Thursday, March 25, 2010

Phuket Seafood, The Big Buddha and Sunset


Sunset at Kamala Beach

On the 3rd day of our beachy trip, we decided to do some exploration and rented 2 motorbikes to go about the island. Motorbike rental was about RM30 for whole day usage. It was quite amusing that my travel buddies have no experience in riding motorbikes but they managed to manouvere the machine well (U-turns were the hardest) for one whole day on a foreign land- and we didn't even use the map!


Hilltop view- spectacular!

We managed to travel to a few places such as Karon, Kata, Rawai, Surin and Kamala. Since Patong is the most popular and overcrowded beach, other beaches have a more quiet and serene surrounding with definitely much less beach chairs and umbrellas and also shorter beachside. However, it is not near to get from one beach to the other.


The Big Buddha of Phuket

Our exploration brought us to The Big Buddha which was situated on a hill top, hence it's spottable from far away and with big signs in the vicinity. The Big Buddha is still under construction and yes, it is BIG!


Sunsets and silhouettes

The 1 day motorbike excursion really burnt us- we were too smart not to put any sun block ha haha! The air was humid and the sun was scorching hot coupled with the burning wind... on the last day, we became charcoals but it was a bold and brave experience nonetheless- it was a great experience to see things on a two-wheel instead of four.


Of Tom Yum and cooling Coconut juice


Left to Right: Butter fried prawns, Fried Fish and Stir fried curry pork


Last meal before we bid our beach holiday a farewell....

Food in Phuket is not awesome and not cheap too, with the exception of McD Samurai Pork Burger. I would suggest those who have never been to Phuket not to have high expectations when it comes to food (and 6 packs hot bodies).

Will I return to Phuket? Hmmmm, maybe not.

I'm now excitingly waiting for my next holiday trips- Bandung in August and Bali in September! Meanwhile, I'm still looking out for affordable holidays before August arrives- any recommendation, guys?

8 comments:

Calvin Goh said...

Bandung and Bali!!! I've never been to Indonesia.

Ai Mei said...

Jealous, very jealous!

I really love phuket for its beautiful scenery, not food :(
Why didn't you guys go to phiphi island?

YilingL said...

Calvin,
Me too!

Ai Mei,
Nope we didn't go to Phiphi. Wanted to do island hopping but the thought just remained a thought and we stayed on phuket for the rest of the trip :p

eiling lim said...

the buddha looks like it has got acupuncture on its face! lol

YilingL said...

Eiling,
It's still under construction. Believe it'll look beautiful once the 'needles' are pulled out :p

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