Phuket Day 4 - Patong beach - Airport

Our flight to KL was at 1.35pm, so the driver has promised to pick us up around 1030am. We took the kids to Patong beach for one final round, hub bought some foods for them to feed segerombolan burung merpati yg jinak sungguh di tepian pantai tuh. The kids had fun running after the birds (and at times they themselves run away from the birds bila dah byk sgt yg dtg kerumun mintak makanan haha!). Our flight to KL delayed for few minutes, but we safely landed in LCCT as expected. So that’s the end of our Phuket trip.

in front of Patong's football stadium

ok..mari kite kejar burung!!

masih galok and excited lagi nih...

ok bila dah ramai yg datang....semua pakat lariiii lariiii takooottt takooottt!

tinggallah abg Firas je yang masih steady and kurang takut...lain terus menjauhkan diri termasuk mama! hihi

ehemmmm

the Patong's landmark

another landmark

direction to Tsunami evacuation center

spending our remaining baht coins by treating the kids with lollipop! Baik spend sampai habis sebab money changer dekat malaysia tak accept foreign coins ok.

If you’re asking, will I be going again to Phuket?

My answer will be No. I personally prefer to go to English-speaking country where I find the people are more civilized, friendly, helpful and most importantly, can speak English! In Phuket in our case even the hotel front desk did not speak English well, hence it’s kind of difficult to ask for direction or tips or anything. 

Souvenirs in Phuket is not that cheap, some sells at a very high price hence you need to practice your negotiation skills and slash down the price at least 50% off the offered price. Thai food is cheap, but as I posted earlier, do not order anything other than Thai food as it’ll turn out disaster. Their people are not that friendly, probably because tourists flooded to Phuket all year long hence it’s not a surprise to them to see lotsa people most of the time. Souvenirs at Phi Phi Island is quite expensive, you better spare and spend your baht in Phuket town or Patong itself. Do not trust the tour guide or agent, they must have gotten few $$ by taking you shopping at specific shops or places which most of the items have been marked up and expensive than any normal shop along the streets. 

Do not take a large ferry if you intend to go for snorkeling at few islands or beautiful spots which only smaller boats can have access to. However you may want to consider ferry if the weather conditions are not that good, or if you’re travelling with babies. Click link below where one of the speedboats almost get sink 2 days after we got back to KL after our Phuket trip due to unforeseen strong winds and waves at the Phi  Phi Island. Now we’re thankful that we didn’t take the speedboat. Can’t imagine how are we going to survive floating on the sea waiting for rescue with our kids around..some more the life jackets cannot fit kids of smaller size tauuuu….very scary! 

http://www.thephuketnews.com/speedboat-tourists-back-in-phuket-32853.php

That’s all from me reporting about our Phuket trip. See you again in our next upcoming trip! :)

Phuket Day 3 - continued

For dinner, we initially thought of eating out at a new place but it was rained that night hence we were quite immobilize I’d say. Nak berjln kaki and looking around was not a good option considering our kids that tagged along. After waited for few minutes at the lobby we finally decided to just brace through the rain and ‘run’ to Kusuma Restaurant (lagik!). No more seafood or Thai food this time around, we ordered mee goreng, mihun goreng, pancake and sticky mango rice (pulut mangga). Mee goreng is totally out, the taste is quite weird and hard to describe! My mihun goreng is tolerable, but its pancake is really to die for…sgt sedap!! It looks like roti canai pisang but texture-wise is a bit different…fluffy and lain from roti canai la kesimpulannya. It was served with sweet condensed milk but I think was best eaten plain. Pulut mangga dia sedap…also recommended. Our conclusion, if you go to Thailand just order thai food and no goreng2 or makanan semenanjung as the taste might disappoint you.

 

at the hotel lobby before we went out for dinner..while waiting for rain to stop.

 Tadaa this is the pancake! very delish...must try whenever you visit Phuket yer!

 Mango sticky rice.

After dinner, we departed with Farra’s family. She went back to hotel while me, Ammar, hub, SIL and nek umi went to the night market in Patong. Lucky we have our atok, paksu and my bro to look after the kids back in the hotel hehe. We took a stroll along the Patong area, by passed the Novotel hotel and found this one roofed night market that houses lotsa small stalls. The market sells souvenir items, t shirts, luggage bags, shoes and many more. We had a look at some of the stalls, and finally spent some of our baht at this one shop located at the farthest corner of the market. The lady owner is very nice, we chit-chatted and negotiated for more than 1 hr I think! Pompuan tu rasanye pening pala melayan karenah aku haha. But we walked out buying lots of things from her. Initially terpikat with this blouse aka poncho, then ternampak long table cloth made of thai silk, then my SIL terpikat with its kurung silk, my mom bz with tshirts, and time nak bayar tu hub plak ternampak a shorter version of table cloth suitable for our coffee table. haha bagus betul, dari blouse berjangkit to few more items  that I ended up having to borrow nearly 1800baht from my mom! Sempat lagi duduk dekat kerusi owner kedai tu utk bf my lil ammar, and that lady also gave ammar sekotak air milo sementara mama dia sibuk bargain and pilih barang :p

 This is the shop where we had most of our shopping at during that night.

 with the lady owner that said...aiyoo u girl very good at talking english arrrr...(dia pening sebenarnya ai duk putar belit sana sini mintak slash down harga hehe sori madam i was just trying out my luck :p)

 So this is the shop at Patong street where it sells cheap tshirt at 100baht each only!!

 my new table cloth :) That lady opened up the price at 1200baht...i bargain n bargain and finally got this at 500baht..satisfied!

 table runner. actually this one was bought the day earlier dekat this one shop i forgot the name already. 190 baht tak silap.

 The same table cloth like mine above but blue in color..for my MIL

 4pcs tshirt of same color n design at 100baht each!

 my blouse aka poncho. That lady letak 350baht...i nego dpt 200baht

another shorter version of table cloth...for my coffee table. this one she puts it at 1000baht kot, lepas bargain dpt 450baht..murah sket from the long one above hihi