Phuket trip - Day 1

It was our first time to take Tiger Air and fly off from budget terminal.. though the craft is small.. the flight attendances are sweet, take off and landing by ang moh pilot is great.

It was drizzling lightly that nite when we reached Phuket international airport. We walked towards the tour agent and he greeted us with a warm and friendly smile. Learnt from the guide that it's monsoon season and consider low tourist season for phuket now. Immediately, memories of the beautiful phuket scenery flashed our mind since we were in phuket two years ago. In my heart, I was thinking how was phuket like after the tsunami? Will it be the same as two years ago?

We then board the tour agent bus and we were the only passengers (like 霸王车). The agent was very funny and his name is Rambo (that's cool!). He took out a few leaflets to introduce to us what are the local attractions in phuket. There are many options available and we finally shortlist two main events that is the "Phi Phi Island Day Tour" and "SPA at Island Herbal".

Along the way from airport to patong beach, we peep outside the bus and looked around the streets. There were actually not much changes to patong beach, original stalls were still at the same places. In fact, phuket is more beautiful now. Many hotels are upgraded and renovated very nicely. The street is as usual crowded and noisy. After about 35 min ride, we finally reach our hotel "Phuket Graceland Resort & Spa" . The hotel is at the right end of Patong beach and it is about 10-15 min walk to the bustling centre part of patong.

Feeling very happy, I tipped the bell boy who carried our luggages with 100 baht. Gosh so generous of me! The room was very big with one queen and one single bed. The shower room has a big bath tub and a separate shower area. The TV not only have korea, Thailand channels but it also have Chinese, French, Spanish channels. Hmm, this resort is catered especially for korea, austrialians and Chinese tourists.

to be continued...