Just Jessie: Phuket

Just came back from Phuket 4 days ago. It was a fanstatic trip. The itinerary for the whole trip went smoothly. It is monsoon season now in Phuket. Weather was warm and bright in the day time. Fortunately it was wet only in the late evening. We were lucky as well to see how the Thai people celebrating 9 days of Vegetarian Festival in Phuket. It was kinda big celebration for them.Many vegetarian food stalls were set up along the Ranong Road in Phuket town(that's where we stayed).We had 2 days of vegetarian foods consecutively. That was a bit too stressful for me as you know I am not a vegetarian. I need to eat meat!:)However,we had really delicious thai food for the rest of 3 days.

Accomodation was awesome this time. We stayed in a backpacker located in the centre of Phuket town called Phuket Backpacker (www.phuketbackpacker.com). It is a dirt cheap,nice and extremely clean backpacker. This is the best backpacker I have ever stay. I would highly recommend for backpackers to stay there.

We spend the 1st night in the town. On the 2nd day(24th Oct,2006), we followed one day tour to Ko Phi Phi Island. Stunning and magnificent white sand beach and translucent water. Snorkelling was fun but the corals are seriously not nice compare with the corals in Perhentian Island.

On the 3rd day(25th Oct,2006), we again followed one day tour to James Bond Island which located in Phang-Nga(north of Phuket province).James Bond Island rock in The Man with the Golden Gun. On the way to James Bond Island we went to Elephant cave(we were not allowed to take photo in the cave).In the Elephant cave,we were toured by using canoe,bamboo raft as well as walking in the water.Various of imaginary and impressive architectures in the cave. Visiting to Monkey cave is one of the itinerary also. Tour to James Bond Island was the best among all. The scenery is breathtaking. On the way back from James Bond Island, we stopped by at a Muslim fishing village called Panyi Village which is located at the island itself. Met a Muslim Thai man who can speak fluent Malay.

We went to white water rafting on the 4th day(26th Oct,2006) which is located in Phang-Nga as well. It was a level 2 and 3 water rafting.The water was not so rapid. The friendly rafting instructors made our day fun and exciting. After the rafting, we spend time in a clear white waterfalls and did some stunt too by jumping down from about 7m height of rock into the water...hehehe.. Then went back to the camp for 10 minutes of herbal sauna.Headed back to Phuket town.

On the last day, we had our breakfast in a coffee shop near our backpacker. Coincidently we saw proccession along the Ranong road as well in conjunction with the Vegetarian Festival. After the heavy breakfast(fried rice pork ~wink), we went back to backpacker and took a cab to the Phuket International Airport.

Missed my pets at home. Rested at home for 3 days before I start work on Tuesday.Feel refreshing after the break. I started working today. On night duty(emergency oncall) this week.

Anyway, will upload some photos later.