Phuket Revisited - Day 5

17 Feb 2011

Buns, sweet & sour drummets, potatoes, and omelette 

Can’t believe it it’s already our final day in Phuket :( We went down for breakfast as usual and after that Nel and I went to check out the swimming pool at the 8th floor. The spa is also at the same floor but of course, they won't open so early :p

Just a small pool ... 

View from the pool area

We have decided to check out Laem Sing beach while Yuen and Ai Mun have decided to stay in the hotel to pack their stuff. It was around 10am and we planned to be back to the hotel at 11am to pack up and check out.

We first found out about Liem Sing beach from a lady at Wat Chalong. She works at one of the souvenir stalls there. We asked about it cuz’ one of the T-shirts that we saw got the print ‘I love Laem Sing’ on it. So, out of curiousity, we asked her where is Laem Sing. She said the beach is very nice and quiet.

So, we tried to locate the place.. and saw a small sign diverting us to the place but we missed the turn. Since we were going up, we also stopped at Surin beach.

Also nice with crystal clear water and it’s more quiet compared to Patong.

We didn’t give up on Liem Sing yet, so we turned in to the sign that says ‘This way to Laem Sing’. It’s just a small area to park the car and we have to pay 40baht for parking.

Unlike other beaches with a proper big sign, all we found for Laem Sing is this sign....

Instead of getting to park near to the beach like in Surin, we actually have to go down the hill via a path in order to get to Laem Sing beach.

It’s not a big place but definitely nice and quiet as what the lady has described to us. We wish we have discovered this place earlier, instead of on the last day of our stay :/ Other than the nice view of the beach…. There’re also ‘views’ of topless ladies.. sunbathing ;)

A little cafe near the beach 

I went to snap some pictures of the place while Nel made friends with one of the guys working there. Who knows.. we might come again next time?

We have to leave after a while so that we can make it back to the hotel to check out. Took us quite some effort to go up the hill.. We were panting like mad.. lol

Our car was parked at this lane.. just next to the hotel

We were back at the hotel by 11.30am and we quickly took a shower and I started to pack everything, hoping that I didn’t leave anything behind.

It was about 12.15noon when we checked out. We were ok to leave after the hotel staff checked our rooms. As we will only be flying at night, we left our luggage at the hotel and then headed to Jungceylon for lunch.

This is like a 'mobile bar'.  Saw one of them operating at night serving all sorts of liquor/drinks

Nel and I headed to McD again for Samurai burger :p and told Yuen and Ai Mun that they can go on their own if they prefer something else (they went for KFC - heard the portion is really big that they eat till jelak).

Dunno when we'll get to eat this again... :p

The 2 of us ordered 3 Samurai burgers and a drink instead of ordering the combos. Actually, I only had 1 burger.. while Nel had 2 :p It was nice and comfy at McD as we had our lunch and chit chat/hang out.  They have a 'McCafe' there serving drinks/desserts like Starbucks.

I can sit here for the whole day :p

Also had another round of ice cream at Dairy Queen :p

We walked around Jungceylon for a while before we left the place at around 3.30pm.

With some time to kill, I suggested to go to Phuket town but regretted after that. We seems to be always lost in the town and we were stuck in the jam @_@ We ended up getting nothing from the trip and we have to rush back to the hotel to get our luggage before heading to the airport.

We were to hand over the car at the airport at 7pm but we were late. It’s so jammed at the Patong area as well. Argh! We finally reached the airport at almost 8pm. We hand over the car and straight away headed to the counter to check in.

Other counters were occupied by a big group of tourists from China

It’s good thing that we did the mobile check-in earlier, so we can just go to counter 33, just for those who did the self check in already. But instead of the instruction given in the website ie. To scan the bar code at the kiosk to get the boarding pass, we were told to go to Counter 33 straight. Despite that, the queue was quite long. We check-in our luggage and the staff at the counter printed the boarding pass for us.

We straight away headed to our gate. Our flight was 9.15pm and it was already 8.30pm. We haven’t had our dinner yet. Nel and Yuen quickly buy some food and thought we’ll still have time to eat. But the moment Nel sat down, they announced that we can start boarding now @_@

Teriyaki chicken rice... maybe cuz' I was eating so fast.. I couldn't remember how it tastes like already :p

We were getting kan cheong and finished our food ASAP (I think we finished the food in about 10 mins) and boarded the plane. The plane took off at 9pm instead of 9.15pm. We were thinking that, we might as well wait a bit and eat our favourite nasi lemak on board “-_-

Anyways, it was a smooth take off and can’t believe it that we’re already saying bye bye to Phuket… :/

The crew announced that we’ll be 20 mins ahead of schedule :) We touched down at LCCT at about 11.20pm. We didn’t have to queue as we used the auto-gate lane. It was such a fast process but once we reached the luggage collection place…. We noticed that none of the luggage bags were at on the belt yet. It took them more than 30 minutes to finally get the luggage bags out on the belt.

Once we were out from the terminal, we headed to the autopay machine to pay our parking fees.

Guess this will be cheaper than a return trip by airport limo? :p

Before going home we have to drop off Ai Mun at Gombak. It was already 2am when we finally get to sleep after cleaning up.

We enjoyed ourselves a lot during the trip, tho’ it’s tiring and I came home with bruises on my legs :p (for being clumsy when boarding the boats during island hopping).  Maybe for once.. I got a bit of tan (not much).

Thanks to my dear for a wonderful and memorable trip for our anniversary / Valentine's Day :)

Until we visit Phuket again………..