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Thailand Island Hopping
8 Hours Island Tour
It was our fifth day in Phuket we went for Island tour. We booked Seastar Tours that we found from one of their third party agents that was offered by one of our Grab Driver.
There are so many options of packages according to prices where to sail in this Island tour. See below map for a guide.
We were picked up at earliest 7:30 in the morning from our hotel in a van type vehicle together with other tourist. They dropped us at Royal Marina Phuket which is very beautiful all the way from the entrance of it. They offered snacks and light breakfast to welcome us. You will be surprised by the amount of people wants to go Island Hopping. We waited like more or less an hour to wait all the hoppers to settle and they started the short briefing before boarding the boats.
The activities we had in Island Hopping
- First stop was Maya Bay in Phi phi Islands
? As usual the Island is so packed, you will be given certain time to explore Maya Bay and to take pictures. We brought the drone with us to get some aerial videos of these Islands in Phuket but unfortunately it is not allowed to fly. We first try to fly the drone in Maya bay and we were not aware that there were island police on post that will catch you and ask you to erase the footages recorded, we were surprised by that and did not do it again. - Second tour is at Viking Cave
? Inside of this cave is the remains of sail boats used by Vikings to travel around asian waters. They used the cave as hideout from the bad weather. - Third tour is the Monkey Beach
? Don’t get to close to the monkeys as sometimes they are unpredictable so keep a safe distance!
- Third Stop is snorkeling at Koh Phi Phi
? At my second week of pregnancy that time I didn’t know yet that we were pregnant. It is a gift from my birthday. So blessed! The fishes are so colourful as well as the corals. It was a fun swim with the gaggles and fins.
- Fourth stop is Lunch at Arida Restaurant in Phiphi
? This Island is all Muslim Residents and they served food according to Halal Standards. The food was good and the place is so refreshing. - Fifth and final stop is at Bamboo Island
? The island is so beautiful and as you noticed there are some dead trees. These are ruins remains untouched from the devastating Tsunami that wiped out some of Southeast Asian countries including Thailand last December 2004.
More about this blogs the links you may visit:
- Tour Package we used http://www.seastarandaman.net/?page_id=49
- The Royal Marina Phuket https://www.royalphuketmarina.com/
- My youtube vlog for this travel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2mYZcB3usI
QUOTES TO PONDER:
? Photography
“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”– Ansel Adams
? Travel
“Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.” – Jennifer Lee
❤ Hope you enjoy my photography below ❤
- First stop was Maya Bay in Phi phi Islands
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Big Buddha Phuket
White Buddha
It was our first day of tour around the beautiful island of Phuket. We chose to go first in Big Buddha as we read online that it is always busy for tourists and luckily not that many people when we came. The Big Buddha Statue is huge and white, underneath of it is a temple for worshipers to pray. When visiting temples you have to pay respect and wear appropriate clothes not to show excessive skin. It is a holy place for buddhist worshiper and luckily it’s open for all.
We had a chance to write our names and well wishers in the heart shaped gold love lockets and tied to the area where it placed to give memory that we’ve been there. It’s fun to contribute this kind of activity whenever we travel because it’s always there leaving marks that we’ve been here.
A short facts of Big Buddha
- Statue Size – width: 25.45 m. height: 45 m
- Sculpted with concrete structure and decorated with white Burmese jade marble
- The weight of the white jade marble is approximately 135 tons per 2,500 sq.m
More about Big Buddha you may visit their website :
Quotes to ponder:
? Photography
“Photography is the story I fail to put into words.” — Destin Sparks
? Travel
“The gladdest moment in human life, me thinks, is a departure into unknown lands.” – Sir Richard Burton
❤ Hope you enjoy my photography below ❤
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Karon Beach View Point
Stunning Beach View
This tourists spot is one of the places we visited during our 1 day tour around Phuket after visiting the Big Buddha. The driver that we rented that day recommended this place as we are looking for the nice overlooking view of the beach.
We flew the mavic pro drone in this area to get some very good footage for our vlog and the view is superb. Below is the link in my youtube channel where you can see in my intro some of the videos we got.
There are some other tourists there as well but not very crowded as they come and go quickly, this place is kind of short stop in the trip to feel the air of fresh breeze from the beach.
Karon Viewpoint includes the views of Kata Noi, Kata Yai and Karon beaches. It was a perfect sunny day to take photos where I was amazed with the shape of the beaches that looks like a number 3 digit. This place is a must to visit for picturesque view of Phuket.
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Wat Chalong Temple
Buddhist Temple in Chalong
The most important of the 29 buddhist temples of Phuket is Wat Chalong (Thai: วัดฉลอง) or formally Wat Chaiyathararam (Thai: วัดไชยธาราราม), located in the Chalong Subdistrict, Mueang Phuket District. It is dedicated to two highly venerable monks,
- Luang Pho Chaem (หลวงพ่อแช่ม) and
- Luang Pho Chuang (หลวงพ่อช่วง),
who led the citizens of Chalong Subdistrict fighting against the Chinese rebellion in 1876 and with their knowledge of herbal medicine helped the injured. (Source: Wikipedia)
More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Chalong
The temple is very colourful inside and out. We have seen Gold Buddhas in different structures. There is one unique building like a house we entered and there was life size monks statue probably the founders as you could read above text from Wikipedia. A lot of people visits there to pray and well wishers. The place is very solemn,
Some important reminders for Tourists:
- Slippers are not allowed inside the temple
- Wear proper clothes that can cover your skin
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Thalang Road Famous Portuguese Built Buildings
Phuket Old Town
A historical town forming part of Phuket City. The main street of Old Phuket Town is Thalang Road and other roads are Phang Nga, Krabi, Dibuk, and Yoawarat. Old Phuket Town is noted for Sino-Portuguese buildings on both sides of the street. Many old buildings have been converted into shops, hotels, restaurants and museums. (Source Wikipedia)
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Special Thanks to my loving ever supportive husband Esben Bach for taking patiently these lovely photos.
Location: Villa Zollitude, Phuket Thailand – http://www.villazolitude.com/
Camera : Sony Alpha 7 Mark 2
Theme: Earthy Tones
