Pre-wedding Photoshoot - Phuket 18 Jul 09

After breakfast, we took photo outside the hotel's dustbin... hahaha... very werid hor... but if i no say you also dunno that is a dustbin!! we checked out at 11 and place all our luggage in Pat's car..

We went back to Karon beach again but this time, we went to the beach area... the air is much fresher and more windy there but it seems to be quite sunny today... In order to take photo of us, Kai even laid on the sandy ground... her whole shirt was sanded hahaha...

We ate at a mountain area over looking Nai harn Beach. Though it is quite expensive but the atmosphere is very good!!. After makan, we went to a rubber plantation to take some photos... i like it there cos not so sunny and its very plantation look!! the trees there are very 整齐. one row by row... next we went to the end of Nai Harn beach to take photo as well as take in the car... we saw ppl paragliding ... it seem so relax... but think we will take a shorter time to land hahaha...

Actually the Nai Harn Beach is our last stop but ZW feel that his shirt is very smelly so got Pat to drive us to buy some T-shirt... the T-shirt quality is good. We brought it at Phromthep Cape stores... at first we thought it will be more expensive but 140 for that tshirt is ok.

Our last destination the Airport. It took us 45-1hr to reach the airport and in the mid way the whole traffic was stopped for the delegates of dunno what conference to pass through before we can proceed ahead...

Ate Chester grill at the airport... at first we thought we can buy subway in the terminal but they only have it outside... so no choice... But Kai and ZW brought a normal brand ice cream at 190 baht - almost S$8 for 2 pieces!! 杀人放火！

Our flight was delayed for half an hour, Wee Kiat came to fetch us. Sent both Wee Kiat and Kai back before we head back to our home sweet home. Luckily the next day is a Sunday!!

Amount spent in Thai baht:
Lunch - 840
T-shirt - 280
Pat Taxi - 700
Chester grill - 607
Ice cream - 190

Pre-wedding Photoshoot - Phuket 17 Jul 09

Woke up quite early @ 7.30am to dry the shorts and converse shirt.

Then prepare the things to go for photo shoot... today will be a long long day!!!

Ate breakfast then meet Pat ar 9.10am at lobby. At first he took us to elephant trekking.


The baby elephant was so funny, he will see us coming with the bananas then he grab the bananas from your hands. the elephant ride was very expensive - 900 per pax. i bargained from 1000 to 900 baht. i thought of going down further but the shop owner told us how pitiful the elephants were and their maintenance fee... make me feel very bad so we agreed on 900. But after thinking over... the 900 how much is being used for he elephant?? most probably they will pocket most of it ...
i think they thought Kai and I will take one elephant and Zw to take the other one... but like this how to take photos?? So Kai took the 1st elephant and both of us in the 2nd elephant... The elephant 好可怜. hahaha... the ride up the trek was very adventurous for both of us and the elephant... Cos the trek is quite steep, we thought the chair will topple over.. so we hold on to both side very very tightly... 好生不如死啊. then i started talking to the elephant and make friend with him and i named him DUMBO hahaha... people see us like we siao like that... Kai's elephant was pooing all over... not toilet train.. hahaha... DUMBO better.. will walk to one side poo... but he is very 贪吃 walk a bit then will eat the grass... By the time DUMBO is back to his shop, he was like panting liao... hahaha... We didn't take much photos as Kai wasn't able to stablise her camera, we did took some using our camera.

Then went to Karon beach. We changed money and brought some drinks there... the beach there is quieter. Then go up to Karon Viewpoint. it overlooks quite a few beaches. We took a few photos at the staircase as well as some of the points. We wanted to take at a certain angle but always got ppl around... so disrupting... but can't get the feel so we didn't take liao...

Next is Rawai beach. heard from taxi uncle that this place quite ok but reached there... there's nothing!! only boats... NOT NICE!! but we managed to take photos at one of its bar - Chocolate Bar... we brought some drinks from them and we took picture in its bar... but some of the drinks already expired... hai... no wonder no ppl at his place la... luckily we got see the expiry date. Went back to change and took some pictures with a boat then left. Kai sat in front cos if there is any place she want to take she can tell Pat to stop.

Pat brought us to Phuket shooting range but there's nothings for us to shoot.. so we left without going for any program... he wanted us to go for the snake show... but snake got what thing to see. next is lunch. he brought us to a place near the Phuket Zoo for makan... the makan there not nice and expensive!! maybe he can get commission for it which is why he keep on asking us to go to these type of places....

The places that we were brought to are not so good for photo shoot so... we talked to him telling him that we wanted to take photo - no shopping no show... but he is also quite pitiful.. only going for these type of places then he can get more money, more discount in petrol. so we told him we will go to a cashew nut factory to buy things then after need to bring us to places that is good for photo taking liao.. At the cashew nut factory, kai brought a lot!! hahaha i think she spent 1000 plus ba... me only brought a few packs of banana chips, ikan billies etc. Pat stopped by a petrol station to pump petrol... It is almost 300 baht imagine our whole day fare was just 600...

Finally Pat know what we wanted so he brought us to a Thai house... It is really nice... think some of it is still not taken up so we went to the balcony to take some. then there is a small car there.. some we took photos there too... but its fun... cos i am seated on the chair (relax) and Zhiwei is there jumping away (very siong).. hahaha.. luckily there is no traffic accident... hahaha.. Really.. only when you are not in SG then you can do a lot of crazy things...

We went back to karon beach to walk around and Kai brought a hat. We walked through the pub area and took some photos there... Next is Phromthep Cape to see sunset!!! Had a terrible experience in the toilet there... there were a group of tourist they went in the ladies together and made it very very crowd... they just push around... normally we will queue up to go into the toilet... they went straight past you and waited at other cubicle. so fed up with them.. had to squeeze through them However the weather isn't that good... can't see the sunset.. but its very windy and the sea there very beautiful!! Very soothing... but a lot of ppl... there is a slope going further down the hill... but too dangerous liao so we stay up in the hill... We waited around 1 hour plus.. not much signs of being able to see the sunset, we took a few photos and proceed to another area to take... there is a road where there are not so many ppl walking... we took some photos there barefeet.. (so eager to see these few photo) then went to a 街头艺术表演者 to take photo as well..

After that Pat brought us to the shopping mall, Jungceylon, in Patong. We went to food court for dinner but also quite expensive... 3 person with 4 main course 370 baht.. On the way back to back hotel, we stopped by a T-shirt vendor - kai brought 12 T-shirts from them.. but still no discount... we didn't buy any.. After that we walked passed by a massage shop, Emotions. The massage is very good at least for mine. so relax... so reluctantly we walked back to hotel after massage. It was quite close to our hotel!! next time must GO!!

We slept very soundly...

Amount spent in Thai baht:

Baby elephant food - 100
Elephant ride - 1800 + 100 tips
Lunch - 840
Cashew Nut - 320
Dinner at Jungceylon - 370
Medicine - 560
Massage - 800 + 120 tips
Pat taxi - 600 + 200 tips

Pre-wedding Photoshoot - Phuket 16 Jul 09

Met Kai at airport and ate at staff canteen. We went in the plane quite late. In the plane we ordered chicken lasagne & green tea.

At the Phuket airport, there were a lot of ppl outside holding signage for transportation to Patong and other areas. Have to push through the whole lot of ppl to go to the taxi stand outside. The cab that we hired though the airport cab system have to stop at a shop that sells tour package. We declined as the package was quite expensive.

My impression on Deevana -

• the atmosphere is quite good
• the bellboys were friendly
• served welome drink when reached.
• we were ask to be seated while they are processing our check in
• their receptionist came to the area that we were seated to brief us
• upgraded our room from standard room to superior room and its connecting room
• but had to walked quite far as it is towards the end of the hotel and the canal that is in front of the room is quite smelly.. luckily it didn't 'float' into our rooms.
• the layout of the room is quite big and it has balcony that's facing the swimming pool
• we were amazed by them using towels to make a elephant - its so cute!! cos we have 2 rooms so we put both together and to make it more cute, we placed our spectacles on them and place a orchid on one of them
• there's a umbrella in every room and its quite big.
• the breakfast that we had the few days were quite ok. only a few changes to the dishes

Me and Kai will take the twin bedded room whereas Zhiwei will take the double room. After taking some shots in the room, we went out for makan. There are a lot of currency changer at patong, you walked a few steps there will be one exchange and the rates are quite different. there is a small hawker outside. Ordered squid, seabass, brocoli, tomyam, pork with cashew nut, pineapple rice, heineken, fruit shake and mango shake. then after that we walked to Patong beach. we took refuge at Aspery hotel (Alda introduced this to us) as it started to rain heavily. The ppl there were quite friendly. they didn't chase us away, they even offer us a seat. its very closed to Patong

Luckily its just passing rain. No wonder the period from Apr - Oct is low season and the rooms are very very cheap. Then we walked to patong beach to take a few shots. were jumping and jumping!! hahaha... we realised Kai's shoes were not that suitable for beaches so we went around looking for shoes. The shops along the Patong beaches are selling almost the same things. there are quite a few cafes which have very good layout and furnishing. We took a sip at Lim Han cafe. Its a small cafe beside the beach TOILET!! hahaha.. you ask me why we choose there? too tired to find other cafes liao... hahahah... Then brought the pork sumurai burger from Mcdonald's. Realised that the signage of Mcdonald is black not the usual yellow that we see in SG.

Took tuk tuk back to hotel. but he ka tok us!!! 100 bht to go back to hotel. very expensive. However the driver Mr Pat, 081 - 7372308, is quite friendly so we booked him for whole day for our few days there.

Next MASSAGE!!!! How can come to Thailand without a massage!!!

We went to a shop nearby for our Massage and we took 2 hours!! Body and foot massage!! SHOIK!! hahaha... Even bargain with them on the price of the massage as we took 2 hours. But in the end will give back in tips cos the person massaging for us usually get the least amount so have to give to them in tips form lo...

Went back to hotel for a bath then sleep... but can't get to sleep... dunno why, the tsunami's event kept running in my mind - i was thinking what is the sound if the tsunami alert rung, where do they go?? can't get it off my mind, so i went over to ZW room to sleep since its connecting room, we open the connecting door... think he see me coming over he also shock hahaha... Maybe i'm not used to sleeping alone in an unfamiliar place ba... but luckily in his arms, i managed to catch some sleep otherwise the next day i take photo no prettty pretty liao hahaha...

Amount spent in baht:
Makan @ plane - 140
Airport to hotel - 450
Makan - 1190
Lim han cafe - 160
Tuk tuk back to hotel - 100
Massage - 1120