Phuket and Phi Phi Island, 6 days 5 nights - Part 1

I'm back and I'm tan, baby ! Phuket was hot and sunny !

Day 1 - 20th Apr 06

Fiancee's bro dropped us at KL Sentral on that Thursday morning. From there, fiancee and I took the SkyBus from KL Sentral to the LCC terminal. There's a bus every 15mins, really convenient I have to say, the bus was very punctual too. Took about 1 hour and 15 mins to reach LCC terminal. There, we met up with the rest of the gang, all the 6 of us (3 couples).
The LCC terminal is, well, what can I say....LCC lor.....imagine a big Tesco-like building, and inside there are a few shops and counters to check-in and gates to board the airplanes. When boarding the planes, you actually walk out from the building and head out to the plane, very open air ! What if it's raining huh ?

walking towards the Airbus A320


We got to sit in the brand new A320 airbus for our flight to Phuket. The plane is so new that white panels are still very white and clean. I find that the seat is a bit bigger compared to the old planes, and it's leather seating somemore BUT the seat cannot be reclined ! Which means that all of us sat upright for the whole flight ! Thank goodness it's only a 1 hour 15 mins flight.

We touchdown at Phuket at around 1pm. There's already a minibus waiting for us to take us to our hotels (we booked the accommodation beforehand). We stayed at a small hotel (more like a motel) very near to Patong Beach. The 'hotel' was nothing to shout about, I won't recommend anyone to stay there. Well, we rented it for an equivalent of RM60 per night, cannot expect much.

Patong Beach

Patong Street

After checking into the hotel, we walk around the Patong area. Nothing much, just rows and rows of shops and restaurants waiting to 'cutthroat' tourists, oh and a McDonalds too.

We had our first lunch here, we orders Tomyam, tom ka kai (something like ABC soup but with santan milk), fried noodle, rice and others. The tomyam and tom ka kai was to be our staple diet for the rest of the trip.

The rest of the evening was just spent hanging around, looking for a day trip for the next day. We finally settle for a day trip to James Bond Island. After that is was on to dinner, more hanging around and sleep.

Sick and (almost) faint

I'm sick already :( , but no worries.....won't die one. Just normal common cold. Running nose and cough.

Started last Thursday...sneezing and wheezing away in the office. I forgot how uncomfortable a cold can be, and really irritating too. My hands are too busy wrapping up 'wantans'. Eyes are blurry and head feels heavy. My paper bin is filled with wrapped-up 'wantans'.

Anyway, by Saturday I was feeling worse. But still I thought, it's just a common cold, shouldn't stop me from doing anything that I want to do right ? I wanted to go do some groceries shopping in Tecso. Had my breakfast and off I went.

Reached Tesco, was browsing around for like 15 minutes.....then...cialat....felt nauseous, want to vomit, want to faint, vision became blur. Quickly, I wobbly walked to a less crowded place and sat down to rest. I started to perspire cold sweat on the forehead and face. After resting for around 5 minutes.....was feeling ok again. Phew. Then I thought....."should I continue shopping?"...."hmm...better not, better be safe". So, I abandoned my trolley, and headed out. Stopped by to buy newspaper and in Kings to buy a loaf of bread.

After paying money in Kings, I feel like fainting again ! This time worse.....so quickly again I seeked refuge in nearby KFC which was just opposite King's. There, I rested for a long time but still didn't feel better. This time cold sweat all over, everywhere ! I was thinking I need to call for SOS already. But fiancee is not free, and Tecso is so damn near to my apartment....it's just ironic to have someone to come all the way here to fetch me home. So, after some resting I just picked myself up and walked to my car. I thought if I can make it to my car, I'm ok......

So, I walked walked walked, one step at a time.....boy did I regret not being kiasu and find a nearer parking space. But at least this time I didn't forget where I parked my car. walked walked walked.....and reached my car !.....just as I managed to get into my car and locked the door....*uuuwekkkkkk**....I vomit.........Luckily hor......when I bought the bread from King's they gave me a plastic bag......so................ (and yes, I managed to take out the bread first). After vomitting, *phew* feel so much better. So I continued my shopping in Tesco.....of course not la ! Not scared meh. I went straight home.

Back home, threw everything onto the table, grab a drink and jumped under the sheets....zzzzzzzzzz.......

Later that day, fiancee brought me to 1U for dinner. I was ok wor. Can walk from old wing to new wing and back to old wing though it did feel tiring. I suspect the fainting spells I had was because of low blood pressure. But I'm not sure. Does low blood pressure cause people to vomit ? I suspect I have low blood pressure because everytime I squat down for sometime, and when I get up, I can see 'stars'. Anyone had the same experience ?