First Evening, Phuket

21 hours after leaving our home in UK and we’ve finally arrived at our first destination in Phuket, Thailand. The flight felt very long although we were able to get a little bit of sleep on the plane overnight, albeit not very comfortable sleep. Customs was fine and we were out of the airport relatively quickly. The first job was to find a SIM card so we could get online to sort out transfers to our hotel. After reading up prior to leaving, the best place to buy a SIM card is at the airport on arrival so we did. We are also aware that airport taxis are a rip off for tourists as you can imagine. To somewhat avoid this we agreed to keep our heads down and walk out of the airport and find a local taxi. Unfortunately the airport ground didn’t lend itself very well to that so we needed up booking a transfer on Grab, an Uber equivalent. We were actually positively surprised at the cost so proceeded to book a taxi. What turned up was some interesting looking mini bus with a gold interior and an equally interesting but friendly driver.

Some time later and we arrived at our first destination in Phuket. Being our first hotel, we did book this sometime in advance and what a hotel it was. More like an apartment with a living space, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and ground floor balcony leading to the outdoor pool we were very pleasantly surprised!

After settling in we left for dinner at a local restaurant and enjoyed starter, mini shrimp pad Thai and fresh pineapple juice all for £3. Later on we walked back and decided to take a late dip in the pool before calling it a night.Read more