Thailand Last Day

Here's to Thailand! Here's to our first overseas trip together! Here's to the Mangosteen resort for being over the top fantastic every single day we were there. This was such a great trip. I can't wait to go back. We had the best time, no food poisonings, no drink spiking, none of our things were stolen. Sometimes people overthink trips to "unsafe" places and sometimes it even turns them off their trip altogether. Thailand is an amazing place. Even though when we were there, there was political turmoil up north everything was still fine. The biggest tip I can give is just to be smart. That sounds so simple and silly but it is what will get you home in one piece. I always see people posting photos of these amazing cocktails and bragging about how cheap drinks are in Thailand, there is a reason they are so cheap. Drink bottled and avoid ice. If you are going to Thailand, be smart and stay safe. It is an incredibly beautiful place.

This was the room we got to stay in for a whole week! We felt like royalty. And yes that is an outdoor rain shower.

We spent our last day chilling by the pool. We checked out in the morning and were allowed to hang out, eat breakfast, lunch, swim in the pool all day. We were even given a room to shower in before we left. If you want to go to Thailand to relax and have your every need catered to, I highly recommend this resort. It cost about $10 to get to Kata Beach, $15 to Patong, it's a little far away from the hustle and bustle but it's worth it. We found out about this place through groupon, so check there frequently for amazing deals like our one.

Sadly it had to come to an end. The trip home was the worst flight I have ever been on in my life. I had taken sleeping pills because I can't sleep, let alone on planes. I was just drifting off to sleep when the smelly man in front of me started to mow his lawn. His snoring was so loud. Everyone else on the plane was asleep at this point. I didn't get it. How could they have slept when there was a jackhammer in front of me? I may have kicked his chair a few times, hoping he would roll in a certain way that would make him not snore as loud, or that he would wake up long enough for me to fall asleep. But he didn't. I spent that whole night on the plane awake. I broke down crying at one point because my body just couldn't take it. But you know what, it's in the past. I will never see that awful smelly man again. And I don't think I will ever fly overnight again, unless it is 100% necessary. 

After the flight we picked up our duty free. A big and a small skull vodka, Canadian Club, Vodka and Luke got some things too. I also picked up a bag of Hershey's Kisses which are actually all gone now.. 

All in all, Thailand was amazing. If you have any questions message me here and I will try to help you out. For now here are some things you should do and places you should go if you are planning a trip there.

Thailand Checklist

Phi Phi Islands

Cuddle a baby tiger

Snorkel 

Haggle on Bangla Road

Eat a street crepe (mango omg)

Ride an elephant

Get kissed by a baby elephant

Eat at The Naughty Raddish

Detox Juice at above ^

Have a fish pedicure

Get hair braided

Get a Henna tattoo (or 2)

Drink coconuts endlessly

Go to a Ping Pong show

Dinosaur Putt Putt

Swim in the ridiculously warm water

Laze around on a beach chair

Party in a very loud Tuk Tuk

Eat at Mom Tri's Kitchen

Watch the sunset at Promthep Cape

See the Big Buddha

Go to any temple

Similan Islands if you can

Let off a lantern into the sunset

erica

Thailand Patong

Our last full day in Thailand started at the Naughty Raddish in Patong. This is an absolute MUST for breakfast, brunch or lunch. The wraps are exquisite. You basically choose a salad or a wrap, and then you pick your insides and your sauces, it's basically subway but actually nice. I went with satay dressing, best decision you can make. But in all seriousness, go here if you want a nice and healthy juice and breakfast to refresh your body from the night before. The detox juice is the best I've ever had!

I have the biggest fascination with McDonald's in other countries. I always love to see the little differences, even if it's just one item different. I will never forget the curly fries and dipping sauce I had in Prague. Didn't actually try it, but thought this bubble drink looked pretty interesting. 

Have a read, you won't regret it. 

Our last full day in Thailand was spent shopping on Bangla road. We decided to take a little break from getting yelled at in the street and had our feet eaten by tiny fish. I have had this before in Camden Markets London, but it was still fun to share with Luke.

It's pretty great. Who doesn't love having their feet nibbled on by little fish?

Our shopping included: 2 pairs of "Nikes", 4 shirts, a couple of "Phuket" boardies (you know the ones), soap that came in the shape of a mango, multiple little buddha figurines, endless bracelets and anklets, including a yin yang one that I am completely obsessed with and a really cute elephant bag.

Haggling is so much fun. It is actually so much fun to just access this completely shut off side of yourself. You become rude, you play hard ball, you get them as low as they can go and if it's not low enough you just walk out in to the next shop which will have the same product. I do not like being yelled at. We got stuck in one street at one point which we thought was a through road but instead ended on the entrance of a hotel (would be hell staying at that hotel). Literally every single person yelled at us, grabbed us, held clothes up against our bodies, spoke in Australian accents, that one threw me off a little, but after about 2 minutes it was just incredibly annoying. 

Also remember to always keep your back close to you. If you are a guy, keep everything in your front pockets. Pick pocketing is cray cray over there. We were lucky, but in saying that, we were also extremely careful.

Mango street crepes. Any street crepes is a MUST. They are amazing!

I decided to really go all out tourist, I braided my hair and Luke and I got henna tattoos, one of which was matching. I copied his elephant because it was adorable, and this trip had made me so completely obsessed with those loveable giants. 

One of the bars in Thailand, I think the name has tiger in it, I can't be completely sure though.

After our day of shopping we went back to the hotel dropped off our things and went to the Dino Park for some mini golf at dusk.

The elephant.

All henna'd up. Also if you would like to know Luke won at mini golf. I am awful at most things sporty, but I had fun.

We ate dinner across the road at this really nice steak house. I lost my mind when we looked across the road and saw the smallest baby elephant I had ever seen in my entire life.

Look at his little mouth!!

And his little ears!!

He had all this bristly fur on his head and his back.

I can't even. I have never been more obsessed with an animal then I was with this elephant (maybe my dog), I could not stop looking at it.

That smile!!

I got kissed by a baby elephant!!

I convinced Luke that we needed to go back to Bangla Road, it was our last night in Thailand and we should make the most of it. We walked up and down that strip so many times that night, I actually had so much fun. We took a video of the walk one time, Luke and I got asked 28 times if we wanted to see a ping pong show.. 

A ladyboy that had it's "boy" removed, Luke checked. Look at that concerned face, he is mortified. 

Oh Bangla Road, how I will miss your craziness, but definitely not your smell. 

Collective polaroids from the trip. We spent the rest of the night drinking Singha's and playing with the friendly stray cat, and of course still trying to come to terms with the fact that we were in this incredible resort in THAILAND!

erica

Thailand Kata

For those who are still sticking with me after it has taken this ridiculously long to post about my trip to Thailand, thankyou and I am so sorry. There are two more left after this and I pinky swear they will be up in the next week. Life has just been a bit hectic lately and it has been hard for me to delegate time to just write. If you were wondering what I am doing at the moment, I am in the final stretch of my Philosophy University Short Course, which I have completed all my essays for (with pretty good marks if I do say so myself) and now just have the final exam to ace on the day of my 21st party! On top of this I also have my Fashion course at the Fashion Institute to complete, which basically translates in to 4 very time consuming assignments to complete. And at the same time I am juggling two jobs, the job I have been at for a while now Gloria Jeans, and I am currently in the process of transferring from Home Shop dep at Woolworths Miranda to checkout chick at Menai, this is a big and awesome thing for me. That's just a little update on the time consuming junk I have been doing with my life. 

Monday in Thailand, Luke and I decided to check out one of the beaches we drove past almost every day, Kata Beach.

We had breakfast at a strange little Russian cafe, which I chose because it had russian style pickles which I love. I had to actually ask for the Russian menu because they only gave us the english speaking plain jane menu. After our average breakfast we headed down to the beach to relax like we'd never relaxed before. At first we were seated on these two chairs that were at the back of the beach and in shade under the trees. When I went for a swim I noticed a couple have their chairs moved right next to the water, so we decided to do that too. 

Endless coconuts, Game of Thones, what could be better?

This is where we were sitting! We had such an amazing day at the beach. I will never get over how beautiful and warm the water always is. One part that was a bit freaky were the jellyfish in the water. I had been swimming happily unaware until a tourist pointed one out, and then they were everywhere. I guess my one word of advice would be, don't think about the jellyfish. Ignorance is bliss. 

Obsessed with the cuteness of these umbrellas. 

For our late lunch we jumped in the back of a tuk tuk and headed to Mom Tri's Kitchen.

If you go anywhere in Thailand for lunch, make sure that it's here. This hidden gem is just incredible. We rocked up, a couple of wet and sandy beach bums in this well posh place. I was basically just wearing my bikini with a fishing net of crochet on top and they didn't care. The service was amazing, I felt so rich, and it wasn't even expensive! And even if the food tasted awful (which it didn't) you can't argue with complementary bread and dip!

I think our entrees were along the lines of satay sticks and I am at a loss for what else we had. Either way we were way too hungry to photograph it, my apologies. But for the main I had soft shell crab and papaya salad which I had been dying to have. Word of advice, it's crazy chilli spicy. Those green bits are chilli and actually induced pain and a little bit of crying when eaten, or maybe I am just a sook. But this dish was amazing, by far best soft shell crab I have ever eaten and the papaya was amazing when I ate around the green chilli pieces of death.

Look Right

Look left

Just being heaps fancy and what not.

Just having fun in the back of a Tuk Tuk whilst raving to asian hardstyles on our way to watch the sunset at Promthep Cape.

This is an absolute MUST for any human travelling to Phuket. Make sure you get there earlier then we did to make sure you get a good spot.

This sunset wasn't as spectacular as the sunset we saw on Friday night, but it was still pretty incredible. I just wish I could have come here again.

Some kind people actually moved and let us sit here to watch the actual sun setting. It was such a beautiful moment. I'm so glad I got to share this with you Luke.

The elephant temple/ shrine at the top of the hill.

For the life of me I cannot remember where we went or what we ate after this. All I remember was walking down the stairs, going in to the gift shop. Buying my friends some silly mementoes and eating a purple jelly paddlepop, the ones we used to have in primary school until they got banned because kids would eat them until the point they were completely jelly and battle eachother with them. 

One and a half more days to go!!

erica