Phuket, Part 1 - The Beginning

Dah dekat 5 bulan lebih dah pegi baru ada kelapangan nak update blog.. As per topic, this post berkaitan dengan trip me and my buddies Nas, Hafiz, Iqbal, Sufian, Aisyah, and little girl Damia on last February 2013 to phuket.. Actually ni first trip yang kitorang pegi sama2 since graduation on 2009.. Hambik.. 4 tahun kot plan nak jalan sama-sama tapi takde kesempatan.. 

Ok, initially idea ni start nak pergi Yogyakarta, Indonesia.. Nak melawat universiti tempat kitorang belajar and also mengimbau kembali kenangan sepanjang 5 years kitorang belajar kat sana.. But tup tup tah macam mana tah boleh divert plan ke Phuket.. It all started with pilih tarikh about 3 month before kitorang pergi.. Set tarikh je pon dah makan masa around 1 week punya discussion as sume pun susah nak dapat cuti.. So at last semua dapat cuti on 15-18 February 2013.. Yeah!! First step done.. 

So next is booking flight and hotel rite? But wait! 1st problem datang.. Si Iqbal n Nas plak passport dah expired.. So tunggu diorag buat passport je mau dekat 1 minggu.. Hahaha.. Almaklumlah semua busy dengan tugas harian... Few days then.. Passport ready.. All set to go... And here comes my part... Secara paksa disuruh menjadi tour leader.. So tugas booking flight and hotel i yang pegang.. Ad the rest hanya plan itinerary apa yang nak di buat kat sana.. Tak nak susah susah and also sebab dah selalu and biasa dengan AirAsia since zaman belajar lagi, i pun booking everything thru AirAsia.. After few days tengok promotion kat AirAsia, at last on Monday manage to cekup flight ticket.. 15-18 February 2013.. 4 days 3 night.. 6 adult 1 infant.. Yes infant! Miss Damia bolat yang ada 4 bodyguard masa kat phuket.. Huhu..

Details booking flight adalah seperti berikut..

About all expenses nanti akan dibuat dalam post yang lain.. Nak ingat detail dulu before listkan expenses.. Huhuhu.. And next is hotel.. We all plan nak hotel yang memang kat Patong Beach, near to all area, and yang paling penting selesa.. A bit fussy sikit kalau bab bab accomodation ni.. So decided untuk stay kat Ibis Hotel Patong.. Booked thru AirAsia Go.. Dah survey thru Agoda, Bookings.com n etc and noted AirAsia Go lebih murah.. Owh lupa.. Time i pegi ni Phuket memang tengah Peak Season.. So expect everything to be expensive.. Harga as i've mention earlier, will be posted in other post..

Ni gambar hotel yang kitorang duduk dengan gambar semua jejaka-jejaka dan mak budak bapak budak and budak.. Hahah..

Ibis Patong, Phuket, Thailand..

Ok, before masuk part 2, which is day 1 kitorang.. I nak share sikit la pasal stuff yang perlu korang packing and few other details..

1. Time Difference - Phuket ni awal sikit from Malaysia.. Awal 1 jam.. So jangan terkejut kalau kol 6 dah terang.. Haha.. 

2. Currency - As semua orang pon tau Phuket in in Thailand.. So currency is Thai Bhat (THB).. Rate time pergi tu tak silap RM100= THB 1100 roughly.. Lupa lah.. Dah lama.. Hahaha...

3. Language - Mainly bahasa Thai laa.. Tapi English pon boleh.. Sebabmkat sana memang banyak foreigners, so most of them boleh cakap English even broken tapi boleh faham la...

4. Food - I focus on Halal food.. Senang jugak dapat especially area masjid.. But u have to ask and tengok logo halal or tulisan halal.. But still hav to be carefull sebab kadang-kadang tulis halal tapi ada non halal food..

5. Stuff to Bring - Ok dh tema pon beach kan? Basically cuba limitkan barang-barang branded or tak perlu bawak such as handbag, kasut mahal-mahal and etc.. Make it simple je sebab most of time kita spend kat luar... And owh, if possible bawak water proof bag, and also camera waterproof.. Kalau tak rugi beb... As a guide, ni roughly barang-barang yang korang boleh bawak for 4 days 3 night trip.. 

Baju T-shirt - 6 helai

Seluar pendek - 3 helai

Jeans - 1/2 helai (tak bawak pon takpe kalau pakai bermuda shorts)

Thight - 2 helai

Keperluan solat and mandi

Sandal

Sunblock

Sunglasses - ni cari yang sepuluh hengget je dah cukup

Cap

Ok, sampai sini je kot for part 1.. See yaa...