Phuket! 

I memang suka bila tengah selfie tiba-tiba mat-mat salleh datang photobomb. I memang suka sangat! :D

Belanja!

Brunch at The Bikini Beach Bar, lepak santai sambil menggunakan free wifi. Hehe. Two cans of ice peach tea = 160 baht. 

Nampak tak parasail itu? Nampak tak nampak tak? Kecewa sebab tak cukup duit nak parasail. Sila menangis sekarang. Adalah dalam 1200 baht. On another note, you can lepak santai-santai bawah payung-payung tu semua. Bayaran tak sure berapa baht. 

We continued jalan-jalan, cari souvenirs and stuffs.  

This is us with June. If you happen to visit Phuket, please la cari June ni. She's so friendly and lovely! Tapi I forgot kedai dia exactly belah mana. It's somewhere dekat market opposite the beach and kedai dia kat tengah-tengah. Please please. Recommended if you are searching for clothes dekat sini. Price boleh tahan murah. Nego baik-baik with June, guarantee puas hati. Total spending di sini 740 baht. Plus other souvenir items at other shops = 650 baht.  

Lepas tu Fana and I sambung pergi spa. Heheh. Fana had her manicure and pedicure, I had another foot massage for 180 baht. Sedap la, sebab kaki memang sudah sakit-sakit sendi urat otot akibat banyak berjalan.

Sebenarnya nak dijadikan cerita sedih, duit kitorang tak cukup bahahahahha. Bila sampai negara orang and tengok currency exchange kat sana, macam confuse sikit. Tapi thank you Fana life saver sebab ada Ringgit Malaysia and I top up sikit to get another 1000 baht. 

You will get to see this kinda stalls mostly everywhere in Phuket. So we tried the famous nutella + chocolate pancake for 80 baht.

Nyums!

Dah tak ada nak buat apa, jadi mari lepak di tepi pantai yang indah.

 Ajak diorang ni lepak sekali

Almost-sunset that day

Sebenarnya frust juga sebab sunset petang tu tak berapa nak amazing sangat. Sunset macam biasa tengok dekat Port Dickson pun boleh. Hahaha.

Special thank you to Haziq and Pedoq sebab bawa kami jalan-jalan, suggest tempat menarik dan menjadi bodyguard. Thank you sebab bagi pinjam hotspot kerana kami miskin data hahahhaa.

Okay dah malam masa untuk dinner. We headed to Kusuma Seafood. Jauh perjalanan dari beach nak ke restaurant nih. Kaki dah tak larat...

I think Thailand serves the best teh ais ever. Even this one tak sesedap yang macam di Hawa Kitchen, but still sedap! This picture diambil sebab jakun ada bunga-bunga di tepi cawan (insert emoji gelak nangis + smirk face).

Cannot remember the exact menu we had that night. But the usual tom yam campur, padthai kot yang macam kerabu mangga tu, daging black pepper, and few other yang tak masuk gambar. Total dinner berharga 950 baht (237.50 baht each tapi thank you Haziq and Pedoq kitorang bayar 200 baht je each heheh).

We decided to watch live band that night. And yes, cari pasal dengan duit yang dah tak ada, we went to the Hard Rock Cafe. Bahahaha.

Interesting performance, chill out sambil guna wifi tapi wifi HRC agak mengecewakan :(

Terpaksa swipe credit card baahahahhahahahaha total makan dan minum 530 baht.


Day 3 - 15 April 2015

Our last day and couldn't jalan anymore because we had a morning flight. Check out from hotel at 7.30 in the morning. Booked a taxi the night before and taxi charge from hotel to airport 750 baht.

Goodbye Phuket, you will be missed and I will definitely come visit you again!

Thank you Fana sebab ajak I ke Phuket sempena Songkran ini. Next year boleh cuba pergi lagi atau pergi Bangkok or other places pulak hehehe. Thank you for the awesome time spent. Nanti kita pergi jalan-jalan lagi okay! :*

The typical airplane shot, kasi chance la, bukan selalu dapat fly with a Malaysia Airlines.

I'll end this entry with the usual short video, thank you to Magisto! (Mohon abaikan quality video yang tak semenggah itu)

Things you need to know about Phuket: 

1. Waktu I pergi tu currency 100 baht = RM11.50. I tukar for 3500 baht je. 

2. Airport wifi was awesome! Cuma macam biasa kena sign up nanti dia bagi user and password.

3. The wild night life and party and drunk people. Hahaha. 

4. Cheap massages but other things were quite expensive.

5. Hard to find halal food but we were lucky to have Haziq and Pedoq. 

Okay sekian sahaja. Guess where I'll be going next?

13 - 15 April 2015
Phuket, Thailand
Farhana & Niksu