The flight to phuket took about one hour and 15 minutes. On the flight, I continued reading e-books which I download at Amazon Kindle. My favorite theme is older woman & younger man erotic novels by YJ WONG. Time passed fast, as I read .Soon we have arrived to HKT (Phuket International Airport) as the same hour we left KLIA. For information, Thailand time is an hour slower than Malaysia. We passed through immigration and collected our baggages. I looked at the watch, it was 9.30am local time. It was a hot sunny day; we were at the entrance of the airport waiting for our driver and his passenger van.
“How old are you?” Ms Ling asked me.
“I am 16 going to 17 this year.”
“Wow… must have a lot of girl friends…”
I shook my head.
“Surprise… no girl, handsome guy like you”
“Don’t tease him… he is always a bit shy” my mother replied.
“Maybe, auntie can give you some tips about girl since I have a daughter in her twenties” Ms Ling added.
“I don’t believe it. You looked so young.”
“Hahahaha…” she smiled and the van had stopped in front of us. I helped the driver to load some of the baggages into the van.
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The journey to Patong town/beach was an hour drive. Along the way, we passed through many small towns and villages. Many of shops are similar to Malaysia but along the way, the electrical wirings were hanging here and there on the roadside with poles. Then we passed a factory outlet in midway to patong. As we near to patong, the shops were denser and the traffic was heavier. We now came across more and more hotels and resorts till we moved up the hill and downhill toward the patong town.
We will be staying in Sawaddi Patong Resort, a hotel which located in the middle of the town. It was a 10 minutes walk to the Patong beach as well as the main walking street of patong (where the night life concentrated). The van stopped in front of a white Victorian style three storey building. We were then greeted by a resort personal and another personal helped our driver to unload our luggage.
From there, we were directed into the open air lobby of the hotel. It was furnished with wooden contemporary black furniture all around the resort. I sat quietly at one of the sofa while waiting for Ms Ling to check us in. Shortly, a waiter served me a cup of ice cold longan drink. It was sweet and refreshing as the weather in patong was very hot.
Occasionally, I look outside the hotel wall into the street. There were a few motorcycles passed by. Some were rode by local and a few were tourists. Then I was interrupted by the commotion of our tour group. It seemed there were some issued of the hotel arrangement and there was some discussion. I looked puzzled when Ms Ling approached me.
“Boy… do you mind sharing room with me?”
“Huh?”
“The resort doesn’t have any large room for your family and since it was peak season so they have limited room. So you need to share room with someone… since I am having a deluxe room, we can share a room together. It is okay with you?”