Phuket - Day 5

We woke up at 7 in the morning on the last day of our trip. We had some scheduled visits around the town before heading home. So May-may fetched us from hotel at 9.30am and we rushed off to the South of Phuket, The Phromthep Cape View Point. This simply stunning location overlooks various Phuket Capes. The viewpoint has formally been referred to as, 'God's Cape' by the local Phuket people. There is a lighthouse situated here, complete with viewing platform. Promthep Cape is Phuket’s most popular viewpoint, particularly famous for it's truly spectacular sunsets. But we didn't have a chance to watch sunsets here.

- White Clouds, Green Ocean, Blue Sky -

- Elly & Jessie -

We further climbed up the hill and visited a Buddha Shrine. There were thousands of elephant statues of different sizes surrounding the Buddha. The scene was very sacred and I took the opportunity to make a wish after bowing to the Buddha from every corner.

- 4-faced Buddha Shrine -

After the viewpoint visit, we continued to our next destination - Wat Chalong. Wat Chalong is Phuket’s most important Buddhist temple and is the biggest and most ornate of Phuket’s 29 Buddhist monasteries. Many local Thais and Asian tourists will set off fire crackers and ask for the lucky lottery numbers, and have their fortune told. But we didn't have time to set the crackers or have our fortune told. This wat is a very sacred place for the locals, so we were expected to respect the temple by not wearing clothes revealing much skin. Shoes were not allowed in the temple too. Elly and Carmen had to wrap their hips with sarongs so they could enter the Wat. After walking through every part of the Wat, we had a refreshing sip of Thai fragrance coconut drink at a stall nearby.

- Wat Chalong -

After the visit, May-may brought us to a famous local delicacies shop to get some tit-bits as souvenirs. Here we bought snacks like flavored cashew nuts, peanuts, dried squid, crabs, meat floss, etc. The prices of these snacks ranged from 100 - 500 Baht. There was a lady showed us how to crack cashew nuts manually. It was quite a tedious job, no wonder the nuts are expensive.

- Cashew nut cracking -

Before heading to the airport, May-may introduced us to a local Muslim food stall for lunch claiming that if we didn't try the food here, we have not been to Phuket. Though she said so, we were not very convinced by the outlook of the stall. But it turned out to be the best meal we had in Phuket! Especially the fried eggs, all of us agreed that egg tasted much nicer in Thailand. Why? No one knows.

After lunch, we rushed to the airport to board the plane at 3.45pm. Before bidding goodbye to our nice tour guide, we handed her an envelope with 1000 Baht tips.

- My tour mates and tour guide -

We reached KLIA LCCT at 7pm. This concluded my 5 days 4 nights trip to Phuket. It was a great getaway (omitting the food poisoning part). It was a very unique experience, especially to have such close encounter with that many aguas.

Some vocabulary I learned from Thailand:

1. Sawadeeka - Hello (for female usage)
2. Sawadeekap - Hello (for male usage)
3. Khaawp Khoon Krap - Thank you
4. Tuk Tuk - Taxi
5. Carrefour - Colourful

:)