Phuket Travel Diary

We spent 6 days in Phuket and just returned yesterday. This was our first time choosing a self-guided tour. Without the urging of a tour guide, without the lack of sleep, without the bad food and numerous shopping trips, what’s left is pure relaxation and rest.

We took an early flight from Beijing to Singapore, then transferred to Phuket. After arriving, we checked into ClubMed. On the first day, the clean and beautiful environment of ClubMed impressed me. I had always thought that Thailand was dirty and chaotic, but this place turned out to be a small paradise

On the second day, we went snorkeling early in the morning. After taking a yacht for over an hour, we arrived at our destination. It was my first time snorkeling, and I didn’t know many techniques. Basically, I had to take off my mask every 2 minutes to breathe, and I had to try not to breathe too much in the water. Even so, I still swallowed a lot of seawater. Snorkeling was a lot of fun, and I could see the beautiful, strange-looking fish among the coral reefs. For example, Copperband butterfly fish, Emperor angelfish, etc. However, I estimate that there might have been a group of jellyfish in the area where we were snorkeling, because I kept feeling a stinging sensation in the water.

On the third day, we went to Pha Ngan bay. We took a 1-hour car ride to the dock, then boarded a sailboat. All of our fellow travelers were foreigners, so we used English and French to communicate. And I officially became an English translator:) This trip really exercised my oral English and listening skills. The sailboat was not big, but it was very stable. Lying on the bow, feeling the warm sunshine, and admiring the surrounding scenery was truly comfortable. Later, we even saw dolphins. According to our French G.O., there was only one dolphin in this sea area, and it was very lucky to have seen it. Hehe, isn’t the dolphin itself a symbol of good luck? Near noon, we transferred to a speedboat and arrived at a local fishing village. In a shop there, I bought a necklace made from a shark’s tooth. The surrounding scenery was beautiful, with a feeling similar to the “Sea Above the Three Gorges”. In the afternoon, we sailed to the last island and stopped to swim. I swam to a nearby reef in one breath. There, I discovered a jellyfish with a strange color, and then I accidentally buried it alive… There was also a Spookfish, but I’m not sure, as it swam like a snake, jumping up and down.

On the fourth day, we spent the morning at the beach next to ClubMed. While I was strolling on the beach, I extra gained a hermit crab. In the afternoon, I practiced archery inside ClubMed. The G.O. was very serious, teaching me hand-in-hand how to hold the bow, how to aim, etc. At first, my score was quite good. Just as I was feeling proud and self-satisfied, a small competition began. As a result, I was the first to be eliminated… It seems that I still need to practice more. In the evening, we went to the beach again, and the sunset by the sea was truly beautiful.

On the fifth day, we… once again came to the beach. This time, we went snorkeling again, but only with swim goggles, without professional equipment. The most exciting thing about this snorkeling trip was that I encountered a school of fish - thousands and thousands of small fish, surrounding me like a wall. And the seabed under the sunlight gave me a dreamlike feeling.

In the afternoon, we left ClubMed, feeling a bit reluctant to part with it.