coming to Phuket I really didn't have a
plan. I've just been kind of like
spending time relaxing and not really
going out that much and sightseeing and
that's because the days before that
and I know the dates after Phuket will be
all about trying to see as much as i can
see and photographin, film things and
there's a point where travel blogging
becomes work. Sometimes just to take a
vacation I just need to go to someplace
else that's foreign just so that i can
rest. With Phuket, I've just kind of been
sitting back and I've been doing really
nothing. And I don't regret it at all.
So there we go. I don't regret it. Whether or
not i see everything
this island has to offer, I think that a
few things I see would still be enough
to me.
Here I am at a sauna. This is the sauna.
You can smell the turmeric. You hang out
there for a while, you sweat it out and
then come to these barrels right here and you
pour water over yourself to kind of like
cool yourself down. You can go in and out back and forth
as many times as you want.
It's kind of like a way to refresh yourself.
You know for 70 baht, that's not a bad thing.
So now i'm going to go ahead and take a
massage. A Thai massage right here will
be 250 baht. So that's not a bad deal at all.
After a long day of traveling it's definitely
the way to go.
We're at Nai Harn beach in Phuket and
this is a gorgeous Beach mixed with expats or
foreigners and locals and this is
actually the first beach that I've seen
here in phuket or maybe even in Thailand
where r i noticed locals hanging out also.
That's a big thing. Maybe there's a
refreshment stand. I need to refresh my snacks.
What do you think?
Is it my look? Massages are 300 baht . In Phuket
massages are just a little more
expensive than bangkok. Just a little bit
more.
it's a Buddha in the window
The Thai have this ritual where when they're
praying that they take one of these gold leaves.
After their prayer they will
place it on the statute. The giant statue . too
A famous monk that was in this temple .
Another thing you'll find very common with
Thai culture is they'll wrap these trees
the base of the trees and sometimes I
put like little statues or objects
symbols. You could pretty much go
treasure hunting in these trees. So here
we are at Phuket Vegetarian Festival .
Nine days of just festival rituals and
parades, vegetarian food. And at the end, of
this entire festival and culminates into
one big parade and kind of like a
celebration. The vegetarian festival
has to be one of the largest food
festivals in all of Thailand.
And oh my God, all this vegetarian food make
is making my mouth water. Now Thailand has a lot of night
market and Thai love to shop. They
also love to eat. Currently we're at Karon
Beach outside of Wat Suwan Khiri
Khet (Karon Temple Market). Inside the wat area there is
a huge night market a lot of food, a
lot of shopping, clothes, souvenirs. All that
driving around today got me really
hungry.
Deep-fried bugs anyone?
i just ordered some spring rolls for 10
baht each. You can pick it out. It's pretty
basic, deep-fried and there's a lot of
fried food in Thailand, which makes it
so delicious and yet sometimes so unhealthy
for you.
Or at least for your diet. Where else can you
get a plate of Jumbo Prawns or even jumbo
baby crabs for 50 baht. This is a deep fried
soft-shell crab . this is the prawn.
50 baht for a whole little container of this, like
three or four of them.