Phuket Sand

Well initially we wanted to do a bunch of posts titled Phuket Something, but given that we had a project going on and were kept pretty busy, we decided to scrap the rest and keep with just the sun, sea, and now, sand.

The day we arrived we actually took a nice walk at the beach, taking in the view and enjoying the rather serene environment. And unlike the esplanade at Port Klang, the beach isn't crowded with couples and tourists, so it was pretty enjoyable to walk about the beach in our Crocs.

Now, our first view of the beach was at night, where all we saw was sea and sand. So our impression pretty much was that everyone will be out at the beach lying down and tanning on beach towels. So it was rather fortunate that the Chief has been to Phuket before, and on the morning we were to go and laze at the beach the Chief brought along some cash (we thought that we wouldn't need to bring any money as we were equiped with towels, sunblock and drinks).

First thing we see when we arrived at the beach in the morning?

Yes...well, that, and that all along the beach there were...

...deckchairs. Whoa. And then the beach boys (all tanned so dark that it got us thinking twice about wanting to live on an island out in the sun every day) asked if we wanted to rent a chair for the entire day. At 100 baht each.

Turns out that was exactly how much the Chief brought along, and after choosing a good spot (the beach boy at the area had a shower set up so we could wash off the sea water and sand), we proceeded to set ourselves up for the entire morning basking in the sun.

And by past 1pm, we were packing up to head back for a shower, followed by lunch. It was a bit difficult to leave, especially since it was so tranquil just lying there on the deckchair, the wind blowing to keep us cool even when it's hot out, and the sun so bright that we had to keep our eyes shut. Basically we just swapped our beds for the beach. But since we didn't have our lunch with us at the beach, and the Chief wouldn't have wanted to spend the entire day at the beach when there's plenty of other things to do in Phuket, we'd to give up the deckchair at last...

No, you can't take over the deckchair. Rent your own.