After talking so much about Love, Broken Hearts and Life in the past couple of posts, I thought it appropriate to share my holiday experience with you. As you would have noticed by now, I celebrated my last birthday in my 20's in the year 2010. Seeing that I have never ventured the borders of another country I decided to do that in celebration of my life for this year.
Me, being the control freak that I am decided due to all of the chaos in my work & personal life to do this trip slightly different than one would expect on a first overseas trip. I booked a flight (3 days before hand) to Singapore and a flight back. Luckily for me, I didn't require a VISA to visit the east. I decided not to book a hotel. I had a passport - that was still in my married name, where that was the ONLY thing left in my life that was still in my married name. So, I just made copies of all of the documents required, and that was that!
I didn't make a single reservation! Not one. What I did do, was just a general Google search about hotels in Thailand in general to see what they would typically cost, and secondly if there was any level of availability. I bought two books on Thailand prior to leaving for reading material on the flight. I had a morning from HELL at work prior to my flight. For the first time in such a long time I had a migraine of note again. I packed my bag after the drama at the office, climbed in my car & drove myself to the airport. I checked in, and that was basically that. I had a meal, called a couple of people and said my good bye's and I sat at terminal A8!
I got on the flight and as soon as they offered me anything to drink, I took my Stilnox! In the time that I waited for that little sleeping pill to kick in - I paged through my books on Thailand. There and then I decided Phuket it shall be.
Arriving on Singapore Airport it was so pretty! I had my very first Starbucks coffee. I got a flight there to Phuket. A couple of hours later and I was on my way. Arriving in Phuket as I walked out of the door, I was bombarded by people trying to offer me accommodation, a taxi and probably anything else I might have asked for. I got a taxi, with a very friendly gentleman. I asked him to just drive until I say stop. We took a ride to the little town of Patong. There - I asked him to stop at a hotel. I got out, had a look and decided that it wasn't appropriate. We drove till we got to The Royal Palm Hotel. I got out there - confirmed availability, had a look at the rooms & decided this is where I will stay.
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