Rawai

I'm not sure what exactly made me stopped/ take way too long doing these posts. Might be the immense amount of effort needed; sorting and deleting photos, editing them, coming up with a bunch of words to describe the sights and sounds of the trips and falling short due to my very limited vocabulary. Might be that adulting got in the way. Adulting does get in the way of many things you know.

Thought I will finish writing about Rawai since I'm already half way through it before starting on my more recent trips but seeing that it's been awhile - almost 9 months! *gasp* where have all the time gone? - I am a little hazy on where we went and the sequence of things so this post will have pictures from all over.













Everyone looked so adorable in their helmets I just had to post these! The remaining of the trip was spent mostly biking down the same routes everyday trying to get to the different beaches lining the southern end of Phuket armed with Wilson's trusty old frisbee. I rarely travel without an itinerary so it was quite a new experience, googling for nearby places we can visit and setting off 10 minutes later in search of these places.







I barely edited these photos at all, they're all golden because of the rays from the setting sun! I would love to relieve those days again, playing frisbee by the sea under such a dreamy setting.





Not having an itinerary also meant settling down at any restaurants along the street that caught our eyes and I exceptionally loved the place we chose to have our dinner at one night. It was situated right beside the sea and we had to sit on cushions! Anyone who knows me knows I absolutely adore dinner places with cushions. The tables were adorned with cute little pineapple tissue holders and candles. Dinner consisted of the usual must orders for any Thai meal - Tom yum goong, fried squid and the likes, shared over endless chatters and laughters. It was a great night!













We found the most amazing beach on the last hours of our trip. Nai Harn beach was tucked well beneath the trees. After parking the bikes on the narrow road leading to the beach, we made our way past a canal and some greenery before being greeted by the whitest sand and clearest sea we'd seen for the entire trip. The sails dotting the sea made for such picturesque view, we spent a good few minutes just standing there taking in the view.

It would seem that this beach was mostly frequented by the Caucasians as we were the only Asians there. Naturally, Nai Harn was a lot less rowdier than other parts of Phuket which seem to have been taken over by the PRC, its almost as if we were out of Asia! The guys played a couple rounds of frisbee while Jess and I soaked our feet in the water and it was only too soon before we had to leave to head back to our airbnb to wash up and prepare to leave for the airport.

I would definitely recommend anyone who've already been to the busier parts of Phuket to give Rawai a try. You'll find a completely different side to the otherwise overcrowded and overhyped Patong with lots to see if you're only a little bit more adventurous. ;)