2 mr. smiley and nyny 趴趴走 @Phuket

Phuket is an island filled with excitement, night life, intoxication, pretty chics, beautiful 'toots' (lady-boys) and of course the mouth-watering Thai food.

It's the heaven for hamsup people too. :D (You know, I know lar)

Even a 3-stars boutique hotel like Seeka decorates their room interior with love. You will fall in love even you are traveling alone. *hmmm macam dah exaggerate*

In phuket, you will notice many 'farangs' like to travel to the island alone and get a pretty 'chic' (dunno lady or lady-boy) as companion during their vacation. It's common there!

Let's have a look on our hotel.

The Seeka Boutique Resort Hotel that we stayed in is decorated in a traditional Thai style. The interior gleams with lots of sculptures and reliefs, natural wood furnishings, creating a warm and welcoming boutique atmosphere.
This is, therefore, the perfect hotel for tourists who are searching for a quieter location outside the center of Patong yet within easy reach of the beach (walking or riding motorbike) and the many restaurants, shops, markets and exciting nightlife.

The swimming pool @Seeka Hotel

Love love love!

The Balinese lookalike style bath room. All necessities is provided. Hair dryer is provided upon request.

The shower area is clean too. nY likes the design on the wall.
The bath room smells weird when we first entered the room. However, the odour is gone after we used it for several times.

We had a simple breakfast at the hotel restaurant before our day tour to Phuket.

The first station is Karon View Point (it is previously known as Kata View Point) . Phuket has many viewpoints, some without names, some with, and the best known and most popular is the"Karon Viewpoint". You will see 3 beaches from there and the scenery is indeed superb.


Can you spot the three beaches? From top: Kata Noi, Kata and Karon?

We stopped by a while to take some photos and proceeded to the next station, Wat Chalang.



we cam-whored while other people were busy prayin' in the temple :P

After visiting all tourist spots, the tour guide brought us to the shopping outlets.

We were brought to cashew nuts factory to see how people process the cashew nut from the cashew fruits. I just knew there is only a nut from each cashew fruit. Nowadays, people make juice from the cashew fruits too. How creative!


I did not understand why the tour driver like to bring tourists to those germs gems factory, t-shirt factory and etc... nyny's wallet is thin and slim after visiting all the outlets.. keke


The most anticipated activity in a day is MAKAN. It's already late when we reached the hotel. Without hesitating, mr. smiley and I rushed to the nearest local stall to cure our stomach. We went to a stall called Hai Food near Hotel Baumanburi.


papaya milk shake

fried asparagus with mixed vegetables

pad thai

Then, we strolled around Junceylon and Bangla Road while waiting the driver-san to pick us to the lady-boys and HARIMAUS' show.

spot the funny looking mr. smiley @Junceylon
Jalan sampai kaki almost patah... :D



VIP ticket for Simon cabaret show.. it costs us THB800 each

he is my favorite performer.. he's pretty, isn't he?
look carefully, he even did surgery on his important organ..

another pretty lady-boy.. yoo she's sexy!

We were brought to the most interesting performance, the TIGERS' SHOW here.
Tengok! Semua hamsup mah lat lous!
Both mr. smiley and I did not enjoy the show. We were frightened most of the time that the TIGERS would drag us to the stage... or shot us with FROG using their vagina.. OUEK
On the other hand, the old couple which was with us in the tour enjoyed the show so much that they were reluctant to leave the 'hell'...

After all the shows, we strolled around Bangla road to check out the night life.
Envy! Sexy chics and ladyboys are everywhere standing beside the dancing pole! :D

Undeniable.. the lady boys are more beautiful than most of the real ladies...


Besides pubs and discos, there are a lot of stalls selling souvenirs, slippers, bags and clothes too.. Tourists must know how to bargain with them.
Don't worry. The Thais in Phuket can speak good and proper English.

a wide variety of colorful slippers @Bangla Road...

Gluton jai mr. smiley and nyny ended our day with some super duper delicious local dessert, the BANANA pancakes!

Nyum nyum nyum! Nutella Banana pancake! Saliva drippin'

and of course, the PORKY SAMURAI BURGER! :D~

I know it's fattenin' but I could not help it.

I'm kinda missed the sweet and fun time in Phuket even I'm already to back to Malaysia for few weeks...

In short, our itinerary is summarized as below:-

Day 1 : Tiring one day trip at KLIA, overnight at Marriott Putrajaya

Day 2: Airport hopping (KLIA-Singapore- KLIA- Phuket) via Sri Lankan, SIA and Qatar airlines
**I pee-pee in Changi airport and then rushed to fly back to KLIA

Day 3:
9am : breakfast at hotel
10a.m. - 3:30p.m.: half day city tour (Karon View Point, Cashew Nut Factory, Gems Outlet, T-shirt factory)
4p.m.: buy Phi-phi package package near Hotel Baumanburi
5p.m.: Late lunch at Hai Food
6p.m.: Get ready to Simon Carbaret Show to see pretty ladyboy shows
7:30p.m.: Went to watch live 'TIGERS' shows at JJ Club
8:30p.m.: Dinner at local hawker stall
9:30p.m.: Strolling around Bangla Road and Jungceylon
10:30p.m.: Nutella banana pancake & McD Samurai Porky Burger *NYUM NYUM*
11p.m.: Took taxi back to Seeka and Oikoik

Day4:
8:30a.m. : Breakfast
9a.m.: Driver picked us up for Phi-phi island
10a.m.: Reached the speedboat jetty and waited for other groups before departing to phi-phi
11a.m.: Reached Maya Bay (the beach where Leonardo DiCaprio shot the movie 'The Beach')
4:10a.m.: Started journey back to the largest beach, Phuket
7:30p.m.: Rented motorbike at a motorbike renting shop near Seeka hotel (THB 150 per day)
8p.m.: Dinner at Restaurant 99
9p.m.: Lepak around Bangla and Patong beach
9:30p.m.: Sabai -sabai Massage @C&N Hotel (reflexology- Foot massage)
10:30p.m.: Enjoyed the night scene and enjoyed the warm sea breeze at Patong Beach with mr. smiley
11:30p.m.: Rode motorbike around Patong before going back to hotel room
12a.m.: Oikoik

Day 5:
10a.m.: Woke up for breakfast and luggage packing
12p.m.: Check-out from Seeka
1p.m.: Shopping @Bangla Road
2p.m.: Lunch at Restaurant No. 6 (Pad Thai is a must-try item)
245p.m.: Invaded Junceylon and surveyed for the best facial package deal
3p.m.: Facial @First Spa
4p.m.: Coffee time @The Coffee Club
5p.m.: Pak tor under the rain @Patong Beach
6p.m.: Early Dinner @Fuji Japanese Restaurant
7p.m.: Last minutes shopping @Jungceylon
8p.m.: Rode motorbike around Patong before say bye-bye to Phuket
8:45p.m.: Back to Seeka hotel and waited for transfer back to airport
11:55p.m.: Say bye-bye to Phuket and back to Malaysia via Qatar

Day 6:
2a.m.: Reached KLIA & Home sweet home

Will blog more about our trip to Phi-phi island and our bakchi motorbike journey around the island next!

Stay tune!

2 nyny & ff's Extraordinary Excursion to Phuket

It's been a while that I didn't travel out from Malaysia since my HK conference in February.

As a reward for my master completion, mr. smiley had bought a travel deal from Groupon AGAIN for breakaway in Phuket. It's a 4 days 3 nights stay in Phuket together with the returned flight ticket by a 5 stars airline, Qatar.

Both of us were super excited one day before departure. mr. smiley even took a day off from his work just to pack his luggage.

Look at our happy face when we arrived at KLIA. (12p.m. day 1)

Everything was smooth when we checked in. I was wondering why the queue at Qatar check in counter was very long and colorful. After asking around, I've gotten to know that all banks from Malaysia had won a prize in an international competition. The prize is inclusive of 4 days 3 nights stay in Phuket. They are grouped under different banks such as Maybank, Ambank, CIMB bank etc. Those who joined the trip are usually the TAI LAP YEHs (people from the high management).

I thought the journey to Phuket would be smooth as we were sharing flight with the 'ONG' people since they are working in money industry.

It's raining cats and dogs that day. The sky was dark.

The flight to Phuket should be departed at 320pm. However, the cabin crew which was sitting next to us at the boarding gate took their luggage and went away when the clock showed 315p.m. All passengers had no idea what's happening and there wasn't any updates from Qatar about the delay. Some of the passengers said the flight was delayed to 720p.m., so we waited.

This is how we looked like at 5p.m. Starving, thirsty and exhausted... Handphones and Ipod all tarak battery...

As compensation, Qatar crew started distributing refreshment vouchers at 6p.m. It's a voucher of Burger King. The crew asked us to eat fast so that we could be on time for the next flight at 8. The passengers including fred and I were like hungry ghost rushing to the BK counter. susahnya...

We returned to the gate after our dinner and waited again. I didn't see any sign of Qatar planes landing or taking off that day. I knew something was wrong yet the ground crew said there's no updates from the Qatar management.

Finally, the ground crew announced that the flight to Phuket was canceled at 830p.m. And, they would send us to the nearest hotel until further notice. The crowd was noisy and not under control. The passengers were spilted into different groups and we were sent to Putrajaya Marriot hotel.

This is fred when he collected our luggage before we were sent to Putrajaya Marriot hotel.

That was my FIRST TIME experiencing flight cancellation. SUPER SAD... one day gone..
mr. smiley didn't smile liao...

The coach which was supposed to send us to Marriott was delayed again.
It's already 1020p.m. when we reached our destination.

The rooms for the passengers were not ready so the crew asked us to have our buffet dinner while waiting for the room assignment.

That was the happiest part of our day 1 trip. Finally mr. smiley smiled. ;)

Tapas and Cold foods

Nyum nyum shrimp salads

Smoked salmon

eating ice-cream will make people happy...

Each passenger is allocated a single room. I takut hantu so I shared a double room with mr. smiley.

5 stars room @ Marriot

bath room

We had a sleepless night that day. Everything was uncertain and there wasn't any feedback from Qatar about the flight.
The person in charge just said, "Please go to sleep. Everything will be alright tomorrow. Confirmation will be sent out at 10am".

We woke up early the next morning for the breakfast and waited for the updates. Some of the TAI LAP YEHs were sent to LCCT to depart to Phuket via AA. But the SAI LAP YEHs like us had to stay in Marriott until further notice.

So, balik room and waited again.

While we were resting, the tour guide of the bank groups called us and asked us to pack fast to rush for the flight to Phuket, transiting at Singapore. We had 1 hour left so everyone was rushing and running again...

Yeah, finally can go Phuket liao..

We thought the drama would stop at that moment but it didn't...
In the coach, the tour guide told us joke that she missed flight at Singapore airport because the ground crew @Changi is super strict.
I personally don't think it is funny.

Our SriLankan flight to Singapore was delayed AGAIN!


Therefore, the arrival at Singapore was delayed and there was only 5 minutes left to issue transit boarding pass to us (70 SAI LAP YEHs).

Needless to say, we could not make it. We were stranded at Singapore airport. No check out.. sat there until further notice AGAIN.

Some of the passengers had given up, some wanna stay in Singapore, some said they wanna go home, some slept on the couch... There was a flight to Phuket from Singapore at 635p.m. but only 2 seats left.

mr. smiley and I thought we could fly without the ONG people but SUPER UNFORTUNATELY, our luggage are tagged with the bank people!
!@##$%^&*(()

We could not fly unless they check out at Singapore or we say bye bye to our luggage. DILEMMA! nyny already feel like crying at that time.

Out of the blue, the Qatar crew said there was a SIA flight back to Malaysia. We have 20 minutes left to proceed to the gate.

nyny & ff were the last of the queue. It's almost time when we got our boarding pass and the boarding gate was super far from the counter.

Both of us had to run like being chased by dogs. I was almost dead when I reached the gate.
So, we flew back to Malaysia.

Dramatic or not? Free return flight to Singapore? Geng chou or not?

When we got back at KLIA, each of us was given a RM40 voucher to have our dinner at the airport.

Nothing else could make us happy except the food @Jalan Alor KLIA.

Look at the food which nyny had ordered! :D These costs Qatar RM80.
Melepaskan geram dengan makan banyak-banyak!
The food was super delicious too. Perhaps, it's due to the fact that I was starved for 1 day liao..

That night, we took 10p.m. flight to Phuket. The flight was delayed till 11p.m.
QATAR LIKES TO DELAY FLIGHT DE HOR?

Finally, yes finally, we reached our comfy Seeka hotel at 12a.m. local time in Phuket.


Tell you what.. The drama didn't end yet... Stay tuned for more funny stories that fred and I encountered in Phuket.

Ini trip manyak adventurous and challenging.

p/s: how many 'delayed' in this post ah?

0 7 days 6 nights trip to Taiwan

Sneak Preview of nYnY's Taiwan Trip

Itinerary

#Day 1 : KL-> TaoYuan

Taiwan Youth Card (Youth : b4 30 years old)
You get discount eating and playing everywhere with this card!

1st Stew Porkie Rice in TaoYuan
One of the staff is from Penang!

Taro Ball Dessert
nY missed this food the most!

#Day 2 : TaoYuan -> Fruit Plucking-> Hakka Village -> TaiNan (Da Kang Leisure Farm 大坑休闲农场)

Just pluck and eat! Mom mom mom..

Rainbow colors mochi @ Hakka Village

DaKeng Leisure Farm

The Dai Jie Dai 大姐大 in DaKeng
Animals are free to roam around in Da Keng...
I just realized chickens sleep on the trees at night...when I walked around the village in the night

#Day 3 : TaiNan -> KaoShiung FoGuang Shan 佛光山 -> 梦时代购物广场-> 爱河 ->六合夜市

佛光山 - 星云大师 used to stay here

nY & Open @ Dream Mall
Open is the name of the mascot.

Ai He (Love River) - clean river, place where water sports take place
can see many university lengjais =D

Famous papaya nen nen @ 六合夜市

#Day 4 : KaoShiung -> Nan Tou南投日月潭 -> 文武庙 -> ->TaoYuan 金鹅度假村

Ah ma's Herbal Egg @ 日月潭
It's nice to eat herbal eggs during rainy days.
The queue was very long even it was a rainy daY.

Nan Tou南投日月潭
Beauty of nature

金鹅度假村 (Place where most of the Taiwanese dramas are shot)

Look familiar?

#Day 5 : Taipei 101, ShihLin Night Market

Taipei 101 Dampei Jai
He looks like octopus

New York New York (nYnY)

Shinlin Night Market

#Day 6 : Taipei - 故宫，西门町

mr. smiley & nY cam-whored in the bus heading to 故宫 (muzium)

The Treasure Village- hunt for bakchoy and fat fat meat jade (as shown)

shooting is everywhere in Taipei

阿宗面线

mr. smiley with ah chong mian sian
He finally found his or jai mee sua

Saw these 2 celebrities while we were shopping @ Xi Men Ding
Hm mm.. Who are they? I saw them on TV

#Day 7 : Bye bye Taipei

It's one of my favourite oversea trip! Perhaps it's the first trip with mr. smiley and his family. I hope I will revisit Taiwan soon!

Stay tune for more on nY's Taiwan trip!