This is long overdue so think i shall get down to it. In January the awesome foursome decided to vacay in Phuket.. actually it was supp to be just me n the coupling but after some persuasion and financial planning shola decided she could join us as well. PERFECT! We left on thursday 8th Jan and came back on Sunday 11th.
Although this trip was a long time in the making everything was finalised only on 31st of December, thats when we booked our tickets and accomodation. When i say everything i mean evertyhing for me shawn n mal, sho only confirmed her attendance literally the day b4 the trip im not kidding. I managed to find this bloody gorgeous villa, 2 bedrooms with our own private pool for $270 per night! We booked the 2 bedroom one even b4 we knew sho was coming so when she finally did finalise things we didnt have to change anything. It was nice how everything kinda fell into place.

We reached Phuket at 11am on Thursday. Before the trip i did some research on nice places to see and came across Phi Phi Island. It looked damn bloody gorgeous from the pictures and i was so super stoked to go there. At the airport itself there were a couple of tour groups selling tours to Phi Phi so i obviously jumped at the chance and managed to convince the rest to get on board. Our first ten mins in Phuket and we each had already spent 1200 bhat (arnd $50 sing) thanks to me :) Then we made our way to our pre-arranged transport to the villa. It was abit of a drive.. around half hour.. i was abit stressed about how the villa would actually look. It looked really nice in pictures but, u know the wonders of photoshop. I must say we werent disappointed.. and thats an understatment. As we walked into the villa we were all like "oh.my.god." The place is seriously GORGEOUS. Just like in the pictures. AND OUR OWN POOL!!!! Needless to say it didnt take us long to strip down to our swimwear and jump in. damnnnn bloody shiok. We got some lunch from room service, went grocery shopping and got a whole lotta junk, came back and crashed for awhile, went Horseback Riding, came back to the villa, got changed,then went for dinner at this pretty little italian place down the road. The food was absolutely amazing! Best bruschetta ive ever eaten in my entire life. We had two servings of bruschetta, a main each, a glass of wine each and complimentary alcohol shots for like $15 per person? Why are we not living in phuket!?! Sho didnt join us cuz she was a lil under the weather so when we got back i filled her in on the happenings and the two of us sat by the pool and just bitched and gossiped for an hour then decided to call it a night. I had slept maybe 7 hours in the last two days so i was quite proud that i actually had energy to do all those things on Day 1 and happy that some much needed sleep was on the way. I think i slept off once my head hit the pillow :)

DAY TWO!

Woke up at 9 for brekkie. The staff at the villa came to our villa to personally cook us breakfast! Can u believe that. We had eggs,toast and sausages. After a few nibbles we decided to go for another swim.. i think we spent like half our holiday in that pool. At around 12pm we decided to explore the touristy areas like Patong beach and after quite a bit of walking we managed to find a tuktuk to take us. Patong is about 20mins from where we were and i must say the tuktuk rides arent for those who are easily prone to motion sickness. The bumpiness of the road coupled with the seating postion is one disastrous formula for some projectile. When we got to Patong beach the first thing we saw were jet skis.. so exciting!! We did some jet skiing, beers on the beach, massage on the beach, sho had a go at parasailing (she was a bit drunk too btw) and decided to call it a very productive day at 6p.m. Tuktuk-ed back to the villa and since we hadnt had lunch (too caught up in all the fun n we forgot to eat) we were all famished. Usually the villa provides a shuttle bus for guests who want to explore the surroundings but the driver had already gone home so we were left to find our own means of transport. Sho wasnt planning on joining us so mal shawn and i decided to walk out to the main road and explore the restaurants nearby. Unfortunately.. the villa was located deep inside some dark ulu area, it was 7ish and the skies were dark plus no street lights so you can imagine how ulu this place is.. and maybe 5 mins into our walk out, a stray dog started barking abit suspiciously at us. That was quite a scary moment, shawn was like, "ok slowly turn around and start walking back, slowly, dont run". Bloody hell i was shaking like crazy.. luckily the dog didnt attack us or anything but that incident ruled out the option of walking to civilisation. So there we were in a strange land with no means of getting out, no idea what number to call for a cab, reception wasnt picking up our calls either so we couldnt ask them for help.. was a liitle frustrating. Finally shawn the genius googled this restaurant (Rum Jungle) we saw earlier that day, got their number from the internet, called them, explained our situation and said we'd like to have dinner there but didnt have any means of transport and managed to get one of the staff to come pick us up! Brilliant la Shawn Dass. And sho decided she was up for joining us.. so commeneced the first awesome fourseome dinner in phuket. Food at rum jungle was pretty decent too.. at least i liked it. We got a tuktuk to send us back to our villa.. which really is like a 7 min walk from the restaurant but we were all too scared to walk after the earlier incident. Day 2.. pretty eventful.. im really loving phuket.

Day 3 - PHI PHI ISLAND DAY!!! I woke up literally jumping out of bed in excitment.. Phi Phi Island is where some scenes from the movie "The Beach" was shot. We got our packed breakfasts ( strawberry yoghurt, a bun and some fruit nothing impressive actually) and our transport came to get us at 7am. We got to the pier at 8 and boarded the ferry.. the journey to Phi Phi was quite long.. 2 hours if im not wrong. After an hour and a half we switched to a smaller ferry.. and went open sea snorkelling!! it was sooooooo fun.. Initially it was abit scary cuz we were really in the middle of the sea but we had our life jackets on and also the snorkelling masks werent of very good quality i think and salt water kept goin into my mouth which was really gross.. oh and not forgetting mal and i like action hero only decided to get flippers.. and once we were in the water we were like how the heckkkkk do u swim with these on hahaha it was hilarious. I got rid of mine after 5 mins but mal decided to keep hers on cuz of her "there's something lurking in the water" phobia haha :) It was the best experience ever.. using the snorkelling masks i put my head underwater and saw all the pretty tiny little fish and the corals.. and saw how far down the sea actually goes... it goes realllllyyyyy deep deep down. We were in the middle of the deep blue sea guys! Beat that. After that we finally got to Phi Phi, had some lunch (part of the package but really really quite crappy) then had our free and easy time.

Phi Phi beach.. oh my god i want to live there. Im not kidding.. i really want to spend the rest of my life there! ITS BEYOND GORGEOUS. I was practically running to the beach.. the rest were walking behind.. and then they decide they wanted to go shopping! I was like "HEH??" hahah its ok i was quite happy walking around on my own.. the water is a gorgeous shade of blue-green and crystal clear so you can see the tiny fishes swimming and everything.. and its shallow for miles!! I was in the water walking and walking for like 15 minutes.. and the highest the water level got was up to my knees.. ahhh just talking about it now is making me miss that place like majorly. Its really the most beautiful place ive been to. Actually the display picture on my blog, that's Phi Phi! LOVES IT! Unfortunately as badly as i wanted to set up camp there, we had to leave so we made our way back to our ferry for the two hour trip back to phuket.

Once back in our villas we decided to be proactive about dinner plans so that we wouldnt be stranded like the night before and got the reception to book us a cab. The guy that came to pick us up, was more like a car service guy.. like one of those chauffered transports.. and he was cute! Haha ;) He recommended this restaurant that was at one of the nearby hotels, Le Meridien, so we decided to go along with that. And we didnt regret it one bit. Its practically a 5 star restaurant, perched on a cliff, overlooking the sea. I was a lil bit paranoid about the whole tsunami thing but i didnt let that get to me. Oh and the most annoying part is my stupid camera died! I forgot to charge the battery! And shawn and sho didnt bring their cameras cuz they were relying on mine! Dammit la. It was such a gorgeous restaurant.. i was using my phone like old school times.. better than nothing i suppose. We feasted like pigs! Got tom yum soup, green curry, pineapple rice,phad thai, thai fish cakes, spring rolls and dessert! We paid $50 each which i still think is pretty darn worth it for the ambience,view, quality and quantity of food. Happy and full we waited for our cute transport guy to come get us, went back to our villa and decided to start packing since sadly, we were leaving the next morning :( Of course we had to use our beloved pool one last time.. was freezing but wat the heck haha. Sho and i did our routine night time gossip session till around 1 or 2 in the morning then decided to call it a night.

Day 4 - LEAVING PHUKET! :( what can i say.. we woke up.. all sad to leave.. got our unimpressive packed brekkies and said goodbye to the gorgeous villa. Our flight was at 9 or 10 in the morning so straight to the airport it was. Decided to ditch our packed breakfasts and pig out at the burger king in the airport instead. I dunno about the rest but i was in some major grumpy mood that my holiday had come to an end n very soon my life would be back to normal.. i was seriously in a foul mood the whole of sunday. We got back to Singapore before noon.. and the end. For now. I cant wait to go back! Soon hopefully.

P.S i had shit loads of work when i got back on Monday and had major withdrawal symptoms from phuket and my roomies. If only i was a tai tai. If only i cud just pack up and ship of to some other country! This was 4 mths ago.. guys i think its time for another trip, what say you? :D