Royal Orchid Holidays Phuket impression (full text)

Royal Orchid Holidays Phuket impression

(Only with this literature to my dear wife adults, thank you for the careful preparation and thereby bring memories)

With Thai flights of soar up that we left the Phuket, ending a journey of 5 days of happiness.

At 2 000 feet, absent-minded looking blue sky and white clouds, thought it couldn't be the wind take back to Phuket soft sand beaches and blue sea.

1. itinerary – since March

Weekdays are busy living, the town, little time with my wife, so would like to take advantage of the annual leave to compensate for it.

His wife suggested going to a sunny place, beach vacation, so beautiful Phuket Island – into our plan. From the beginning, we give up to participate in tours, because from our point of view of group travel and get somewhere like red eye flights up, tense attractions itinerary, heavy shopping arrangements so that the people involved, and vacation are different concepts. In fact, when we relaxed in Patong Town (Padang town) walking on the streets, a group of tired but China Tours tourist sitting at the gate of the Ocean Plaza breath. Look at the wives of mercy and they envy eye movement, I feel very happy.

Second, air tickets, visas,

Not to save money and to catch the red-eye flight China Eastern Airlines.

The reason is simple, everyday to stay up late overtime, if you have to stay up late to fly on holiday, crazy … red eye flights excluded!, Thai Airways more high-quality service as our choice. The appropriate take-off (åœ — äº¬æ — ¶é — ' 8: 20AM) and land (local time 3: 40) time, more spacious seating, a more intimate service, everything and the theme of holiday is so well. In addition, there is an important consideration is that the delayed Thai Airways aircraft, and rarely late will significantly impact travel arrangements. Colleagues old complained to me of China Eastern Airlines, often late, stewardess poor attitude, yet local complaints, huh, huh, I don't want to vacation for gas-Oh. In Phuket we meet another couple from domestic, because the aircraft was delayed so that the original 4 day journey last only 1.5 days sightseeing!

Of course, the price is still to consider, after all, making money, HA HA.

Widely understood that Thai's Royal Orchid Holidays "" Yes, there are a variety of packages to choose from, the price is very worthwhile. We chose a connecting flight from Shanghai via Bangkok to Phuket's packages, flights + hotel, 5 nights, 6 days (including fuel) 2630. Basic package is a 4 day 3 night, 1680, we will upgrade the hotel, while the addition of 2 days. When we spoke to 1680 price copies of the meal when found in the ticket price is 5XXX, Hei Hei ... Smugly.

Now the "Orchid Holidays" on the Internet quite popular, many friends a message that Thai phone Scofield, ask how to be fixed to the product.

Convenient for you, I will know phone announced as follows:

Thai Airways agent: Dongmei aviation Kerry Center box office, 1515 Nanjing Road West, Room 213; (Thai they downstairs)

Phone: 62791182 or 52985814 * 110 Miss LI

Fax: 52985087, 32220921

(Given that there are friends, hereby affirms that the complaint: the prices mentioned in this article is only for reference, I do not recommend any travel products and services, please proceed according to their market price comparison results determine tourism products! helpless ... ...!

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Visa is the only unpleasant memories.

Staff attitude of arrogance and arrogance, always in a condescending attitude towards people. Thai Consulate in Bund 6 ~ 7, Thailand Pangu Bank upstairs, the door should be Fuzhou Road underpass. Their phone in 114 not find, on the Internet found some problems, in the past asked to answer and actual visas when there are large discrepancies. However visa quickly, usually 2 working days is sufficient.

Key points concerning visas are summarized below: I arrived at the scene, a guarantee issued by an English company, air one copy and a 2 inch visa, passport, on the spot fills out a form in English.

Also, I seem to recall that the Visa Office only at external Office.

3. pick up

All goes well, the arrival of the aircraft on Phuket Airport.

When we with excitement and palpitating heart out of the airport was dumbfounded. Outside a mess, accustomed to see the Chinese people, black people down with only half cooked English greeting to you; no imagination of reception staff, see our name brand of hospitality; nor does it bear hotel logos vehicles; Halo ... , A drop of sweat. Hotel where, how to get to, we don't know anything about it. See 2 Beijing couples, I like to see at straws like rush up to say hello. Results revealed that they are unable to find the hotel, visitors since March they confused eyes and a face intense look, I know that can only be on your own. Angry left them, and I continue to look for domestic agents promised the local reception when I miss a tour group. After wife told me the same thoughts, this is probably in this trip we only missed tours. Suddenly, a black thin local girl came up and greet us, we are vigilant in watching her, heard her abrupt called out his wife's name. Suddenly my heart stone fell, no domestic typically use the big brands, her hands only a piece of writing our names to the list of A4 size. In the next few days, I repeatedly see this list. Thailand local travel agencies are basically very responsible, all projects include the shuttle. Usually their drivers (not guided) will bring a list at the airport or hotel door, saw waiting for tourists, they will take the initiative to ask you.

4. hotel

1 sea view room

We scheduled the Amari Coral Beach Resort, in a good online reputation.

Hotel in Patong Beach on the edge of a small hillExtension of the guest rooms at the beach all the way to expand that stretches several thousand metres. In the Lobby to Check In time is nothing special feeling, or even think it's not like domestic hotel lobby would purposely, lack of style. Our rooms are arranged in 1 zone, located on the bottom layer. When we walked along the bench recursively down to room only to find the hotel's design was very clever, very reasonable. The lobby is located on the highest point of the hotel, its rooms with a mountain top to bottom, in turn, this makes building and building mutual block between does, ensure that all rooms are able to see the sea. Open the door, the biggest surprise present in my eyes, the room faces the sea, the fresh sea breeze blowing, breezy waves slapping my heart. Ran to the balcony to balcony over the sea, discover the ground distance but 3-4 m, sea-from me is so close!, apart from mad Kiss surprises a LP, and then jumped on the White Queen enjoy immediate beauty.

2, breakfast

In-country, many of my friends complained that local hotel breakfast is too simple, but fruit is also very dry, lack of water, but I met at Amari was not the case.

They provide a rich variety of breakfast, Thai, European, Chinese, Japanese, and adapt to different visitors. There are a lot of fresh fruit, sweet and juicy. In the breakfast dishes, you can even find salmon! Wasabi and soy sauce is also very good, tasty but not exciting. So enjoy the breakfast salmon cuisine became our daily required course, zhuanfan. The day of departure, we proceed from the 6 points, Miss the 6: 30 breakfast, hotel know, we have packaged the 2 breakfast, although no salmon, but also reflects their service and thoughtful.

3、Swimming Pool

Me a lot of friends have this dream, watching the postcard imagine yourself in to see the sea swimming and sunbathing, Amari swimming pool made me and LP achieved this childhood dream.

The hotel has 2 seat a great swimming pool, lying on the floor of the couch, blue sky, the sea is in sight. Reeds lie every day is full of various colors of the foreigner, but no less seen Chinese people (probably in the morning watching spots), go up later might not get a good seat. Unfortunately we do not dare to swim, not afraid of water during the day, to the Chinese people losing face. Think twice, the last night, we took advantage of black secretly entered the swim pool bubble bubble, enjoy.

4、Welcome Package

Of course, there are also regrettable.

Booking hotel, wife adults to write and tell them the trip coincided with our wedding anniversary. The hotel's free will we originally booked Twin bed room upgrade to a King bed room, and in the welcome letter provided us with a welcome package-to 1760baht price to enjoy a price close to the SPA and a 3300baht meal there are crab and shrimp Thai dinner. But I arrived the following day and "day" for the day of arrival and is subsequently every day, and therefore not immediately go to the book "welcome package". Results when LP on the last day to go to the reception desk Advisory, the answer is that the package has expired. You know, Amari's SPA Pavilion is located in a forest by the sea, the Treatment Room finely arranged in the mountain, although it is open, but privacy is excellent, and every face the sea, you can enjoy body care while carefully listen to the soothing sound of the sea. Oh, what a pity .... This time I have lost 2 points of experience: 1, a closet to hotel will find welcome package; 2, learn a foreign language is really important!

After several days of experience, and LP decided which of the last day we also don't want to go, just in the planning of their hotel, enjoy the hotel's various services and facilities.

Recall the tour, we agreed that at Phuket's most gratifying is the hotel.

5. Tour Information

Local common tourism projects: Phuket Island Tour (visit of the 3 big Beach), Kaya Island (climbing Cliff Islands), sized Phi Phi Island, Maya Bay (El Cliff Bay), Khai Non Island (egg Island), renyao Sau and Fantasea (magic number hills).

There are many travel agents, Tour Information signs everywhere, usually hotel lobby and the street edge. We are at the Holiday Inn near the one called "Topten" roadside stands for run-length. Boss enthusiasm and patience, according to our requirements recommended to us a lot of products. We do not deliberately go to compare prices are cheap, but it looks like my boss sincere feeling is also not much loss. As a result of the project, the final boss to just the price to us 300baht organized a day tour around the island of Phuket. Want to know from Patong Town called car to Amari however 20-30 minutes walking distance is 100baht.

In the next few days, we basically every day and a variety of different color in the size of the ship.

There are yellow, white, black, Brown, or red (the Sun of the foreigner, ^ ~ ^), with Japan and Korea people. In general the foreigner are more friendly, even my most hated little devils. Ever met a group of tourists from Japan, their friendly look really hard to their nation and the Nanjing massacre nouns. But found that Japan's English is really poor, even the "what do you do?" this line will sentence they elementary school students should be asked "what's kind of job you do?" , Halo, real amateurs. When they ask whether we can speak English, my friend also with them a fake polite about it. Knew theySuch a difference really should be proud to tell them, "come the fall in 1999, is a personal English is much more than you strong. ”

A few days off, summarized as follows:

1, circle Island tour or should go, mainly look at the three Beach Phuket as well as the local temples, are very impressive, generally need one day.

2, Maya, Phi Phi Island and Khai Non ought to go, Maya is white sandy beach, the sea presents a rare green, really beautiful.

Khai Non beach as Maya beauty, but also very good, the water is crystal-clear. The gentle slope of the beach, the water is relatively shallow, so very secure, but also so many people here diving and swimming. We do not know how to swim, chose to lie on the beach chairs. Array of sea breeze blowing, are very comfortable, we actually asleep until's skipper to call discovered long ago passed the departure time, hehe. The above 3 island can go the same day, a lot of products includes both of these three places. My experience is secure both by speedboat and quick. Before you go out, friends told us, sea waves, will normally be seasick, but big ship no boat Halo. But we found the actual case, on the one hand, may be we are lucky, the day is calm at sea; on the other hand we find the yacht of the bow is very loose, the ship is at sea skip, feeling the whole people would fly out, but the Stern is very stable, even the seasickness pills can be free, I return the boat then egg Island dream and sleep sleep.

3. by contrast, the scenery is 007 Island some poor, but because the bond series of films of influence, its famous or very large.

Go to 007 island transportation in General is the Longtail boat (long tail boat), it is quite interesting, and more intimate. In the trip usually have a Canoe, let everyone to experience the feeling of sitting inflatable boat adventure. This way, Basic does not require water, therefore do not replace good bathing costumes in advance.

4. Goblin Show.

Because I'm not very fond of this abnormal sex, so the original is not show on renyao have a favorable impression. But look at feel, regardless of their gender, lighting, choreography, costumes, and program design, the show is still very renyao worth watching. Simon Cabaret is the most famous local show field, other's don't know. Renyao the word I do not know, and the local people said "lady-man", they should be able to understand.

6. Massage and SPA

Massage and SPA are very famous traditional skills, it is recommended that you to have the opportunity to experience what it was.

Local 2 home comparison famous massage shop, Christine and Let ' s Relax. Christine facade looks great, but the Internet many people say that is not used, so we chose Let ' s Relax. Go to massage the day we went to Phi Phi Island, came back feeling slightly tired, so the use amount of idle time in the evening to relax. Inside environment is very good, device looks very professional, and LP in Thailand aunt of professional practices and the murmuring sound of flowing water even asleep, really comfortable. After the day we also feel a Thai SPA. In a steam oven, we lay in a bed, aunt were a couple, who will wipe of a will. In particular, there is a program which, to me a multicoloured yellow. sediments, cool, then I feel like one is processing of Curry Chicken!

Typically, this place is not a counter-offer, but we find the agent, so get a discount of 10% and the return of the shuttle service.

Seven, restaurants and shopping

1, restaurants

On the overall impression of Thailand diet is: acid, sweet, spicy.

Whether it is a famous Tom Yin Kong (refreshingly), or a variety of colorful spices, are full of these three, I don't like. Never and ever-Chinese cuisine. According to the locals, in Patong Town of Bangla street has a Tiger entertainment, from its side of the path through the past is a food court, it is said that delicious and cheap. Another Netizen recommended place 99restaurant, in another food court, also from Bangla Street. We specifically to tourists to eat Seafood and Tai food nothing interesting, but in-depth potions to experience local life and diet, which is the so-called Local Tai food. The Holiday Inn is the opposite of the street there are some roadside gears, we are there to solve a dinner. C in the browsing through Big time finding their underground Food Court really is abundant and cheap, is the true local gastronomy, strongly recommended! we changed 100baht's dining certificate (1 day can retreat), with the result to the Plaza of various snack taste of the times, it's finished. The only problem is that the seat is not very good at Putong Town, traffic may be less convenient.

2. Entertainment

Bangla street is located in Patong town, is one of the famous walking Street, shopping, entertainment and a body.

The street has an Ocean Plaza, in the Big One supermarket in the basement of the Plaza. In addition, Bangla attraction is its establishments, such as Tiger, Dragon, etc. Every night, the streets are full of Bangla joviality of the foreigner. Tiger entertainment is a local landmark porn bar, open, there are a lot of Thailand or Viet Nam and the girl, they often stand at the barSitting on the tube dance.

3. exchange rate

In addition, in Bangla and street ends with exchange, we conclude by repeated observation: the exchange rate is usually late Saturday will study and daily increase in airport transfer baht least cost-effective, hotel near the second, in the lively streets for the most cost-effective.

If you do not have the time to comparison, recommend a place near the Ocean Plaza Bangla has three exchange place, where a street (note, not the Ocean Plaza entrance) is usually a higher exchange rate. But for us, exchange rates, compared to around exchange loss calculation is also the fun of our day.

4, shopping

Shopping in supermarkets usually go to the Big One is easy, there is a beach in Patong, another in Bangla.

Comparison, Big C, scale and articles you can say that the rich are the only one I can produce the cravings. But because of all the local people took us to the car, so I do not know the specific seat Big C.

In addition, in my view, the local clothing is hard, thick and hard and rustic, and fashion of Shanghai.

After all, tourism product is the other's strengths, and of course than the clothing textiles powers. See them dressed, LP even produced the idea to open a clothing store, she said that in just a few pieces were found over there also should be the most fashion.

Eight, the most funny thing happened

We did not ride the elephant, as my wife does not like the smell of the elephant, and see other tourists on the back of the elephant is Sun's distress, it is estimated that no meaning.

But we see the elephant show, because it is included in the itinerary of 007 Island package. Elephant show begins performances are very traditional programs, such as elephant shot and stood, nothing special. The last program is elephant massage is to let the elephant foot massage for you, it seems to have some meaning. Comparison of Chinese tourists, no one within the experience of attending looks basically the foreigner. My car a little girl from the United States has a lot of guts, first. The Facilitator asked her to lie in a mat, elephant with its sturdy legs in her ass, back gently walking, in the end also used like a nose in her face up a kiss. A look at all right, everyone would have signed up for an elephant to do a free massage. Participate in this program, usually children, but there are a few adults also couldn't think of experience. Finally went up a huge belly, red nose foreigners, the moderator said: now that was the last, to give him a little special services, the foreigner to be proud of. Sure enough, and others, the moderator asked him backwards up lying on the mat. As before, the elephant is very obedient to begin the fat man massage, the difference is this step on his belly. We are all fat pinching a Khan, fearing that his belly is elephant slip tread explosion. Is concerned, I could see the facilitator to the training of veterinary colleges make up eyes, elephants start trick or treat. It suddenly put his nose to the foreigner between the two legs, and non-stop dangbu inside daogu, specifically what only he knew what it was. In short, look at his face, be alarmed and awkward, estimated ... ... , Hei Hei. Foreigners in mat hard struggle, but my stomach is elephant trampling the countenance, poor fat face of red. Prior to the end, the elephant routinely gave him a kiss, the difference is that everybody else is kiss in my head, he kisses on the mouth. Escape from the clutches of fat can elephants do not like the looks so proud of, one person in a double edge. This LP said something more funny, she said "estimated him this evening dream, dream are all that only his mother like sexual harassment!" Wow!

IX. concluding remarks

Rory wordy speaks a lot, you should come to an end.

Overall, in Phuket for every day I am happy that these happy with 1/3 from the beautiful scenery, 1/3 from the enjoyment of life, there are 1/3 from the pleasure of discovery. Especially for the tours of tourists discover fun is very important.

Finally, hope you can get out of your different journey, experience the emotion of Phuket.

Tips：

1, a visa must I arrived at the scene and guarantee letter must be in English or Thai.

2. remember to bring a long-sleeve shirt and a pair of thick cotton, with little weight, but can make your cold airport to undefeated.

3. local travel agent, by virtue of its relationship with the network always get a discount, it is recommended that apart from shopping other projects can find proxy address.

Our SPA is a 10% discount.

4. local travel arrangements for the project basically includes transfer, no additional fixing cars.

At the same time as a matter of courtesy, the driver will wait in the lobby, and is not a call to your room unless you are late for a long time.

5, because of the Phuket water sports a lot, so it is best to be able to swim, it does so, it is recommended that you leave out the pool or in the water.

6, the sea, personal feeling should sit better than the big ship speedboat, Fastboat (or Speedboat) fast, save time and sit in the stern words don't Halo, I'm back from Phi Phi Phuket on the way even slept the sleep.

7 go to Phi Phi Island, usually will not place of water, changing clothes, preferably before going out for good bathing costumes.

8, Thai seafood there is no domestic price of delicious, nor how much cheaper than internal, it is recommended that you try some local food (Local Thai food), on this point, Big C supermarket downstairs in the food court is a good place to visit, Holiday Inn across the street stalls.

In fact, we found the Thai styleThe taste of instant noodles is supposed to be very authentic Thai food. I am not very soil?

9, shopping a lot of people recommend Big One, but really Big supermaket C supermaket than the former big and cheap, just not as Big One convenient traffic.

There is also a local like Lotus, but I haven't.

10 Exchange rate at the airport, the least cost, typically in the busy street.

Recommended to Bangla Street near the Ocean Plaza, the one facing the street store (not the Plaza's door), it's the exchange rate is often the most cost-effective.

11, to the hotel, particularly so as better Amari hotels, be sure to note the Welcome Letter on the table to see if there is no hotel Welcome Package is usually a very attractive choice.

12, you can buy the card on the phone, there are so many are telephone booths, but I think no need.

The minimum denomination 300baht card to us too much, not off. I have found a home phone, playing back to China 25baht per minute. In addition, please note that their vote first payphone is a coin, then dial-up, once connected to vote again in another Coin, and are not the same, I suffered losses.

13, because there are a lot of friends asking price, add a few myself participated in several projects of price:

Circle Island Tour: 300baht (3 large beach, view of the sea, temples, point not hancan)

007 Island: 1000baht/person (airport, including lunch, and another one at noon start at night, 650baht/person)

Phi Phi Island: 1100baht/person (Phi Phi island + Khai Non island + Maya bay, shuttle, including lunch)

Renyao show: 600baht/person (Simon, Vip seat, shuttle)

Massage: 600baht/person (Let's relax)

SPA: 1600baht/person, through a proxy to get 10% discount (forgot the name)

(See the sea View Point)

(Amari Jetty)

(Amari's swimming pool)