Phuket 🇹🇭 Trip Itinerary (Rainy edition)

Hey 🍋s, here's another travel itinerary my friends and I covered during our super short block leave - Phuket! Just a heads up, we did not go for any island hopping or did any water sports whatsoever due to the unfavourable weather there 😕 ps: we booked a island hopping tour via Klook but unfortunately had to be cancelled and asked for a full refund. Check the weather before u go! - a very important lesson i learnt during the trip. Especially now (September) it's rainy season in Thailand, hence it's best to avoid going there. Now let's jump right into our pretty chill itinerary:

🗓️ Day 1: Jungceylon Mall🛍️, Old Town🏫, Chillva & Bangla Night Markets🎑

As it was already downpouring like mad, we headed straight to the nearest shopping mall near our hotel - Jungceylon Mall. We ate taco bells🌮 as our first meal and continue shopping afterwards. And of course i had to get my yadoms (popular thai nasal inhaler) bc it jus smells so good - helps relieve headaches and dizziness almost instantly too👍

We then checked in to our hotel and headed to Old Town straight after. The weather was NOT giving🤌 but oh wells we did manage to stop by at this shop that sells good quality ponchos (3rd pic top right) tell me we're literally house of ninjas lol Old Town was actually v pretty with all the different architectural designs and colours of the buildings. Dinner was then at this michelin-starred restaurant that we chanced upon on Tiktok (3rd pic bottom right) Food was not too bad verdict: 7⭐/10. The pad thai was good tho.

At night, we went to📍Chillva night market to scout for more food. It was pretty lit but let me tell u, one moment we were casually queuing for donuts, the next second it DOWNPOURED ONCE AGAIN ⛈️ it was such a blessing in disguise bc the ponchos we bought were really a life saver 🛟 i really pity those food stalls where they jus laid out their food on their stations as the rain was legit super big💨

To end off day 1, our last stop was none other than the infamous📍Bangla Walking Street. And I'm sure many of y'all would probably know what that place has to offer - ping pong shows 🏓 ahem etc etc. It was so happening irl one moment u were being pulled by lady boys and the next u were starstrucked by the sheer number of girls dancing on top of bar shelves but ig it was a very wildering experience along that one stretch of the street (4th pic bottom left).

🗓️ Day 2: Patong Beach🏖️🌊, Central Phuket Mall🛍️

This was the day that we're supposed to be OUT IN THE SEA ISLAND HOPPING SNORKELLING TOUCHING FISHES 🐠🌊🩴FOR LIKE THE ENTIRE DAY (7AM TILL 5PM) HAIZ the staff called me asking me whether to reschedule to 23rd (which we definitely CANNOT COS OF NS🙄) or jus cancelled it and ask for the full refund (just give me BACK my maaaniiii 💰💸 yayyyyy (in crying tone)👏👏) honestly they rly expedite their refund process without me needing to do anything extra - i asked for the refund on 19th (thurs) and the refunded money was already in my bank acc on 23rd (mon).

So our morning was jus us spending time at Patong Beach, enjoying the strong winds caressing onto our faces. We then spent almost the entire afternoon shopping at📍Central Phuket. First thing we ate was this beef noodles soup that we literally jus walked into the mall and saw the stall and it was undoubtedly ONE OF THE BEST BEEF NOODLES 🍲 that i've ever eaten like no cap (5th pic bottom left) 20⭐/10 AND IT WAS ONLY 50THB $2 ish SGD WHAT so damn worth it, the broth was packed with flavour and the meatballs were amazing too definitely a 10/10 would recommend if you're going to Central Phuket, u can just see the stall once u walked into the entrance. After You was another famous dessert place that's oso a 10/10 must try. We ordered the mango sticky rice kakigori (same pic bottom right) and it was super good 💯 they even had real mango fruits underneath the shaved ice.

Dinner was at this highly raved seafood restaurant 📍Meg Khram. Truly a dinner place worth remembering as the whole interior of the restaurant compliments nicely with the background of the beach together w saxophone🎷 playing in the background 101% vibesss Food was on the pricier side but the quality were decently good, pointing out to the fact that it has 4.7⭐ and >2000 google reviews!

After dinner we took a 30mins walk back to our hotel to rest up. We were contemplating whether to watch ping pong show (not even kidding) but i was feeling a lil under the weather🤧 so we jus called it off. ps: the fact that we had our ponchos hooked to our bags everytime we head out is rly the true definition of being mindful i swear one moment we're jus walking along the streets and the next, it dead ass downpoured 💀😵‍💫

🗓️ Day 3: Jungceylon Mall, Last meal (food poisoning meal🤢 not even capping)

Upon checking out, we headed back to Jungceylon Mall to check out Big C Supermarket to cart out all the things that we wanted to buy back to SG. Y'all should check this supermarket out as it rly has EVERYTHING u need (whenever ure in thailand). We then went to hv our last meal at📍No.6 Restaurant and how mindful God was to us letting us dine at this shockingly poorly-reviewed🧐 restaurant on our LAST DAY despite the long queues and a day later everyone of us hv ffing vomiting and diarrhoea and high fever!! And so "WELL-PLANNED" that i choose to check the reviews after ordering our food. But since it's our last meal, we jus f*cked it and ate. We bolted (a cheaper alternative for Grab - Bolt) back to the airport and Scooted back to SG🇸🇬.

Out of context:

I had constant vomiting and diarrhoea a day after we touchdown SG and soon after experienced more symptoms like high fever sore throat and cough. Silly me still go to camp but i RSO-ed 2 days after. TLDR: DO NOT GO TO THIS NO.6 RESTAURANT IF URE GG TO PHUKET. The long queues and crowd inside is a total contradiction to the after effects of the food✋

Overall, minusing the cancelled island hopping tour, the unpredictable thundery showers, and me being sick on jus the second day, it was nonetheless fun. As they always say "it's not about the trip, it's about the people whom u went along with" The company always makes it better and i dare to say each and every one of us is funny on our own 😌 If not, stay tuned for more well-rounded traveling itineraries📑 and happy traveling !!✈️🧳

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