ITS DAY TWO!!! WATER RAFTING DAY!! Woke up hyped and refreshed!
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Ytd sleep was good! The main highlight of the trip is probably this – DA WHITE WATER RAFTING. *･゜ﾟ･*\(^O^)/*･゜ﾟ･* Not my first time but i always enjoy my WWR trips immensely. This was mascot’s virgin trip! Booked this trip together with the Simon Cabaret yesterday. Always book your tours when you reach phuket! There are many tour operators, very competitive hence its much cheaper. Never ever booked online. Prices online for 5KM starts from 1300B up but was quoted less than 900B when we were there.
The lady quoted us
Rafting 5KM ->> 900B
ATV half hour ->> + 500B
Elephant trekking ->> + 500B
I initially planned on rafting 9KM but due to food poisoning, i was quite worried that its might be too xiong ( taxing ) for me (╥_╥) but yet I did not want to miss out on it! So i settled on the 5KM hoping that it will rain in the morning ( Raining increase the water level and the speed of the river flow making it more exciting). Our friends took up rafting + half an hour of ATV so it cost them 1400B each. We were told that we probably spending more time in the waterfall while our friends went ATV but it wasnt how it went!!! Felt kinda cheated!
The minibus picked us up from our hotel at 8:30am, took an hour to bring us to the Suwankuha Temple (Monkey Cave), part of the itinerary. Your can get bananas or nuts from the street vendors and fed them to the monkeys but beware the monkeys are quite aggressive and will snatch whatever food there is from the people. They sure can tell why are you hiding the yummies.
Outside the temple. Admission Fee is required to enter!
The monkey climbed up the guy to grab the food in his hand.
Mascot with his distant relative. hahaha~
After the Monkey Cave, we took another 20 mins ride to the ATV place where those peepos who took up ATV in their package have their ride here. Being the only ones who didnt get the ATV, we were told to wait for the rest of them at the place. Why didnt Mascot and i do ATV? Thats because we did it at other places previously ( mine in bintan and his in korea ) and we kinda find it boring. Haha. ┐(- ヮ. -)┌ Wells, where was the extra time in the waterfall?
Drav & Rach with their ride
Getting all ready to vrrroooom away!
They were actually very well organised. At the ATC ‘reception’, hangs a board that documents the no of people at various timeslot and when the people at the designated slots arrive , they will strike it off the list. It was an hour long wait. There was absolutely nothing to do over there! The people there treated us to a whole bag of Chiku chiku and rambutans! They kept peeling and offered it to us. Super grateful!! No wonder Thais are known for their hospitality and generosity. The rambutans came fresh from the trees!! It was still warm when we had it ( hot sunny day ). Our driver actually went into the forest and emerged with a whole plastic bag of rambutans soon after.
Enjoying our cornetto~
After the ATV is done, those that have taken up elephant trekking will proceed to do it while the rest were brought to the white rafting location to have our lunch. There was this wooden bridge, suspended on cables we had to cross before reaching the place. It was really scary and fun at the same time cuz it sway really hard and you couldnt keep your balance on it. Lunch was simple, kampong style. We dined next to the river which we will be rafting in later.
Having fun swaying~
NOW COMES THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY!!
We were given lockers to deposit our stuff in. After which, we were briefed on the safety, what to do and not to during rafting. I heard from my friend who went phuket and rafted complain that they was not allowed to raft and it was only done by the guides. Such is further confirm when we saw people paddle-less in the raft going down the river during our lunch. Therefore i had no expectation that i will be paddling so imagine my surprise when they hand us our paddles. WEEET! We get to do it afterall! The ride was really fun! It would be more exciting if it had rained in the morning 😦 Nevertheless, we enjoyed it tremendously! Even mascot who was quite reluctant to do it in the beginning was grinning from ear to ear. Nobody says no to rafting! The whole rafting took about 30 – 45 mins.
All set to get wet!
One shot before we sets off
YAYS TO RAFTING!!
Midpoint pitstop
Happy faces with our guide!
Love all the expressions here. Bought this photo at 200B per piece. They have professional photographer station at various points to snap us!
Packing up to head back! Dunno how they stack all the rafts up.
All happy people onboard!
This pretty house makes the picture looks so sweet.
After rafting, we proceed to trek to a nearby mini waterfall. The trek took mmm.. 5mins? It was really quick and we reached the waterfall. It was not spectacular but still beautiful! We went for a dip in the water! Water’s quite murky tho.
Waterfall dip.
It was end of the day tour and we were brought back to our hotel! On the ride back, we made friends with 2 Singaporean guys who introduced us to a place where they had my favourite Thai steamboat aka mookata buffet in Patong! We swear we would be there for dinner. Always wanted to try out the authentic Thai mookata. Trial and error, with a map in hand, we tried to figured out our way there. All we know is that it is located opposite a fire station. While it feels like a repeat of yesterday, we managed to get there in half an hour! Quite a feat. Saw the boys from earlier during the tour there as well! A thing to note is not to bring the Singaporean habit of kiasu-ness. you will be charge for food wasteage.. 100 baht per kg!
Map we use to navigate! Red cross is the fire station!
Fire station directly opposite.
The airy setting
Freeflow meat ❤
One can make your own mango salad at the table!
The sauces garden.
Mascot figuring out what to have~
Lets dig in!
Be warned., A strong stomach is needed to stomach the food. Cost us 199B per pax. Drinks additional charges. Place opens from 5pm till 2am. The dinner was good. I finally got appetite for food! However, after this meal, horrors awaits the 3 of them. The 3 of them were unwell after the meal and me, who have been lining my stomach with a protective layer of charcoal from the past 2 days was perfectly fine!
With a can of luncheon and a shake of pepper 