wHeN cLoWns bEcOme rOyaLtY - tRaNspOrt eDitiOn

our trip to phuket treetops arasia was first suggested when monkey saw a promotion advertisement in the papers.. for the price of $498 (inclusive of air tickets, lodging, limousine to and from airport, buffet breakfast, 60 minute body massage of our choice and necessary taxes), we get to enjoy the luxurious facilities of this boutique resort.. in my opinion, it was a very worthwhile and value for money trip.. you'll know why soon enough.. haha..

hmmm.. at the point in time when we were still on Singapore land.. we were still holding the identity of clowns.. haha.. i was so looking forward to the touch down as a member of the royalty.. to be precise, the queen!!! haha.. happily, we checked in at terminal 2.. and went on ahead with shopping!!!


we spent the most time at the cosmetics section.. walking around and thinking whether to get fragrance, or skin care products, cosmetics.. etc.. finally ended up buying some skin care stuff from lancome.. and got jasc her hypnose fregrance!!

ahah, it's been 10 years since i last board a plane.. and i had to run to the gate cos we spent too much time shopping!! almost missed out flight!! hahah..

we were not lucky enough to get window seats.. and i was separated from monkey by the narrow walkway between the two aisles.. nevertheless i was still excited.. haha.. nothing much la.. the flight was quite boring.. and i'm glad i did not get air sick during the flight!!!

when we touched down at the phuket airport.. we took quite a long time to queue to get our pasports stamped.. we were told that there'd be staff from treetops to bring us to the resort..

when we went out of the airport, we were greeted with many minivans, shuttle buses.. for a moment, we thought the 'limousine' was perhaps at most a mercedes vito.. however to our surprise.. we were led by a treetops staff to a mercedes E-class!

stunned.. were the people beside us.. they were holding expressions of awe.. haha i heard one of the travellers who was trying to squeeze into the shutlle bus exclaiming "phwa!"

and when all 4 of us were ready to hop on to the mercedes.. the staff stopped me and monkey.. he told us there is another mercedes ready for us.. a couple to a mercedes!! haha! oh my goodness! i was overwhelmed.. cos this was not what we expected!! definitely not to this extent! hahah.. *exhilarated*

we were having fun taking pictures and relaxing on our way to treetops! on our way to the resort.. wi realised the only mercedes were the limousines from the resorts like treetops, banyan tree and twin palm.. other vehicles on the road actually gave way to every mercedes they see!!!

right.. enough of the limousine.. haha.. this was not the only luxury we enjoyed of course.. the resorts were on the steep hills and we wondered how were we to climb all the way up and then down to the main entrance? or to the swimming pool and spa and restaurant?

no worries! cos there are 'buggys' ready to fetch us from our doorsteps any minute.. we could even call and state a time for the buggy to pick us up from our suites!!

there was once when it was raining.. and we were about to carry an umbrella along since the walk to the pick up pint was not sheltered.. alas! the buggy driver actually came to our doorstep with umbrellas ready to shelter us over to the pick up point!! very impressive eh?

their buggy also bring us to surin beach and will pick us up from the beach at the time we required..

and they'll stop over jus to let monkey scratch his butt? haha (i'm kidding la)

seriously.. their service hor.. mow-dark-teng leh!! hahaha.. at this point in time.. i'm so happy to be relating my experiences wahahahaha..

they also had minibus scheduled to bring us tophuket town and patong beach.. so much for worrying how we were to get to these places before we embark on our getaway..

on sunday when we were at phuket town.. there were tour guides stationed at the pick up point of our minibus.. for $2.50(for 4 ppl), we get to tour phuket town for four full hours.. we toured phuket town with the help of this!

erm, of cos with the guide driving la.. haha

the guide brought us to eat and shop.. haha.. and i bought myself some bags and tidbits to bring home!

hahaha.. i got a picture of tuktuks.. but i did not have a chance to ride on one.. nvm.. next time perhaps!

the tuktuks look different from the previous time i went to thailand.. they kinda look safer to ride in! haha.. i'm not sure about those in other parts of thailand.. red tuktuks are the most popular here it seems.. perhaps cos it's striking enough a colour to attract ppl's attention? hehz..

on the day of departure, we left with heavy hearts.. esp monkey, who did not want to return to his clown status..

unintentionally, we cut the queue of another group to be first in the queue for checking in.. ha, we did not notice there was a "please wait behind this line" notice on the floor and so we pushed our luggage right up just in front of the counter! for the rest of the time we just stood there and pretend we didn't know about it lor! haha..

there really wasn't much going on in the phuket airport.. so boring!! wan to sleep oso no bed, wan to shop oso not many shops.. wan to eat oso no money left! haha

by the time we got on board the plane, i was feeling a little hungry and very tired! i could have felt better with the food but too bad the catering was horrible terrible incorrigible.. i almost puked not becos of my history of air-sickness..

back in Singapore, back to being clowns.. haha the first moment i snapped, monkey yawned.. hahahaha.. so adorable!

where's the limousine to pick us up? where's our buggy? *slaps*

wake up!