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A.nna
 anna // singaporean. my dream is to some day live in a countryside and have a lot of dogs. reach me on
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Sunday, December 20, 2015
#TengFamTravels 2015 How time flies! It has been 4 years since #TengFamTravels! For recollection sake, here's Bali for 2014. This year, we chose Phuket and I'm glad we did. I had the best time with my fam fam. We stayed at Rawai Beach, Baanaraya Pool Villa. For $500 a night, we've got ourselves a whopping villa with 4 bedrooms, each designed with different splash of colors. That aside, hands down to the best customer service ever. We were all added into a group chat where the owner and her team who took care of all our needs at our fingertips.   
Nai Harn beach is beautiful. We spent the whole afternoon building sandcastles, burying my Uncle Kenny twice and built him some solid breast and penis! Hahaha, but let's leave the penis pictures to ourselves as I'd like to keep my travel blog child-friendly.
 
My aunt and I were determined to build enough sandcastles to surround the beach but the scorching sun showed no mercy so we gave up our Guinness World Record dream that afternoon.
The prettiest and cutest blue-eyed baby goes to..
During one of the days at Rawai, we went for a boat tour! It included activities such as introductory diving, snorkeling, slides (from the boat), meals and tanning beds. This certified all-diver went for an introductory dive with Uncle Kenny and check out this happy face!
  
A moment to mention my homie, Vibe from Bon Voyage Galleria for this lovely maxi.
 
We then headed to Club Med for the last 4 days and I've only got a few words to summarize my virgin experience with Club Med by saying I LOVE CLUB MED! Everything is included - meals, adventures, activities and most importantly, free flow beer. Yes, you read that right.
Let's just say my goldfish memory has forgotten what I did in details, but in short I tried Trapeze, went for a snorkeling day tour, attended step aerobics and core exercise class and ended the trip with two days worth of gym!
  
I don't know if there's a better way for vacation than to spend it with my loved ones and of course not forgetting all the unlimited beer. It always bring us closer and especially this trip, I fell in love with these two little princesses more..
For sure they annoy the shit outta me, at times, but I've never had so much laughter and fun with them. We stayed up late talking about relationships and life, yes with a 10 and 13 year old, laughing so loudly that the boys next door were kicking our connecting door lol! I'm definitely looking forward to more family trips, especially with these two around taking up the king sized bed while I try to squeeze in somewhere between them! ❤
More photos can be found here. Meanwhile, another year is going to fly pass and before we know it, I'll be looking forward to the next #TengFamTravels.
 Labels: annainphuket, beach, clubmed, family, family trip, naiharn, phuket, sun, tengfamtravels, vacation Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Phuket Experience 
Just came back from Patong Beach, Phuket! Well, we all need that one short getaway once in awhile - take a break from work, from the urban city. But I guess we went during the wrong time of the year, monsoon season! It did affect the trip a little, but I got to snorkel!
On the first day we arrived, it was already pouring, and we couldn't check in yet as it was too early so we went to Tantra Indian Restaurant (to be honest, they actually had more Indian food than Thai food). After our brunch, we proceed to check-in to White Sands Resortel. It's the worst hotel filled with cockroaches, in short, don't ever stay there.
After checking in, we had our massage and manicure at a few shophouse away from our hotel, Anahita Thai Massage. They offer full body massage at 300 baht an hour (around SGD12) and classic manicure at 200 baht (around $8)!
(Chicken curry & chapati)
(My ikea-ish look nail)
On the second day, we went to Phi Phi Island! It is really pretty, but quite overrated from the pictures you can find from Google. We bought a snorkel package from airport at 1500 baht (around $65) per person - it includes pick-up from hotel to ferry terminal, ferry ride to and fro Phi Phi Island, snorkel equipments and buffet lunch! So to summarize my day trip, it was a bumpy-long sea ride, and tiring tiring day!
(Phi Phi Island)
(Viking Cave)
(Snorkelling in Phi Phi Island)
On the third day, we kind of ran out of activities to do. It was flooding like mad!
 
You can see how bad the flood is by looking at the water level covering the bike's tyre. But later in the afternoon, the flood was cleared, so we went to Junceylon Shopping Mall! They're like the tourist one-stop heaven, with clothings from Adidas, Nike, to souvenirs like massage oil, scented candles and Thai food at the food court which you can find at the basement.
Later that night, we walked down to Bangla Street and we stumbled upon a street full of strip clubs! And let's cut the story short, boyfriend did not enjoy the atmosphere and surrounding of the club. So we headed to Monsoon for a bucket of Chang Beer. It was 300 baht for a bucket of beer with 2 complimentary shots - a price you'll NEVER EVER find in Singapore. Oh, and boyfriend bought me a rose! :D
(Their strip show is called the Ping Pong show)
 
(Our first fireworks put out together)
Behold, the pictures are going to make you drool.   
I've to give credits to the cook as the food tasted amazingggg!
Then we head off to walk around Bangla Road for the last time before we went home. We stopped at their food fair and had kebab and potato swirl (what I choose to call it, I don't know the term for the potato thingy). It was good though! Had our last massage too, and we asked the masseur where can we find the best Tomyum, and they actually recommend Royal India Restaurant (told ya, Indian servings). I've read about the reviews online before I went to Phuket, apparently they serve the best food, which I can't totally deny.
 
My first trip to Phuket - to be honest, it's not the first place in my mind I would want to go back to but I love the beach life, the food and the culture. I did came back missing it, and we're planning to go back again next year with our friends. :)
Labels: food, jungceylon, patong beach, phuket, reviews, thailand, travel, travels, tripadvisor, white sands resortel |
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