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Phi Phi Islands

The next day was the culmination of our trip. Our tour of the Phi Phi islands. We were worried about this tour because even though we had great weather throughout our entire trip the moment we got to Phucket it started raining. Our luck on the morning of our tour it turned out to be a beautiful day but the moment we hit the water it started pouring rain. At our first stop it was still raining unfortunately. As the day went on the sky cleared up and it turned out to be a beautiful day.

We visited Monkey Island, from afar because those monkeys are mean.  We visited the famous James Bond island. Every stop was magical.  Our boat literally dropped anchor and we jumped off into the deep end.  It was an experience I’ll remember forever.  We then made it to our 2nd to last stop which was the public beach with a town that housed a resort where we had lunch.   All the boats were stopped there and we had some down time to have lunch and enjoy the beach.  

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            We then got back on the boat for our last stop before heading back which was another beach.  Since our boat was usually the only boat on the route every time we made a stop we were the only ones there it felt like we had our own private island.  My only regret from this day is that I get motion sickness and I had taken 2 of the Thai motion sickness pills I think they made me a little drowsy, but it didn’t take away from the amazing experience I had on the Phi Phi Islands.  

A Day in Old Town Phucket

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We had finally made it to the relaxing part of our trip.  After traveling all over Thailand for the past week and fitting in way too much in such a short time we had arrived at the part of our trip where it was about the beach, sunsets, and relaxation.  We were staying at the Hilton Phucket Arcadia Resort & Spa it was approximately 90 minutes from the airport.  We arrived in Phucket at night therefore, we weren’t able to see much of the city on our ride to the hotel.  Near our hotel we did see that there were some markets that we wanted to visit the next day.  

 Our first full day in Phucket we decided to have breakfast by the pool because we just had to enjoy the beautiful scenery.  This day we decided to take it easy and we rented a car with a driver and he took us all over the city.   We went through old town, Big Buddha, Kata viewpoint and a local weekend market. 

 

          

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 After a full day of sight-seeing we asked our driver to drop us off at the public beach market.  Here we did so much shopping and were able to catch our first Thai sunset believe it or not.  We also decided to get pedicures by fish, and it was the most hilarious/ticklish experience I’ve ever had.  

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