Sept 20 - 23 - Phuket
After many rejections, we finally said Yes to the JW Marriott Vacation Club Holiday at Mai Khao, Phuket.
At the invitation of a Vacation Club member (friend of Tim) we had the privilege to stay for free for 4 days and 3 nights at JW Marriott Vacation Club at Mai Khao (MK) at Phuket.
The reason why we hesitated was that we had been to Phuket a number of times (with Star Cruise) so much so that the idea of going again to visit the same places was just too boring for us.
However what clinched this was that our eldest daughter decided to join us for the trip. Since she started working, she had been so busy at work that spending time with her was just so precious.....
The awesome idea of spending time with our girls on the island holiday was so appealing that we decided that this time we will make it no matter what....
On Sunday, we took an hour plus flight to Phuket. At the airport, we were quickly taken by the resort bus to the other side of the island, about an hour's ride. We had not been to the other side of the island as the cruise ship normally docked on one side of the island. This was the part of the island that the tsunami struck. According to the staff of the JW Marriott Hotel & Spa, the waves from the sea reached up to the swimming pool!
This part of Phuket was exclusive and isolated. It was like being in the middle of nowhere with a sense of exclusivity. We later came to know that only members and members' friends were allowed to book apartment rooms in the resort.
A welcome gift was given to us with a welcome drink. The staff was polite and helpful. They took us up to our room. We were wowed! It was a 2-bedroom apartment with huge beds. The girls had a queen sized bed each while Tim and I had a king-sized bed!
The apartment had its own kitchen with cooking facilities with TV sets in every room. We quickly settled in and decided to go for lunch at Turtle Village, the only shopping complex in the enclave. This was an exclusive enclave.
Apart from Marriot Vacation Club, there was the JW Marriott Resort & Spa and Anantara Resort. It was luxurious setting!
At Turtle Village, we went to Thai Express for lunch. The girls' first comment "Do you know that there is a Thai Express in KL?"
However we wanted to eat Thai food and that was the only restaurant that was available. We had spicy red tom yum, green curry chicken, steamed fish, omelette and a vegetable dish. It was delicious!
After lunch, we headed back for our siesta. The girls explored the beach. It turned out they also explored Anantara too...they came back telling it that the resort was really beautiful...
In the evening, we went back to Thai Express. We had delicious Thai crab curry, pandan leaf chicken (a most disappointing dish as the chicken piece was the size of a thumb or slightly bigger), taufoo and soup.
We then went shopping at Turtle Mart and bought green curry instant noodle and croissant for breakfast tomorrow in view of cooking facilities at the apartment.
We also signed up for a tour to Phi Phi island on Monday......
More to come...
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