C&L Bangkok, Elephant Hills & Phuket adventure - March 2017 - Day 8 - Phuket City Tour

**LN89** · 23 Apr 17, 09:36 PM

Day 8 - Phuket city tour

I didn't sleep very well but I never do when I've been drinking! We went down for breakfast about 8:30. I was feeling a little hungover, ops

!

We went and laid by the pool for a couple of hours, I think I fell asleep for quite a while (in the shade) on the beds by the pool

.

We headed out at 12 for lunch as we had a city tour booked for the afternoon. We went to a restaurant called The Living Room near the hotel. I had a red Thai curry and Chris had a pork Penang, both with rice and we both had a coke. We were asked how spicy and we said a little bit, we were glad we did as it was pretty spicy by our standards and we like spicy foods! The curries were amazing though

. This came to 410 baht.

We went back to the hotel to get ready for our city tour, we'd chosen the afternoon tour as opposed to a morning one because you got to see the sunset.

We were due to be picked up at 1:15pm but they didn't turn up until 1:35pm. We picked up one other person then were on our way.

We first stopped off at a couple of elephants but we didn't like this

. Our next stop was the Big Buddha. We'd looked at visiting this ourselves but a taxi there and back was pretty expensive (it isn't far on straight line distance but to get to it is high up and on lots of winding roads so takes a while). This was pretty impressive, we were given 30 minutes to explore.

The views were pretty amazing from the viewpoint too.

We also saw lots of monkeys on our way back down from the Buddha to the bus! I had one monkey try to grab my hair, I thought it was going for my phone but it started to try to climb on my head and then started playing with my hair

.

We went to see a couple of temples, I can't remember the names but they were amazing! I took my new favourite elephant trousers in my back to pull on over my shorts for the temples. It was so hot I didn't want to wear trousers the whole time!

After this we went to both a cashew factory and a honey shop. We then went to a Chinese temple.

Finally we went to a pearl factory, we found this very interesting learning about how they make the pearls. We didn't buy anything but was tempted! We stopped for a drink at the factory as well.

Finally we went to watch the sunset from Karon viewpoint. Our guidebook said this was the best point in Phuket to watch the sunset so we'd wanted to visit it, another reason we wanted to do this tour.

I had got a really yummy mango smoothie! I think this was about 50 baht.

We got back about 7pm. We really enjoyed the tour and definitely thought it was worth it, it was a good way of seeing a lot of the island.

We decided we wanted to just get street food for dinner, Chris got a chicken leg and two pork kebabs for 90 baht. I didn't fancy any of the meat (and I don't really like fish) so I got two pancakes, one caramel and banana and one chocolate and banana for 80 baht. These were fried pancakes and were so good!

We went for a walk along the beach and stopped to get some ice cream, I tried passion fruit and Chris had Oreo, this came to 160 baht for both. This ice cream was so yummy! It melted very quickly though as it was still so hot so we had to eat it quickly!

My super healthy dinner of pancakes and ice cream

(I definitely don't eat like that normally so it's fun on holiday)!

We then headed back to the room and went to bed.

Melbatb · 24 Apr 17, 06:11 AM

The tour looks interesting - great sunset pictures!

Calories on holidays don't count!

**LN89** · 5 May 17, 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by Melbatb

The tour looks interesting - great sunset pictures!

Calories on holidays don't count!

Thank you

it was such a beautiful sunset

Excitedx4 · 10 Mar 18, 10:17 PM

Makes a lot of sense to go on the tour than do all these places separately, great idea 😁

**LN89** · 11 Mar 18, 12:21 AM

Originally Posted by Excitedx4

Makes a lot of sense to go on the tour than do all these places separately, great idea 😁

Yes definitely recommend if you�re visiting Phuket, we had good fun on the tour.

Jakey Neverland · 15 May 18, 06:14 PM

Tour looked great another lovely day.

**LN89** · 18 May 18, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by Jakey Neverland

Tour looked great another lovely day.

Yes, it was a great way to see things. We usually try to do things by ourselves but I�m glad we did the tour.

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LN89 VIP Dibber Join Date: Jan 12	C&L Bangkok, Elephant Hills & Phuket adventure - March 2017 - Day 8 - Phuket City Tour Day 8 - Phuket city tour I didn't sleep very well but I never do when I've been drinking! We went down for breakfast about 8:30. I was feeling a little hungover, ops ! We went and laid by the pool for a couple of hours, I think I fell asleep for quite a while (in the shade) on the beds by the pool . We headed out at 12 for lunch as we had a city tour booked for the afternoon. We went to a restaurant called The Living Room near the hotel. I had a red Thai curry and Chris had a pork Penang, both with rice and we both had a coke. We were asked how spicy and we said a little bit, we were glad we did as it was pretty spicy by our standards and we like spicy foods! The curries were amazing though . This came to 410 baht. We went back to the hotel to get ready for our city tour, we'd chosen the afternoon tour as opposed to a morning one because you got to see the sunset. We were due to be picked up at 1:15pm but they didn't turn up until 1:35pm. We picked up one other person then were on our way. We first stopped off at a couple of elephants but we didn't like this . Our next stop was the Big Buddha. We'd looked at visiting this ourselves but a taxi there and back was pretty expensive (it isn't far on straight line distance but to get to it is high up and on lots of winding roads so takes a while). This was pretty impressive, we were given 30 minutes to explore. The views were pretty amazing from the viewpoint too. We also saw lots of monkeys on our way back down from the Buddha to the bus! I had one monkey try to grab my hair, I thought it was going for my phone but it started to try to climb on my head and then started playing with my hair . We went to see a couple of temples, I can't remember the names but they were amazing! I took my new favourite elephant trousers in my back to pull on over my shorts for the temples. It was so hot I didn't want to wear trousers the whole time! After this we went to both a cashew factory and a honey shop. We then went to a Chinese temple. Finally we went to a pearl factory, we found this very interesting learning about how they make the pearls. We didn't buy anything but was tempted! We stopped for a drink at the factory as well. Finally we went to watch the sunset from Karon viewpoint. Our guidebook said this was the best point in Phuket to watch the sunset so we'd wanted to visit it, another reason we wanted to do this tour. I had got a really yummy mango smoothie! I think this was about 50 baht. We got back about 7pm. We really enjoyed the tour and definitely thought it was worth it, it was a good way of seeing a lot of the island. We decided we wanted to just get street food for dinner, Chris got a chicken leg and two pork kebabs for 90 baht. I didn't fancy any of the meat (and I don't really like fish) so I got two pancakes, one caramel and banana and one chocolate and banana for 80 baht. These were fried pancakes and were so good! We went for a walk along the beach and stopped to get some ice cream, I tried passion fruit and Chris had Oreo, this came to 160 baht for both. This ice cream was so yummy! It melted very quickly though as it was still so hot so we had to eat it quickly! My super healthy dinner of pancakes and ice cream (I definitely don't eat like that normally so it's fun on holiday)! We then headed back to the room and went to bed. __________________ Laura Disney Trippies WDW 2022 (first time with a toddler) WDW and Disney Cruise 2019 HK Disney 2017 Disneymoon 2015 Edited at 05:48 PM.

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