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#305 Exotic Destination: Phi Phi Islands

Just checked the date of the last blog post, it was more than 2 months ago. The last two months were quite hectic and eventful! And December, marked the beginning of a new journey…

Here are some photographs from our trip to Phi Phi Islands, near Phuket in Thailand. It is the most exotic place we have ever visited, and one of the best trips we have ever had!

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Phi Phi Islands are about 45 km from Phuket as the crow flies; Phuket can be reached from Bangkok by an hour long flight journey.

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This is where we stayed, the Phi Phi Island Village Resort and Spa.

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Each villa in the resort is built in the traditional Thai style, with thatched roofs.

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Sunrise from the resort’s private beach.

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Resort bar on the beach!

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Half a mile long private stretch of beach greets the coral blue waters of Andaman Sea.

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The best part of the place was indeed, the sea!

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The Andaman Sea throws up different shades of blue and green depending on the depth of water, nature of underlying corals and amount of sunlight.

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Tonsai Bay, is the downtown of Phi Phi Islands and you can get a boat or a ferry to almost any neighboring island (or mainland) from here. There are plenty of cheap hotels for budget travelers too.

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Sunbathing, and relaxing on the ferry to from Phi Phi to Phuket.

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The second most exciting thing about the place was the food! Never had and never will have so much Thai food!

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Overall it was an excellent trip, a bit on the higher side of the budget, but let me tell you it was totally worth the cost!


#289 Wow! San Francisco…

Last year on my trip to US, I visited San Francisco during one of the weekends. San Francisco, or SFO is characterised by a high standard of living, and high income working groups. The Silicon Valley is just around the corner, and that attracts a very large number of immigrants from many other countries especially India and China.

My first impression of SFO was “Wow! What a beautiful city!” and I would say I am happy to stick with that. A city that has both hills and sea, is truly a gifted place to be. People say that the weather in California is amongst the best in the United States. The ample warm sunshine was a pleasant break from the cold Chicago. Lovely tree lined streets, nice breeze, lots of people on the street, awesome street side food, great entertainment, excellent public transport, lots of Mexican babes… are just few of the many things that come to my mind when I think back of San Francisco… :)

IMG_2490The flight from Chicago to San Francisco is more than 4 hours long, but flies over some of the most beautiful landscape like the Rocky Mountains…

IMG_2500San Francisco City, as seen from the Marin Headlands (other side of the Golden Gate Bridge)…

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