On our first day in phuket, after taking a dip in our pool and grocery shopping the four of us came back to our villa all buggered out. Sho and i passed out on the couch within 5 mins heh.. i kinda assumed that mal n shawn wud do the same but noooooo malibu had other plans. Ever since she heard there was a place near our villa where we could go to for Horseback Riding she was talking about it nonstop pretty much haha. Although i was damn tired from the flight n lack of sleep etc i was determined to make the most of my trip so i decided to join the two. Sho the brave one stayed behind to catch up on beauty sleep. I changed into more appropriate Horseback riding gear (apparently u have to wear longish pants/jeans, and i was wearing a sarong haha) and we called for the nice obliging shuttlebus driverboy to drive us there. I've never been horseback riding and i was a little nervous mostly cuz this shola was goin on abt how that christopher reeves (or howeva u spell his name) Superman fella got thrown of his horse and was paralyzed blah blah.. but im glad to report that nothing of sorts happened :)

I cant remember how much we paid.. but it was pretty reasonable according to mal, our horseback riding expert. It was for an hour and we took this jungle trail, we had two guides accompanying us on foot and they gave us a crash course in horseback riding 101 like how to tug on the reins to instruct the horse to go left or right and stuff. The guide asked me if i wanted the horse to go faster at one point and i thought why not.. so off we went.. it was a little scary la cuz it was kinda bumpy and i was a bit scared that i'd fall off but i just clung on tight and enjoyed the ride. Got abit of the local phuket scene.. saw how the locals lived.. saw a bunch of kids playing in the fields.. I was really glad to have pushed my fatigue to one corner of my brain and joined the two.. horseback riding was heaps of fun! Although the next day shawn and i woke up to very painful bums hahah.. not mal though, our seasoned rider. But it was still worth it :)