the journey

the second day in phuket, i went to phang nga bay that is famous of its james bond island.. it is a small island located in the north of phuket and a former movie scene of james bond’s ‘the man with the golden gun’.. it took about one and half hour driving from patong beach.. along the way we dropped by a cave of budha where there was a giant budha statue lying on his side back.. then we had boat-ride to the island, there’re lots of tourists already in the island besides the souvenir stallers persuasively offering many kinds of souvenirs, most of them imitated pearls.. next to island, we dropped by a small floating moslem village (i forget the name) where we had our lunch, a simple but scrumptious meals.. i went down to the village areas where there were again souvenirs sold from the native houses.. this a very unique place because there are actually no land, the houses are built above the sea.. after lunch and sightseeing, we went back to phuket, stopping two times: in hazel nut factory and jewelry house, i guess they are part of the sponsors of the tour.. 3 indian continued to elephant-ride trip.. i ended arrving in patong resort hotel at around 5pm.. i came to realize that our group of travellers come form 5 different countries and 5 different religions: 2 from uk, christian; 3 from india, hindu; 1 from china, budha; 2 from israel, jewish; and 1 from indonesia, moslem.. isn’t that co-incidence?.. after sholat, i went to patong beach and have my swimming by the beach, so peaceful and relaxing.. i enjoyed every minute of it..

it’s one of the best shows to attend in phuket.. a complete attraction that involves elephants and other animals, cultural dances, musical stage show and slapsticks..marvelous!!.. one stop areas located on kamala beach, just 9 kms from patong, complete with restaurants and souvenir shops, fantasea is said to be best attraction in thailand and won thailand tourism award.. it has las vegas-style performance showing spectacular 4-D effects, aerial ballet, acrobatics, pyrotechnics, exciting stunts and all blended with thai cultural dances and folk tales.. it’s ways ahead of 3-D magic fountain show in sentosa island or ramayana tale in prambanan.. there’s also golden kinnaree buffet restaurant that serves thai food and the tom yan soup is fantastic.. it’s worth-visit and i’m so satisfied..

yes, it’s highly recommended to go to phuket.. patong beach is more like kuta beach in bali but it’s cleaner.. beach activities include parasailing, sunbathing, surfing, swimming, water-skiing, sun-bathing, massaging and tattoing.. there are stores and outlets along the sidewalk, souvenir stores, motor for rent, tuk-tuk for rent, eating places, entertainment centres, convinience stores, thai boxing arenas, thai massage, country-related restaurants, money changers, internet cafes, hotels, rooms for rent.. it’s a complete place to hang-out..

i’ll be in phuket this weekend.. everything is settled.. here’s the itinerary: manila-singapore with singapore airline total USD381.29 singapore-phuket with tiger airway, staying in patong resort, 4days 3nights air package total SGD609 .. looks like it’s a well-planned, hopefully everything turns out to be successful as before..