Creating Memories Phuket Day 3: Beach Bums

We wanted to hike in Phuket and researched on the must hike waterfalls in Phuket only to give up bcos we read that these hikes and waterfalls are leeches infested!! Eweeeeekkk... I cannot stomach the idea.

The only guided hike that we found was more focused on comfortable sightseeing with a small segment on hiking, which isnt my cup of tea. We ended up leaving day 3 free. After exploring the various tour possibilities at the roadside tour stalls, we decided to save our pockets and camped at the beach. We knew that the kids would have a fantastic time anyway.

It was still an early morning bcos we wanted to hit the beach early to avoid the sun. We had been slapping so much sunblock for the trip but that didnt stop the kids from turning really tanned.

We hit the beach directly after bfast. It was high tide but the water level was still shallow enough to be safe. The kids were in the water and sun the whole time while the adults took turns to chill in the shade.

It is amazing how the kids never get tired of the sea. The sun got too hot by 10.30am even when we had pulled them up once to slap more sunblock. I am also amazed at how many ang mos were sunbathing; many of them were lobster red and seriously sunburnt. Ouch!

We needed to take shelter from the mid day angry heat. One of the best options was a nice foot massage but much to the kids' protests. Unity is strength; peer pressure is real and they all followed with the massage or risk having to sit and wait for 1 hour.

Massage is good lah. The moment the kids tried it, all complaints vanished. Zaky even asked if we could do it again. See lah, mummy knows best!

We had lunch at the hotel cafe before the kids gathered in our room for another round of fun. Fortunately Auntie SL brought them back not long after bcos I so needed an afternoon nap. Only Lil Shauna survived; the whole world napped. Naps are always good. Zaky had a hard time trying to wake up.

Part 2 of the beach fun continued at 4.30pm when the heat was more bearable. We went to the beach only to realise that the beach was west facing and there was no shade in the setting sun. Operation "cover up" took place. Only Auntie S was so braved to face off with the sun.

While we were at the beach trying to cover as much skin as we could, we saw so many bikini clad ladies. Many of them were eye candy, including mummies! See, see... like this one and they were like everywhere! They dont do very good to my ego. Can you imagine going to the beach with a friend like that? Haha. I was motivated and made a pact with Auntie S to wear biniki too during our next overseas beach trip.

It was low tide and the dead corals were washed up making the beach less enjoyable than the morning. The kids turned to crab hunting instead; crabs were plentiful in the low tide beach.

The low tide also washed up many cleared jelly lumps tht we 1st thought were dead jelly fishes, which freaked us out bcos dead jelly fishes can still sting. I have to say that they were quite pretty.

The kids didnt want go into the waters bcos we thought we spotted jelly fishes. I saw them too, it was a lump with wiggly purple tentacles.

After googling, the cleared lumps were more likely to be some dead sea slugs and much less harmful than dead jelly fishes. The "purple jelly fishes" were the same slugs but still very much dead. They became those clear lumps after losing that purple wiggly stuff. The kids did go back into the sea after overcoming their fear. The beach was human-filled too and we didnt see/ hear screaming people running out of the waters after being stung.

They created a little pool for the many sea snails that they found.

While scooping sand and water into their pool, they actually caught a real mini jelly fish. It was actually quite cute bobbing up and down.

Again, we had to drag the kids off bcos it was dinner time and our tummy was protesting. We headed towards the direction of the famous Blanga street, intending to place our footprints.

When the fun ends, hunger strikes. It happens everytime with little people. With the lack of more interesting and decently priced eateries, we settled for BK only to realise how expensive they were as compared to Singapore. We had dinner neverthelesss bcos we brought along so much sand and sea into BK. Zaky even left part of his tooth behind. Yes, he chipped one of his molars while feasting on fries! I hope it was the bad tooth that we did a baby root canal on.

We did step foot on Bangla street! Bucket list ticked. Maybe bcos it was 7ish, there wasnt much of a crowd and the street appeared less wild as what I remembered it to be.

The last activity for our last night was again the fish spa that the kids had been bugging to do again. Where got so much dead skin??

The kids got their wish nevertheless. I hope the smoother soles aid sleep at least. Haha.

Mummy Lim