SG PASTIME | Singapore Favourite Pastime Blog: September 2012

Friday, 21 September 2012

Phuket, Thailand (Part 4 of 4)

We did not cover the planned itinery, as we decided to have a relax, slow, enjoyable trip instead. Nevertheless I will still share the things that can be done in Phuket in this post, which myself am looking forward to accomplish the unfinished adventure in Phuket.

Patong Area

Shopping:

Jungceylon (latest shopping mall)
Banzaan Market
Stretch along Royal Paradise
OTOP Shopping Paradise (surpass by Jungceylon)

Activities:

Stretch along Bang-la Road (night lives full of pubs/bars/clubs)
Water activities at Patong Beach

Phuket Town

Shopping:

Central Festival
Big C
Weekend Market
Ocean Mall
Robinson
Phuket Expo Fair/ Phuket Square

Activities:

Old Town for taking photos

Other Activities/ Areas

There are simply too much to be covered in this post. You can refer to

http://www.phuket.com/activities/by-areas.htm which I find that it gives a good coverage of things to be done in Phuket by different categories.

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Phuket, Thailand (Part 3 of 4)

Ton Tong Restaurant & Bar was under the roof of APK Resort & Spa, which was just opposite our hotel. We had lunch and breakfast in this place on day 2 and 3. The place was not crowded so that we could enjoy the lunch at our own pace and the food was nice. Simply love the settings in this area of our hotel, slow without the rush of crowd. I could take my time to enjoy my cappuccino. The restaurant served a variety of western and thai food.

Ton Tong Restaurant & Bar

Lunch at Ton Tong

Simply got into a taxi for THB500 to bring you to Phuket Town. Any form of taxi (Tuk Tuk, MPV etc) cost the same price THB500 to Phuket Town and from Phuket Town to Patong. We started day 2 at the Old Town areas , trying to capture some photos. The lanes are narrow, hence you might miss some of the attractions. I have posted the map in my last post to facilitate anyone who wish to locate the attractions.

Thaihua Museum

Along Dibuk Road

Along Phang Nha Road

Along Phang Road

After visiting some of these attractions under the hot sun, it was time to look for a place to seat down and enjoy some fruits and ice-cream. We chanced an Italian Cafe. We got to use a super clean toilet and I was afraid to dirty it.

Italian Cafe

We did not visit Central Festival and the weekend market, but we got to know another area that tourists might be interest to visit. Walk along the Phuket road and turn into the lane that was next to Metropole Hotel at the roundabout. The lane will bring you to Ocean Mall and Robinson. Around this area, there are Night Food Market and Phuket Expo Fair/ Phuket Square where you can do plenty of shopping too.

Roundabout At Phuket Road

Night Food Market

Phuket Grocery

Roundabout next to Phuket Grocery

Phuket Square

At Phuket Square/ Phuket Expo, there were plenty of shops in the expo to shop. The price is definitely cheaper than those at Patong area. It seemed to take us ages to finish the shopping at Ocean Mall, Robinson and Phuket Expo. We didn't manage to get back to the Night Food Market for dinner, as it was drizzling and we were hungry. We just got into Kopi Cafe along Phuket Road to satisfy our hunger and tiredness. Cozy place with nice food and reasonable pricing.

Rice with curry

Yunnan Noodle

Vegetable with bacon

Wednesday, 19 September 2012

Phuket, Thailand (Part 2 of 4)

The hotel is strategically situated, all we needed was to walk along the main road, straight down to Jungceylon. Before reaching Jungceylon, you will see Boxing Stadium and the lane next to it will lead you to Bangla road, where the night lives were. Patong beach is just right at the end of Bangla.

Boxing Stadium

Jungceylon

We headed to Jungceylon first in order to have lunch. A pretty standard malls, where there are variety of food to choose and connecting malls for shopping. Generally, the food are nice at whichever restaurant or cafe we had. I didn't find much local food around Patong area except those on push-cart. Next to Jungceylon, there were some make-shift stores open at night, which you can do some shopping too.

We had lunch at Spoon Restaurant which served Thai food as well as western food. Food was nice and the price was reasonable.

Spoon Restaurant

Cappuccino & Mango

Rice, Shrimp, Beef Curry, Chicken Green Curry

We shopped around the malls before proceeding to Banzann Market, which was opposite of Jungceylon. We bought some fruits from the fresh market for our stay at Phuket.

Banzaan Market

Banzann Market

Next we walked along the Bangla road where the night lives were. Indeed it was a stretch of happenings at night. Many interesting pubs and bars along this road. At the end of Bangla road is Patong Beach where the crowd is.

Tiger Restaurant Along Bangla

Patong Beach

We were back to Jungceylon to have dinner at Shawarma. A simple shop, yet the food was delicious. We made a few more rounds of shopping here, and bought banana and corn roti from Aladdin Roti for supper.