Stonk3r

Phuket Paradise...

Sunset..


The best 4..







I ate insects (cockroach + silkworm).. Yum!




Don't we look cool in sunglasses??



We went trekking during our surface interval




ME!!!

The coral reefs in Similan are so beautiful; it’s like diving in an aquarium. We managed to swim/dive with a lot of marine creatures like MANTA RAYS (about 7 of them in total), octopus, squid, stingrays and a few turtle. There was this once; the turtle came to the back of the boat. BTW, there are more caucasians then thai in Patong. See how commercialized they are.

The trip was awesome. So many things happened but don’t know where to start. Let me see.

Day 1
We reached budget terminal at 5am. Reached Phuket at don’t know what time. Took a van and reached our destination (Patong Beach) at don’t know what time also. Not knowing the place, we decided to just walk and explore the area. Surprisingly, we did not get lost yet found a lot of interesting stuff. That night, I ate insects. Its very nice and tasty, you’ve gotta try it.

Day 2
We had another day of roaming around Patong Beach. The things are all repeated, hence it is getting boring. We gotta get ready by 5pm because our liveaboard van is coming to fetch us. Woohoo! There comes our luxurious diving trip. The boat is super nice and there are only 15 of us.

Day 3 – Day 5
Dive, dive and dive. Awesome. Saw so many things. The most important thing was we saw MANTA RAYS. We dived and snorkel with them. How nice! Another thing that makes the boat so fine and luxurious is the crew service. Everything is served. Before diving, they will help us with our gears, collect our fins and wear them for us. After diving, they will help us out of the water, remove our fins and take out dust cap out. We don’t have to do anything. You can never get such service in Dayang. Oh man! I miss that place

Day 6
Our last day!! I did most of the spending this time. I went to braid my hair, pierce my naval and got some tidbits. Found out that there’s skydiving in Patong, the next time I visit that place, it will be all adventures. Cool!

It is such a fulfilling trip. Feel so blessed and pampered (though I am teased most of the time).

posted by Stonk3r @ 1/22/2007 02:19:00 PM