Phuket - A City of love and warmth

After taking a short nap, we planned to visit the most famous Bangla Walking Street near Patong beach. The most happening place in Patong. Tuk Tuk ride (like our auto) was asking for 200 baht just for 2km. It was raining that evening. So with no other choice left, we decided to walk to Bangla. You can see many people walking like that with polythene type of rain coat. We just copied them. The streets were so clean and well maintained. Shops on one side and beach on the other side, the walking was thrilling as well as relaxing. Chains of restaurants and massage parlor paved the way to Bangla. You will love that walking street if you are fond of loud music, lights and crazy people. You will get many currency exchange centers on this way. Jungceylon mall and Banzaan Fresh market is near to this walking street. You can do shopping at these places.

Even though it was an unknown city, unknown language, we had decided to explore the city ourselves. So we rented a scooty for 24hrs for 300 baht. It was Honda Click and the most amazing scooty I have seen in looks and engine power. We have to fill the gasoline our own. It just cost 26 baht per liter. We decided to take a round of the whole city by visiting places like Trick Eye Museum, Tribhum, Aquaria, Central Phuket, Wat Chalong Temple and Big Buddha.

Trick eye museum is a master piece. The entry fees is 500 baht per person. There are a lot many wall paintings with a 3D and shadow effect which merges the person with those pictures while we click the pic. It's a wonderful place for getting some crazy clicks.

Our next spot was supposed to be Tribhum Theme park. Unfortunately, they said a delay of 1 hour due to some process upgrade. So we cancelled the plan as we have to cover other places as well. Entry fees was 1500 baht per person. Tribhum is located next to Central Phuket, one of the most luxurious mall. You can find almost all foreign brands here. The decorations was based on Christmas as it is approaching. While exploring the mall, we found Aquaria which is an under water aquarium inside the mall. The entry fees was 850 baht per person. But it's worth paying for it. One of the most beautifully maintained aquarium that I have seen.

After having lunch we arrived at our next destination, Wat Chalong temple. It was amazingly built Buddhist temple. There are 3 to 4 main buildings surrounded by gardens and statutes. At the top of a tower building, first 2 floors are having Buddha's statues and top floor having a worship room. The large grounds of Wat Chalong that is officially named Wat Chaitararam contains a viharn, a mondop, a ubosot, a chedi containing a secret relic, a sala and a crematorium. The ambiance is very holy and peaceful. It closes at 5 pm.

This was the most awaited part of our trip. A speed boat catamaran ride to the beautiful Phi Phi Island. We pre-booked this package through Klook. You can find the link here. It was a package including hotel pick-up and drop, light breakfast, buffet lunch, snorkeling etc. They have English speaking guide as well as trainers who can help us while doing snorkeling if we are not good swimmers. They will suggest us to take motion sickness tablet as we will be crossing the center sea. The snorkeling gear is included in the package, but we have to rent Fins and towel for 300 baht. Thus with all equipment and heart full of excitement we boarded the boat and started our journey. I felt like the boat is slicing the gorgeous blue ocean and taking us to heaven. It's blue everywhere, left, right, front, back, top, bottom. You will fall in love with each and every millisecond you move through it. Never forget to click pics and make videos. But moreover that try to spend some time in silence and get dissolve in to those waves. It's magical. As I love oceans, I never wanted this boat trip to end. But after 1 hr, we were near our first stop - The Moneky Beach. As I am a huge fan of movie 'Moana' , when the boat was approaching Phi Phi, I felt it like so filmy that I am approaching Te Fitti and gonna do some adventure there. Crazy me ! It was a stop for about 20 mins, we clicked some fantastic photos with monkeys and moved ahead for our first snorkeling point.

Then the boat moved towards our last spot for the day- Khai Island. As the weather was clear and calm, we didn't miss Khai. It's a small and beautiful Island with many rock formation. We will get to do Jet Ski, beach ball, snorkeling and other water games. We opted to relax for sometime and take some snaps. You will get eateries and toilet facilities here. It is another beautiful Island that one shouldn't miss. We returned to Rasanda Pier by evening 17:00hrs and the cab drop us back to hotel. It was so fantastical the every moment we spent there.

It was our last day in Phuket. We planned to visit some nearby beaches. So among Freedom beach and Paradise beach, we chose Paradise. We rented the bike and started the ride. The route was like steep and slope. Adventurous beach ride that I had in my life so far. We parked the bike and moved in a beach shuttle there. There is an entry fees of 200 baht per person and you will get all sort of facilities like beach bed, speakers, mic and drinks etc. The name says it. It was like a trench in to paradise. The pictures can't justify its beauty.