We woke up in early morning, had breakfast in Fantasia, Deck 5. Since it was early, we got the table beside the window. We had the american breakfast package. It was consist of pancake, beans, grilled tomato, sausage and omelets. This is our review of Phuket Excursions, on October 2016, it was called Highlight Phuket and Cultural Show, the price was $35. On 08:30 AM, we went to the Festival Theatre, Deck 6. We wait until our excursion number was announced, they gave us the sticker of what number our bus would be. And then, together with the tour escort, we went to deck 4 via emergency stairs, where we aboard the tender boat to Phuket, it took around 30-40 minutes. When my friend and I planned the Phuket Day, we always pictured we were going to arrived in Kalim Beach, near Patong Beach. Then from there we go around Phuket, and spent last hour hang around Patong, befoare aboard the ship. But, we never plan the weather. Because of the bad weather, cruise and tender boat were arrived on the other side of Phuket, at Phuket Deep Sea Port, where there are no cafe around like in Patong Beach. We took the bus from the port and began our cruise excursion in Phuket. We began by watching Thai Culture Show. I always thought we are going to watch traditional thai dance show, but it was actually introduction to thailand culture, through dancing. After dancing show, we went to see Wat Chalong Temple. When we arrived at Wat Chalong, it was raining. It was packed by local who went there to pray. Did you know? When their prayer got fulfilled, they will light firecrackers to celebrate and let their God know they appreciate their wishes are fulfilled. As pet lover, I noticed there are a lot of dogs in Wat Chalong. Thai tour guide told us that the dogs were left there by foreign construction workers whose job in Pukhet were finished, but cannot took the dogs after. So, they left their dogs there, knew te dogs will be taken care by monks and people who visit the temple. The Last Stop was Phromthep Cape, it was known as the island's most photographed location, and the shoutest point of Phuket. After rains in Wat Chalong, we were welcomed by heavy wind in Phromthep Cape, made it really hard to take a decent picture of us. We went back to our cruise port, some tour member went back directly to cruise ship, some of them shopping at local stands for souvenirs, and some of them, like my friends and I who got pretty hungry, eat at local hawker. There is only one food hawker there, selling halal local foods. I got my eye on Thai Green Curry. The price was 150 Thai Baht, it was full with chicken meats and vegetables. I'm not satisfied, because I always thought I was going to eat several Thai snacks, in Patong Beach, but ended up by ate only one bowl of Green Curry. After lunch, we went back to Costa Victoria. They search our bags before entering the ship, cruise really strict about what items you could bring to the ship, so please check the information of what goods you could bring, and what are restricted. But yeah I heard some people are lucky, the security don't take their restricted goods away. The rest of the evening, we enjoy inside the ship.
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