Sridhar Travel Blog's

Monday, July 22, 2024

Chennai -> Phuket -> Phi-Phi Island (Thailand)

As my previous post - short and crisp i am sharing our itinerary and budget trip details on below

Our trip starts on 10th July 23:20 pm from Chennai

We have booked Thai Air Asia Flight via Bangkok through Trip.com

Our flight from Chennai to Phuket via Bangkok where we have only 2 hours to do Immigration check and Terminal Transfer this is risky, Even i wont recommend for my friends duration is not sufficient we are lucky got our Phuket flight at last minute after immigration and Terminal change from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2.

Once you reached Phuket, you have multiple options like taxi and prepaid taxi for transportation but i recommend Bus which cost you 100 Baht only really economy one, you need to come out of Airport where you can notice bus will waiting for you.

We have booked our Hotel in Patong at Phuket, So our plan Two days in Phuket and One day in Phi Phi island and return to Phuket and get flight on 15th July 2024.

We have booked Club Bamboo Hotel(11th & 12th July 2024) at Patong which is close City. Since its Monsoon season we got good deals on our Hotels as well but some times it rains as well. Phuket you can find lot of Renting Bike and cars shops everywhere even our hotel had but you must have international license to drive in Phuket. Strongly recommend to have International license to avoid 2000 Baht fine.

We tried some native Thai Food on day one itself

Thai Food

Madras Darbar hotel(We didnt try anything here just noticed our Tamil language)

My first stop at Tiger Kingdom which cost baht 900- 1000 based on availability of Tiger slots.If your visiting Thailand then dont miss playing with Big Cat

After Tiger Kingdom we went to Big Buddha, Really Beautiful view of the City.

In Phuket you can notice Massage Center every 50 meter's along with Cannabis shop.

Day 2(12th July 2024): We have booked James bond Island package trip. If you didn't plan on your initial plan no worries your hotel can help you on this, We have booked our package at midnight there is lot of tour operator in Phuket city. We have completed our Breakfast and we got picked up by tour operator at our hotel around 9 am. It took 2 hours from our Hotel to James Bond island though it was raining but we got amazing view and climate as we are lucky .

Package which include lunch as well which is buffet, If you are planning Phuket don't miss James Bond Island package, Tour operator will drop you at your hotel.

Local Market

Day 3: Phi Phi Island(13th July 2024) : We need to transfer from Phuket to Phi Phi Island via Boat.

Beach are very beautiful clear where you can do scuba diving and snorkeling

We booked P.P Casita hotel in Phi Phi Island at very good deal

We booked boat Package to explore Phi Phi Island Beaches

Day 4 (14th july 2024) We return on 14th evening to Phuket via Boat and booked Airport Resort which is close to Airport.

Day 5 (15th July 2024) I have booked our return flight via flyscoot airways, We had booked because of 10 long hours in Singapore and thought of exploring Singapore with one day Transit visa.

If you want to explore Singapore on 10 long hour stay, you need to obtain Singapore visa or US/Japan/Australia visa to enjoy one day free transit visa. Since we didn't know we have to stay in Singapore Airport Itself and Flight slighter delay and we have reached Chennai on 45 minutes delay.

Budget details for per Person:

Flight Ticket : 20568

Hotel (11 & 12th ) : 2441

Hotel (13) : 1416

Hotel (14) : 1328

Expense (Food & other) : 19733 roughly we have spend Rs.45K

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Singapore Trip - Coming Soon --

Below Trip will Summarize budget friendly trip from Chennai to Singapore..

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

SriSailam - Malikarjuna Jyotirlingam (2nd Jyotirlingam)

Our Next Jyotirlingam at Srisailam.

Srisailam, a hill town in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh is home to the Malikarjuna Jyotirlingam or Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Temple and also as one of the eighteen Shakti Peetham of goddess Parvati.

This is trip planned during August 11th - 13th,2023.

Me and My friend started from Chennai, We don't have direct connectivity by road or train to Sirsailam, So we decided to go Vijayawada by Train. So we booked train(12656) Navajivan Exp from Chennai Central to Vijayawada on 3rd Class AC but i wont recommend this route. If you are planning Train try to book for Marakpur Station or Ongole which is close to SriSailam.

We had reached Vijayawada at 5 PM on 11th 2023. Since we don't have our lunch at train. We thought of having at Vijayawada because our bus around 9.30 PM, We also though of exploring Vijayawada, So I have checked my friend, So he recommended to visit Kanaka Dura(Sri Durga Malleswara Swamy Temple) really must visit temple if you are exploring Vijayawada.

We don't have any AC bus from Vijayawada to SriSailam normal semisleeper available from Andhra Transport. Journey is not pleasant one and we reached SriSailam around 2:50 PM itself but due to restriction on reserve forest. we forced to stay in bus till 6 AM but there is lot of Tea shops available for your refreshment.

We have reached SriSailam around 7.30 AM on 14th Aug 2023 but Ghats road really scary one. We took bath at Krishna river. you can utilize the Rope car and boating in Krishna River which is cost of Rs.80/- only

We booked 12 pm Sparsha Darshanam which is cost of Rs.500/- per person, I will recommend to every one, They will allow you to touch Lingam. You will feel some good vibe.

It took 2 hours to complete the darshan. We had our Lunch at Temple really good food. We had enough time after darshan, we are exploring local things and taking rest and our bus at 7:30 PM to SriKalahasti.

We reached SriKalahasti 7.30 AM 15th Aug 2023 we took bath at hotel which is close to Temple. Srikalahasti know .....

Friday, July 14, 2023

Chennai(India) to Srilanka(Colombo,Galle,Ella,Kandy)

Itinerary

28th Jun - Flight delay 1 hour (Chennai Airport - Colombo Airport)
28th Jun - Colombo Airport - Galle Fort(Sirene Galle fort,Taxi-Kwid car - Rs.18200/-(Colombo to Galle Fort )