April 1st, 2007
The airport in Koh Samui was one of a kind; probably one of the few where the baggage claim, check-in counters, baggage trucks and boutique lounge are all under 1 large hut. After the 45minute flight, we quickly arrived in Phuket, Thailands largest and most visited Island on the Adaman Sea
Dodging all the ‘you need taxi?’ dudes was work at 1st, but once we figured out that metered-taxi was the way to go, we had our eyes set on the yellow and black signs. Our hour long ride took us down to the southern part of the island near Cape Panwa. We checked into the Novatel Panwa Beach Resort and quickly made our game plan for day.
We took the 50 baht hotel shuttle to the old town of Phuket, but to aC’s dismay, many of the local shops and street venders were closed on this late Sunday afternoon. Our driver was quick to notice our concern and quickly offered to show us the Phi Phi Island bound ferry terminal @ Rassada Pier (we mentioned earlier that we were looking for ferry tickets). At the terminal, he hooked us up with this lady selling ferry tickets, but also day trip excursions to Phi Phi Island on the Phi Phi Cruiser. For 1200 Baht/person, we chose the latter and figured even if we did’t have confirmed accommodations yet, we could still enjoy a full day tour for just a few more Bahts….(a we hope this works out).
Mr. Driver then dropped us off at Central Festival, Phuket's premier shopping mall about 20 minutes from our hotel near Cape Panwa. We quickly ran through the 3 floors before making pit stops at Pizza Hut and Tops Market. Yay….finally Pizza, after 2 months of chopsticks pride and noodle/rice fever!!!...and a couple more 6 pax of Singha for 150baht each!
The airport in Koh Samui was one of a kind; probably one of the few where the baggage claim, check-in counters, baggage trucks and boutique lounge are all under 1 large hut. After the 45minute flight, we quickly arrived in Phuket, Thailands largest and most visited Island on the Adaman Sea
Dodging all the ‘you need taxi?’ dudes was work at 1st, but once we figured out that metered-taxi was the way to go, we had our eyes set on the yellow and black signs. Our hour long ride took us down to the southern part of the island near Cape Panwa. We checked into the Novatel Panwa Beach Resort and quickly made our game plan for day.
We took the 50 baht hotel shuttle to the old town of Phuket, but to aC’s dismay, many of the local shops and street venders were closed on this late Sunday afternoon. Our driver was quick to notice our concern and quickly offered to show us the Phi Phi Island bound ferry terminal @ Rassada Pier (we mentioned earlier that we were looking for ferry tickets). At the terminal, he hooked us up with this lady selling ferry tickets, but also day trip excursions to Phi Phi Island on the Phi Phi Cruiser. For 1200 Baht/person, we chose the latter and figured even if we did’t have confirmed accommodations yet, we could still enjoy a full day tour for just a few more Bahts….(a we hope this works out).
Mr. Driver then dropped us off at Central Festival, Phuket's premier shopping mall about 20 minutes from our hotel near Cape Panwa. We quickly ran through the 3 floors before making pit stops at Pizza Hut and Tops Market. Yay….finally Pizza, after 2 months of chopsticks pride and noodle/rice fever!!!...and a couple more 6 pax of Singha for 150baht each!
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