Thailand: Day 1!

Getting here has literally been a journey. We tried really hard to get the best flight over possible by price and time. I think we did a good job, but it was still exhausting. New York to Tokyo to Bangkok to Phuket. We watched 'how to train your dragon 2,' 'gone girl' (I read the book and it matches), half of 'whiplash' (fell asleep). Osho got really into a golf game on the plane. I also finished 'the Rosie effect', which was a good, light read. It was funny and sweet- perfect for the trip. The rest of the time we slept and ate. Japan airlines have us so much food and we got to try so many snacks and drinks like Japanese kiwi drank, plum wine, picked plum, seafood shaped fishy crackers, seaweed rice crackers, and a lot more. Trying the Japanese snacks was really fun, but we needed to eat some real food. Also, briefly having a layover in Tokyo was actually really cool. The stores had so many things I had never seen before- like hello kitty everything and various snacks. I wanted to buy everything, but refrained. It is better if I wait until we come back. That way, we won't be carrying extra weight all over Thailand. Even the Bangkok airport had so many goodies. We tried papaya salad and shrimp coconut soup with rice noodles at the airport and they were surprisingly awesome. Same with iced coffee and dried fish skin. We had the opportunity to pose various places because there were a lot of set ups for Valentine's Day. Overall, it was tiring, but we made it to Phuket.

Airplane food on Japan airlines. Could be worse

Airport food- salted egg papaya salad and shrimp coconut soup with rice noodle

We made it to Japan!

Cutest and most tired couple who might have slept at the airport during their layover?

Our hotel has a ridiculous free breakfast buffet. They have American and Thai food in various forms and a ton of fruit, including these tiny bananas, tiny Chinese clementine, and dragon fruit. 

When we finally arrived in Phuket, we took a mini bus service to our hotel. Is was cheap and very weird- in the sense that they stopped the journey half way through to take us to a tourism station to try to sell us packages for swimming. It felt a little weird, but when we got to our hotel, it was totally worth it. We are staying at the Bursari Phuket and the hotel is absolutely beautiful. It has two pools, a bacony view from our room, great service, and is right outside from Patong Beach. 

Yes, this bird lives at our hotel. 

We immediately booked an epic couples massage at the spa here to get over our jet lag. It was amazing and probably the best massage of my life. We also got a good deal. After eating and massaging, we walked a whole 30 seconds to the beach. We Layed out in the sun and in front of the many blue layers of water. The weather was perfect- warm, but not unbearable. We went swimming for a while, too. The water was nice and warm. Osho saw a baby shark in the water and there were a few little fish swimming around. 

Osho is actually a fish. 

After, we went for a walk around the area, which was mostly markets. There was so much to see. I ended up bargaining hard for a pair of cute fisherman's pants at 300 baht or $9 USD. Then, we got some food (the first meal we have paid for so far, shockingly since everything has been inclusive so far). We ended up getting Indian food, which was awesome. We got veggie samosas, this lamb thing, amazing garlic naan, and two entrees (veggies and lamb).

We returned to the hotel to sleep. Since I woke up in the middle of the night and am still not adjusted to this time zone, I am writing this blog post. In a few hours, I will be off to scuba. So excited!