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Aleenta Resort; Phuket #xbtravelogue

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Happy Lunar New Year folks!  How was your Cny break? It's back to work for me tomorrow and I'm sure going to miss the past 6 days of not touching my computer.   I've been spending time with Sean, catching movies in the cinema and doing movie marathons online. We actually watched, Kingsman, Abtm3, From Vegas to Macau 2, Rec 4, Don't go breaking my heart 1 and 2. Can't wait for Dragon Blade tomorrow!   Times like this are really precious right now and I'm really thankful for this much needed break. Is it true that as you grow older, you no longer look forward to CNY, going visitings and collecting angbaos? Hmm.. Anws I completely forgot about this post that I was drafting, oops.  Here it goes:  We went on the most relaxing getaway to celebrate our 100th monthsary together. Came across an article on Fb which gave a list of the things you don't need to do when you're on a vacation and the 2 that left an impression were: - You don...

Phuket Travelogue Part II; Phiphi Island, Maya Bay, Khai Island

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Started off our day 2 at Phuket with a hearty breakfast at the hotel.  Almost couldnt wake up in time for it because we opted for a super early package to go island hopping.  This one day activity was recommended by the taxi driver who drove us to the hotel! Reviews said that the breakfast variety was very limited but you can't expect full range of international breakfast for a small hotel like this right?  And since I don't usually have much appetite for too much food in the morning, it was good enough for me.  I chose Chinese cuisine out of the 3 choices while Sean had Western For the first time, I felt that I made the right choice of food because the soup, prawns and fried rice were all so yummy. If only I had enough time to finish them up!  Then we rushed down to the lobby to rent the waterproof camera.  We only had to pay 800baht for the memory card and a deposit of 3000baht.  Kudos to Foto hotel for the ...