Experiencing the land of thousand smiles: Part 1

Year 2009, 7th Jan... me, smurf(json), king(shawn) and roge(terry from xiaohaibuben) went to Thailand for the so called backpacking trip when its actually a holidae lol:)
There were basically 3 parts to the trip, Phuket(Patong), Phuket(Phiphi) and Bangkok
I'll try to log 1 part per day... and hopefully upload pics soon (some with me, some with shawn) Before starting, some info...
1SGD is around 23.5Baht... so 1000B is arnd 42.5sing
X-men is the how we call the tranz people in thai
Our trip is 80% free and easy
We onli noe how to say 2 thai phrases sawadikarp (Hi) and kopkumkarp (Thankyou)

Day 1

Streets of Patong

We met up at smurfs' hse in the morning to recheck everything and do last minute packing... Upload and synchro psp/nds games. Plane is arnd 1+ if im not wrong, so we touched down at phuket at arnd 2 to 3pm. Air Asia is not that bad, service is gd, its clean and on time... The landing wz quite smooth too.

We met our guide (supposed to fetch us de)... a guy named udom aka Rambo. He said he was once a muaythai boxer nicknamed Rambo... quit for a couple of years, married with a child and now a tour guide. Skinny and friendly person, brought us around to some 'land tour destinations'. 1st was some gem factory wer he said jus go there hav the free drink... then oso some retarded place to have seafood wen it wz actually 'dried seafood' (dried cuttle fish, fish floss and stuffs)... knn tio scammed. He also prepare some programmes for us, the phi phi cruise on the 3rd dae and ATV the next day... Actually got 7 land activities but we chose onli 1. There wz horse riding (boring), ATV (nv try b4), elephant ride (total scam), Bungee (no $$, 2000B per jump!), Shooting with real guns (we expect it to be cheaper in phiphi so nv go), Paintball (play b4 le and its quite ex), GO kart (go genting oso can play lol)...

Hotel at Phuket, Patong iz called Beach House Hotel, very cosy, very comfy, service is 4star. Dun have the habit of taking pics of hotel room so jus go on9 to find how it looks like. Sadly, its at Patong, famous for many many angmors, like almost 90% of the population in this area. This means bad news coz everything de price sky high lol. Go gaigai after unpacking and changing near the town area.Roge kept buying coconut wich is arnd 30B for the small 1 and 40B for the large 1, its like his remedy for his 'i think im ill' syndrome. Explore the streets, got lots of locals and wth... indians, selling goods ranging from shirts, pirated dvds, food and blingblings. Oso got freaking lots of food vendors and massage shops. Theres this road called Bangla road closed to vehicles and opened for pedestrians. Full of angmohs, bars, shops and x-men.

Had a ripped off dinner at a restaurant called Linda's Restaurant. The owner is a thai named Linda(Duh) married to a Swedish guy who oso owned a bar at Bangla road (We tried locating it after dinner but failed). Had Padthai, a thai style fried noodle meat of ur choice to go with it, Cant sae if its worth the money then till we had more padthai the nex few days. Meal iz arnd 200B including Drinks, quite Ex, coz the area is angmornized. Visited Jungceylon, a angmornized Giant mall, got lots of inflated shit. Smurf waz half naked that time and tot he cant enter the mall, the security guard saluted as we walked in and... we saw quite a few angmor oso topless walking anrd (No topless females la!) Walk somemore b4 goin to tis supermarket near our hotel. Got some chips and beer. Beer was ZOMGingly cheeeeeeeaaaaaapppp lawl! 32-50B!!! In short everyting oso Cheap dao... There waz tis instant porridge wich rox lol. Got pork and chicken flavored de chok. Sleaze at hotel's very mini pool with chips n beer. On the way back wuz fkin funny, smurf got pinched at the arm by some massage lady (mayb a x-men) and roge tio Hug LAWL!!! Me n shawn jus siam asap to avoid the toutin zone. Got my shades for a shit price, damn, should bargain for lower...

Day 2

Bompe bompe ride

Eat Cheap at Food court

King prawns roar!

Roge with his prawn

Unsatisfied customer

1st day with planned activities. Bfast at hotel, simple american style, scrambled egg, bacon, toast and tea. Rambo came to pick us up with a Sedan car, not sure if he willingly wanna bring us around or mayb got commision de. 1st station, viewing pt to see some of the 'best' sceneries of phuket. Then ATV (All terrain Vehicle). Most high part iz wen we chiong at the max spd. This iz how it goes... Roge wz right behind the leading guide, then shawn then moi, smurf last. On any straight track, shawn wd jus stop for awhile so theres a distance between him n roge then jus turn the handle (accelerator) all the way down to full spd. Sibei HIGH wen u speed up, esp upslope. Smurfs' buggy got some prob or issit he duno how to drive, ended up very behind us in the midst of the plains track. ATV iz abit like real car, the turning part very challenging, cannot gostunt, onli straight, plus we were cruising on bumpy tracks.

We requested to go to the local mall to have lunch, cheap and gd. So its food court at this mall where locals hang out, got few angmors though. Unbelievable, one meal cost me less than a plate of chicken rice in pj... tats like <$2 lawl! one meal means food n drink n dessert fyi. Oso chiong the supermarket again for drinks and chips. Red bull is ffffffrrrrreakin cheeeeep, 10B LOL!!! 40cents? Sg sells arnd a dollar! After supermarketing, went to massage for around 2hr+. Tis massage no funny business de, dun have happy ending or wadsoeva (u noe wad i mean). The masseuse wz really a pro lol... Slept for the 1st hour then later wen comin to the upper body part, too pain to sleep. Here crack and there twist, pain but damn shiok after the whole session. Served with a great warm tea and got a transfer back to our hotel. Another walk at Patong beach, Roge and his coconuts once more. We watched some indian lady do para sailing and a grp of angmors playing banana boat. Parasailing wz imba coz got 1 guide follow the lady up the sky (equipmentless) and took control of the whole flight and landing (pressing the chute with his weight). Dinner was at a seafood restaurant, I waz too sian to get high abt seafood coz of stomachache. DAMNIT! Anything but stomachache! spoils everything. Went to 3 different places to take a dump. A Korean mall, the restaurant and Jungceylon. Still enojoyed the pineapple fried rice and banana shake. We got served by a damn holy gay ass. Then also got X-men wait-eress who talked to us. Roge got his king prawn (much bigger than a handphone) for a astronomical price. Smurf wasnt too happy with his. Thats all for day 2, we got back to hotel and Zzz early coz of an early boat to catch the next day.