Phuket Holiday: Karon Beach and the Upside Down House

I'm not writing according to days now, because hey, this is Phuket... and we did mostly the same relaxing stuff everyday - eat, play, swim, just hanging around.  Like I said, there wasn't a fixed itinerary but just a list of to-do stuff like shopping and visiting certain places.

One of the reasons for staying in Karon was because of the beach.  We thought that Patong beach could be too overcrowded, hence Karon and yet its not being too far away from the night life and shops.  The two setbacks are that Karon town has nothing much to offer, but the massages there are plentiful and so, so cheap!  I think it's THB300 for a full hour massage - and you can choose either foot or Thai body massage.  The prices are definitely higher in Patong because it's a tourist crowd.  Secondly, it's impossible to walk from Karon to Patong along the windy roads where vehicles zip past quite fast.

Karon Beach

So from where we stayed, it was just 5 minutes walk from the quiet Karon beach, literally across the road.  The cars can be quite fast along the windy, two way road, but the hotel guard is kind enough to hold traffic for all hotel guests.

Cross this wooden bridge...

... to reach this!  Someone commented on the internet that the sand squeaks as you walk on it... and another person verified that it's true, and now I'm going to confirm those claims that the sand DOES squeak!  Victoria is my witness.

Placed our hotel umbrellas next to this flag.  We took umbrellas as the clouds looked dark but God held the rain from falling so we had a relaxing half hour without the harsh, hot sun

Young man showing off his muscles.  It's his idea to take off this top because it was wet and sticky, and he wanted to be just like daddy.

Made himself comfortable on the beach, and threw sand balls towards the ocean

Our dinner in Karon town

Noodles for the one craving (not me!)

Prawns for the one craving (yes, this is for me!)

Little fler gave in to his fatigue whilst waiting for the food to arrive.  When Vic and I finished our meal, he was still sleeping so we headed nearby for foot massage.  Daddy ate as slow as he could as he waited for the Sleeping Handsome to wake

Very nice!  I love the fresh peppercorns.  

Tom yam seafood soup (my favourite) and steam fish in sweet lime sauce (note to self - I wanna try mimicking this sauce at home)

The Upside Down House (Baan Teelanka)

We went to the Premium Outlet which was just a stone's throw away but we didn't get much things from here since the prices were such a bargain and the items offered were not suitable to us.

This place is officially known as Baan Teelanka, as some maps do not label it as the Upside Down House

                           
I was personally excited about the Upside Down House because this was my first time (in fact, the first for both kids too) to such a place.  I was quite disappointed though, as there was only two floors minus the basement, and not airconditioned so it was stuffy and hot inside.  The place was not spacious and makes it difficult to snap good pictures without someone photobombing or giving the secret away in the background.

The objective was to give the children their (and mummy's) first time experience in this sort of place.

Hanging on to the roof top

Look out honey!!  Don't drop your Samsung A5 into the toilet bowl

The new way of riding a bike?

Whoa!  Where's the gravity?

Pulling onto the tuk tuk... wait for uuusssss!!

William!  Stop hanging around!  Get back to work!

Let's do some vacuuming from up here, boy boy.

Phew! Finally, it's not him who's upside down now.

That's all folks!  One final post on the markets we visited and that'll wrap up our Phuket holiday posts.