Today is the day for our island hopping adventure and what an adventure it is! A few minutes before the appointed time, we walked over to the big hotel and waited for our transport. It arrived slightly late which was fine ... then they drove us down to the beach front to pick up a pair of Korean ladies and then reverse on the same road backward to pick up an elderly gentleman ... and without another word, we drove and drove and drove ... until we reached this turn off that looked like a rundown warehouse ...
We were told to get off and there is a dingy area with dirty tables ... the guy told us to sit down at one table ... and everyone did ... but I didn't wanna cramp and moved to another table ... they pointed out the "free coffee n tea" as per our tour itinerary ... a few old cups, a hot water dispenser and some instant coffee n tea bags ... ugh ... do NOT want to get food poisoning yo!
Then after a few more arrivals (cutie alert - 4 China lads who behaved suspiciously G-A-Y) came and sat down at our table ... we were asked to go out friend ... the guy gave out free snorkelling masks ... but said that the fins were chargeable ... and he showed us photos of sea urchins and said where we were going, there are such things and it is cheaper to rent the fins than to pay doctor and he will not be responsible if we get injured ... did he know that the spines of an urchin can go through the fins? I had that incident in Trengganu! What a scamp. He even said if we wish to feed the fish, we need to buy the bread! What a scamp!
Next we went to the first island ... beautiful ... except our tour guide told us the chairs were THB150 ... and that we should all stay in the same area ... we wanted to explore and he kept trailing us all over the small island herding us back ... so annoying!
After that, for our second stop, we didn't even go to an island but stop in the middle of the sea ... can we say it? What a scamp! Of course while the guide went into the sea with some of the guests, the boat chap was nice enough to bring out free bread for tossing into the sea and feeding the fishes
By that time, one of the guests onboard was annoyed and she told the guy time was up and let's move
Predictably, when we reached our final stop, our skinny guide said that here they will provide sandwiches and drinks but told us that we are a "high class tour", do not act cheap and please pay the THB150 for the chairs ... he even said that he can look after our things if we pay rather than we go all over the island ... again the island is so small! This guy is just freaking unbelievable
When we reached the island finally, the foreigner guests who didn't quite understand what he said kept on asking if the chairs were chargeable etc but he avoided answering directly anymore. Such a nasty bastard
Thank goodness all the islands were beautiful and Eye Sac actually sat in the water for this one because there is a shallow safety zone so at least he got to enjoy. Hehehehehe!
After that, we reached back our hotel surprisingly ... traffic was good ... and at around 7:00pm, Eye Sac agreed to try the cultural village. As it was too late for the free transport, we sewa a moto from the neighbour (Jap gal) ... and headed out ... and no regrets there. It was a good time as we coasted along seeing many beautiful scenery until about 20 min later we are at FANTASEA round 2
We ate, took photos ... and was so tempted to shop but the prices?!?!?! Ugh. A T-shirt for RM60?
When we are done, it was not even half past nine. So we hoofed it back stopping at one place to check out the sights and decided to go back to our area, returning motor ... and walking around trying to find a place for drinks ... ending at this mobile bar ... a van parked next to Jungceylon
And that is the end of our adventure in Phuket ... next up? Krabi
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