As I’m looking back at my day planner, I am noticing that I
only have two trips down for the month of February. This does not seem normal
to me because we literally are traveling somewhere every month, but, February
was a short month, and just like all of the others, I’m sure I was on a tight
budget.
On the 1st of February, Annika, Maggie and I
traveled to Phuket. It’s not a location that we were passionate about traveling
too and it wasn’t on my “travel list”, but Annika had friends who had an
apartment there, so we decided to try it out. *I am so glad we did because it
was one of the most memorable trips that I will have from Thailand, and it is
where I saw the most beautiful sunsets one can even imagine.
We left early Saturday morning, taking a bus all the way
from Surat to Phuket Town. It was a long journey and in one of Thailand’s
infamous taxi buses as well. I almost lost my sh**t a few times and had to hold
back from spewing all over everyone. We finally arrived to Phuket island, but
were met with about an hour long wait in traffic to Phuket Town. (Honestly, I
loved that the driver couldn’t go above 20 km/hr.) The apartment was in a cute
little area right on the outskirts of the little old Phuket Town. It was close
to dinner time when we arrived, so we decided to head straight to Patong Beach
for dinner. Why Patong Beach you ask? It’s the worst beach in Thailand you've
heard. Well, we were told the same, but of course, had to see it for ourselves.
As it turns out, it was defiantly a complete waste of time to visit. If you’re
looking for someplace where every square inch of the beach is covered by lounge
chairs and umbrellas, the sea is filled with wave runners, boats, parasailers,
etc… , the streets are covered with people and neon signs, then Patong is the place
for you. The only good thing that came out of the venture there was our Subway
dinner. Mmmmmmmm how I missed a good Subway sandwich. After sunset, we decided
to head back to the apartment and call it an early night. Our focus was on the
adventures we were about to have the next day.
We started by walking into the little old Phuket Town to
meet a friend to rent motorbikes for the day. On the walk there we stopped to
ogle over the Portuguese inspired architecture, and we found the most beautiful
house, well mansion, hidden away from the street. It was amazing. As one of my
favorite hobbies to house hunt, I loved our morning adventure.
Next, we found
the quaintest little coffee and breakfast restaurant owned by the nicest
Chinese family. We could have spent hours just sitting in the little shop. The
breakfast and coffee were delicious as well.
After renting our motorbikes, we
headed to the closest waterfall we could find on the map. It ended up not being
much of a “waterfall” mostly because it had not rained in awhile, but it was
still very beautiful and it was nice to get in a morning hike. After finding
the waterfall with ease, our confidences of riding the motorbikes in an unknown
town were growing stronger. Annika and Maggie manned the driving, while I
recklessly, with the map blowing in different directions, kept us heading the
right way. Thanks Annika for putting up with my terrible passenger riding
skills.
After sunset, we headed over to Angsana Laguna Phuket (http://www.angsana.com/en/phuket/ Check it out!!) where Annika's friend from university was staying for the Chinese New Year. It was amazing, a little community all to itself. I only wish we could have stayed longer and took advantage of the 1st class amenities. Maybe on another vacation...after I win the lottery! :)
XoXo
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