Here's the second part for Day 3 of our Phuket trip, and the final post for the Phuket trip series! For Days 4 and 5, we didn't have much photo opportunities as we stayed in the resort and chilled out.
Anyway apologies for any delays in posting, I found a really, really meaningful volunteering job which involves my favourite thing - music! So yup, essentially January's full. And not to mention, I've to prepare for my postgrad studies, which commence in February! There's a 99% chance that I'll be back in Perth, so be prepared for more Perth pictures! After all, Perth is a gorgeous place and new landmarks are springing up!
Anyway back to what we're covering today! Here's a street view of the old part of Phuket town.
Why I like this building? No.1 - because it's pink. No.2 - because it's nicely maintained. Oh and No.3 - it's a corner building!
Such windows are a common sight amongst colonial buildings. Remember my post on Ipoh? Ipoh and its surroundings are famous for kampong houses and colonial buildings!
OK let's hold it for now, we'll go back to the colonial buildings later on in the post.
Walked down the busy road and noticed a Buddhist building across the road! I think it's a Buddhist association headquarters or something. The place was so quiet but so nice - just like Wat Chalong!
Check out the elaborate roof and its decorations!
Oh and the building itself is gorgeous! Check out the gold Buddha statue and the intricate decorations! We weren't allowed to enter, but of course we could take pictures.
The area didn't consist of just one building - there were a few more buildings. The monks and nuns stayed in simple-looking, two-storey buildings, and the stairs leading up to their quarters was very steep!
The interesting thing about this place is that it has lots of meaningful quotes! They had English and Thai translations, and all of them were unique in their own ways.
Back on the streets again, and I spotted an old building with Chinese words. Basically this building used to be a school, and the words on the sides of the doors are probably the school's mottoes.
Other old-fashioned entrances, along the same row. Some were shops.
Oh and check this out - an old newspaper slot! We don't have that anymore.
And check out the amount of variation we have with the shophouses! Different colours, different windows etc. Most were occupied with small businesses - mostly hardware shops, bike shops, and one was even rented out as a tourism centre!
One thing I should mention here though - crossing roads in Phuket was challenging! You have to be extremely careful, and look at ALL directions. The roads can get busy, and there're lots of blind spots in some places.
Our next destination was on a hilltop, where we could see the whole of Phuket town!
And not too far away - we spotted small shops. Bought some things from them, including a bottle of chrysanthemum tea to cool myself down. There were stray dogs everywhere and I was kind of apprehensive. Luckily they seemed rather sluggish, so all was good. Up till now I am still apprehensive around dogs, especially big ones.
Along the way to the Seashell Museum, we spotted a photo-taking area and decided to stop. For just 5 minutes. Ah well, it was more than sufficient!
Our driver actually overshot and sent us all the way to the southernmost tip of the island! So before de-touring and going back to our intended destination (the Seashell Museum), we stopped for a short while.
This area was known as Rawai, and the place we were at was known as Laem Promthep.
We got to the Seashell Museum and spent quite some time there! The collection of seashells was just massive. They had good descriptions of the seashells, the scientific names, and they had gorgeous nautilus shells! You could see the chambers within the cross section, and the shells were absolutely perfect! I wonder how they managed to accumulate so many, but I had a really good time browsing through their massive collection.
Our tour guide also decided to pay a visit.
Anyway here's the interior of the Seashell Museum. Not a very big place, but the collection is splendid.
Spotted a wall of many different seashells as I walked out of the museum.
And as I was walking out, I noticed that the floors had shells on them! How cool!
And that concludes the Phuket trip! I'll update again with something new pretty soon!