A dream come true! (Please don't ride Elephants if you go to Thailand!)
On my first day I had the best meal thus far (like on this month solo trip) , and lounged at Patong Beach. I was soo tired from Singapore, I actually slept on the beach for a good 3 hours. The first thing I noticed when I arrived in Thailand was signs everywhere that said "no sex", and also a lot of foreign-white skinned- blued-eyed-60+ year old men with young gorgeous Thai women. Sigh. I can't ignore this because it's so real. This sleezzyyyy (sorry) dudes are paying for "love" and these young women trying to escape poverty. I'm not assuming ALL relationships with OWM are arrangements I'm sure there's love in some... anyway. I hope I don't offend anyone but it was an observation I made and it makes me a little uneasy for one reason or another.
My Phuket highlights were: Freedom Beach, Night Markets, and volunteering a whole day at an Elepahnt Sanctuary! I'll do a whole post on that in the next days.
Also the food in Thailand is just amazing!!! So so good! And everything is 3x cheaper than in Bali. I'm still drinking a lot of juice and fruit smoothies (suga suga) and I'll probably gain back all the pounds I shed off in Bali.. dang it!
My last day in Phuket I went to visit the Big Buddha, the statue in on top of a hill overlooking all of the island. This place is a wonderful 360 view of Phuket and peoples well wishes and prayers hum with the wind like chandeliers. It's a magical place and monks are slowly and peacefully walking all around with huge smiles on their faces. I really enjoyed just being in the moment here and reading people's wishes. Of course I wished well for all my family, friends and people of the world. When I finished walking around and enjoying what the Big Buddha had to offer I started walking down the hill. I didn't realize how far I had come till I started walking down. As I was walking down a young woman stopped on her scooter and asked me if I needed a ride. I asked her how much and she said in English "Free. do you believe me?!" And "Phuket"
I hoped on! We were after all going to the same municipality. The drive was far, 40 minutes plus. We immediately connected and actually ended up having dinner together and she took me to Kamala Beach and let me drive her scooter- it was such a blast! It's very easy to make local friends in Thailand. People are so friendly.
My Phuket highlights were: Freedom Beach, Night Markets, and volunteering a whole day at an Elepahnt Sanctuary! I'll do a whole post on that in the next days.
Freedom Beach, practically to myself.
I could not get enough of these friendly giants! Elephants are incredibly smart!
Also the food in Thailand is just amazing!!! So so good! And everything is 3x cheaper than in Bali. I'm still drinking a lot of juice and fruit smoothies (suga suga) and I'll probably gain back all the pounds I shed off in Bali.. dang it!
My last day in Phuket I went to visit the Big Buddha, the statue in on top of a hill overlooking all of the island. This place is a wonderful 360 view of Phuket and peoples well wishes and prayers hum with the wind like chandeliers. It's a magical place and monks are slowly and peacefully walking all around with huge smiles on their faces. I really enjoyed just being in the moment here and reading people's wishes. Of course I wished well for all my family, friends and people of the world. When I finished walking around and enjoying what the Big Buddha had to offer I started walking down the hill. I didn't realize how far I had come till I started walking down. As I was walking down a young woman stopped on her scooter and asked me if I needed a ride. I asked her how much and she said in English "Free. do you believe me?!" And "Phuket"
The Well Wishes on golden hearts.
The Big Buddha.
I hoped on! We were after all going to the same municipality. The drive was far, 40 minutes plus. We immediately connected and actually ended up having dinner together and she took me to Kamala Beach and let me drive her scooter- it was such a blast! It's very easy to make local friends in Thailand. People are so friendly.
The Infinity pool my new friend surprised me with.
Dinner with my new amiga Prasanee.
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