Busy in Phuket

Monday, March 1st. I had a very busy day yesterday and was out most of the day and night. I was hanging out with two Singapore girls that were staying in my dorm. We went to the Central Phuket mall and feasted on sushi in Fuji, the Japanese restaurant chain. Then we walked around for what felt like days in the night market and my feet was tired from all the walking. I was driven around all day by one of the Singapore girls and it was a bit naughty cos I didn’t have a helmet on. It was a really exhausting day so at the end, we all went for a foot massage.

Today was my last full day in Thailand. I spent the morning trying to check in online for my flight to Perth. However I was unable to because I needed to get a visa for Australia. I spent the whole morning stressed out about that. Then after some research, I was able to apply for the visa online and luckily I was approved immediately. So I was able to check in.

I caught the local bus to Karon beach in the afternoon. It cost only 30 baht and was about a 1.5hr ride from the bus terminal in Phuket town. However my moto taxi ride from the hotel to the bus also cost 30 baht and it took 5 mins to get there. Taking the taxi to the beach would set you back 400 baht.

I spent a short time at the beach and enjoyed a fresh coconut before taking the shuttle back to Phuket town. My hotel provided a shuttle back from Karon beach that started running today, so I was lucky. But since it was their first day of operation there was a tiny hiccup. They forgot to dispatch the evening bus so I spent some time with the hotel staff trying to communicate with them. I met a girl from China that was also waiting for this hotel bus. Eventually the hotel got us a bus back.

I had dinner with this girl from China, then I decided to treat myself to a 2 hour spa package for my birthday. I got a foot and hand massage for an hour, followed by an oil body massage for another hour. It was awesome and I smelled like tea afterwards because I was covered in Jasmine essential oil.

Tomorrow I’m going to spend the whole day travelling. I’ll be taking the 14:55 flight to Singapore, stopping over for an hour before flying out to Perth, Australia.