Be Adventurous
Before I head off to bed, I want to post our pics from a recent trip to Rang Hill here in Phuket.
Are you in need of the loo? Well no worries here! On Rang Hill we happen to have the nicest
( SERIOUSLY) toilets man has ever known. You get a view while you urinate!!
Though my husband and I are tea lovers, we do love ourselves some good coffee. We were in Italy for 6 months and he worked in a cafe for about 3 years as a barista, so he has become incredibly picky about having good coffee. Good coffee in Phuket can be hard to find.
In Phuket, most of the coffee at side stalls and small cafes is not the best quality, and heavy on the sugar and milk. It is much more like dessert and compliments spicy Thai food well. But it isn’t good coffee.
The best cafe was Bean To Coffee near Central in Chalong… but now they look closed. They had organic coffee from Chiang Mai and it was fantastic. But since then we have discovered two of the best coffee shops in Phuket.
Mokafe is a new Italian owned cafe in Rawai. They understand coffee and have a delightful menu, including sandwiches and breakfast items.
You can find MoKafe at 87/82 Saiyoun Rd. Tambon Rawai-Meung Phuket email: Mokafephuket@gmail.com They are right across from Modena pizza.
The cafe we frequent almost daily is Ellize 80 in Phuket Town. Their food and coffee are wonderful, and reasonably priced.
Ellize 80 bistro has some tantalizing specials, such as NZ mussels with cheese and garlic ( which sounds like it wouldn’t go, but yet it does). The coffee, like at MoKafe, is about 50 to 60 baht. And it’s really good. They are located here in town.
Both of these places have the best coffee in Phuket, and are cheap. And they have wifi. Amen!
Check back on our Phuket blog for more of our adventures here on the island and abroad!
So, we did our second visa trip, and went back to the Andaman Club. I was not happy about having to do the near 5 hour drive again, in the backseat with our toddler- but then I started getting excited. It was such a beautiful drive when we went, and it should us more of Thailand. Plus, the hotel was really nice and inexpensive.
What we decided to do was to break the trip up. We left early in the morning ( hoped Kaya would have slept for most of the drive, but of course…she didn’t) and then got to Ranong in 4 hours. We had some coffee at a very cute cafe that wasn’t far from the pier.
My anxiety kicked in at the customs area, as normally customs and a toddler don’t mix. But this time, it went incredibly well. As Billy filled in the paperwork, Ky worked the customs counter, helped clean the bathrooms ( which were already cleaned), drank cup after cup of water from the water cooler ( it amazed her), all the while mom followed.
So then when we left customs, we moved to the waiting area for the boat. You could tell at that point you were going to a resort ( there was a TV, a snack bar, etc). We waited for Papa to get the bags by Kaya looking through her satchel.
When we got to the Andaman Club, we went through customs quickly, took the bus over to the hotel and checked in. Sadly, it was raining and thus Ky didn’t get her swim time ( to her dismay). We also found out that the kids room is not free ( despite the fact that it was empty and we were going to go in with her, and no sign mentioned that). Nonetheless, our stay was nice.The hotel is very morose. Several of the staff ( when we have gone) seem either bored or act curt, save the restaurant staff and the customer service. The restaurant had wonderful food, and is the highlight of the resort island. Although it is small, the food is excellent.I highly recommend the fish congee and the spicy prawn salad with pomelo.
I’m not sure if we’ll need to do a visa run again, as Billy will be teaching a few classes at the University here in Phuket, but I do hope we go back. It is around 60 USD a night, and compared to hopping on a flight and staying overnight in say Singapore, it is a much cheaper option.
I have however enjoyed each trip we made to the Andaman Club and hope one day we will go back.
Check out our flickr account for photos from the trip!
We have had a very good/interesting luck to live by temples or churches wherever we have lived. At least, in the past few countries. Now, we live right next to Wat Chalong, the largest Buddhist temple in Phuket. Although very touristy, the temple has stunning architecture and is almost like a pilgrimage site for Buddhists throughout Asia; I see many buses of Koreans coming to pray at the temple.
It is a fantastic place to take children ( in the early evening, when it’s not too hot). Kaya loves the elephant statues and garden.
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