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A taste of Pad Thai
From Penang, Malaysia Joe and I were headed to Phuket in Thailand via yet another mini bus. We encountered another interesting experience at the Malaysia Thailand border but thankfully this time not involving us. Joe and I had finished our immigration through to Thailand and were waiting back on the mini bus. We were waiting for quite some time but …
Stressful travel day ends well
... so I get there with plenty of time and make my way to the sales counter. Turns out I only had like $30 worth of Malaysian ringgot so I wanted to pay with my card. "Sorry sir, your card has a microchip so we cannot take it!" With this day is one challenge after another. I couldn't find anywhere to exchange currency. Instead I find an ATM and was actually able to pull out money. Hooray! I book the ticket and drop off my bag to be checked before grabbing a chicken wrap and ...
Patong Beach (Phuket, Thailand) during Songkran
... of Bali in Indonesia. We had bought cheap (around $100) tickets from Air Asia months earlier, directly from Phuket to Denpasar, the only catch was that the flight left at 6:30 AM. The night before we had arranged for a taxi to pick us up from our hotel at 4:00 AM (for 650 baht) and it showed up only 10 minutes late, which gave us plenty of extra time. Surprisingly we didn’t have to pay any form of departure tax, which I expected to cost 700 baht ...
A relaxant day on the beach
... all kinds, from parsley to brocoletti, with bamboo shoots, other strange but tasty herbs to add in the pot.
I even drank the water served with ice, so I did all the vaccinations and then I experience a bowel strong that it affected only to return home for the major change in temperature. In short, we must make antibodies sooner or later.
I spent a beautiful day at the beach. I have traveled throughout its length of about 5 km, running for ...
Crazy
... before our flight flew by.
It was only a forty minute flight from Ko Samui to Phuket – it took more in the taxi to the airport to our hotel than the actual flight. So it was around eight o clock before we got to our room. And boy what a room – we have a room which has direct access to the pool. We went out for food to the nearest mall – and then went to bed for hopefully a good night’s sleep – after our long day of ...
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Amenities
- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Room service
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Free parking