あひる温泉別館

As Patong is the most famous and popular town on the island, we cannot ignore there this time.  So shopping at Patong was our plan today.  As I felt a little concern, the town was crowded with so many tourists and lots of bars were open from morning with young Thai girls standing in front of each bar to welcome the tourists.  A bar even had a couple of tiger statues on its roof.  Thai girl -> Ta-i-ga-rl -> Tiger.  You get it?  I have no idea if it was the true reason they put tigers there, but it could be, right!?  So we shopped at a supermarket in a mall and came back with four plastic bags. The mission completed:)

  <-Ahio-san running for shooting sunset photo with his duckie, completely forgotten about me…

Got up at 6:00 and we headed to Phiphi and Khai which are neighbor islands of Phuket.  Yes, unlike the last time, we have a “planned-activity” this time:). The tour took us to those two islands and two snorkeling spots where we can jump into the water from the boat.  Thanks to the sea sick pills “Aneron”, we didn’t feel any dizziness and could enjoy being on the speed boat as well as floating in the water on the whole trip.  The guide was very friendly and taking care of our group well.  He even took a great picture of us.  The only negative side of the tour was islands were too commercialized and too crowded especially Khai.  200 bahts for a mango shake is ridiculous price, I think.  However, after all, it was a good day by being surrounded by some colorful fish and standing on the same beach as L. DiCaprio once did.

Now we are tasting a great moment of peaceful morning.  Ok, it took almost 12h for us to get here, incl. 7h from Tokyo to Bangkok, 2h of transit, 1h from Bangkok to Phuket, and 1h drive from airport to the hotel.  My energy was obviously running out by the time we reached the hotel.  But now nice cool breeze and country music at the pool-side are helping me to recover.

YAY-YAY! This is something I was longing for a looong.   Well, actually since we planned it in early Feb., the time we waited for was just for a month and half, but it felt like a year!!!  So, where we are heading? – To Phuket, Thailand.  After working over 120h in two weeks, we are so ready to eat tons of Mangos and Sum-tam salad as much as we can under nice sunshine and heat.  

Now, we are on our second round of the movie “The Intern” starring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway in the flight to Bangkok.  Though two glasses of wine made me a bit dizzy, I Love the movie:)