Hello local guides!!! I hope are you doing great!
It’s been almost three months since my last Thailand tour. It was my first solo tour and I enjoyed it a lot. On that tour, I wanted to meet some local guides from Thailand and wanted to meet-up. So I created three meet-ups in these cities and I named it Thailand Tri-Meet! When I created these meet-ups many of my fellow local guides had wished me luck. I also wished I would be able to meet a few LGs but unfortunately, I couldn’t meet any. I met one Thailand local guide from Connect and we are in touch throughout my tour. Thank @Ant_Bad_Yogi for helping me.
Now I want to write the recaps of these meet-ups. I know it’s late. But it’s good to be late than never at all. I am going to write the recap of the first meet-up which is Thailand Tri-Meet - Phuket.
On 26 October morning, I left my hostel for my adventure day tour. The tour consisted of rafting, elephant trekking, zip-lining, and ATV riding. I enjoyed the day tour so much. After the tour, I returned to m hostel in the evening. And after getting myself refreshed quickly I went out to start the meet-up. No one had RSVPed or contacted me on the WhatsApp group. This didn’t discourage me to cancel the meet-up. I decided to do a photo walk to explore the town and upload photos to Google Maps.
First, I went to a nearby shopping mall (Jungceylon Shopping Center) by following Google Maps. Then I took photos of the mall and other stores, restaurants, events, etc. I always like visiting shopping malles and doing window shopping when I have time.
For the first time, I have seen buildings that use multilayers. I had seen this for many other locations in Thailand too.
After exploring the outside and front corner of the mall I entered the centered and say a child beauty contest was going on. Along with other visitors, I enjoyed the show for a while. It was interesting to see how these children were do modeling. ?
Then I saw a McDonald’s in front of me and I decided to have my dinner early as I was hungry at that time. So I went in and tried McDonald’s for the first time in my life (McDonald’s is not available in Bangladesh.) I loved the chicken fry.
After dinner, I enjoyed the water lighting of the shopping mall. I was lucky to see them as I had reached there in the evening.
After enjoying the lighting I left the Jungceylon and reached the other side of the mall. Then on Maps I saw there was a popular local market nearby. So I followed the Maps and reached the market. Banzaan Fresh Market is a very popular local market where locals shop and eat. I also saw that many tourists were also busying fruits and other groceries to cook their meals.
Then I exited the Banzaan Fresh Market and reached the road. I saw a lot of street food courts. They were selling a variety of local foods. You can see that the foods are very interesting to see. ? I bought an orange juice and headed to the Phuket Bangla Walking Street to enjoy some nightlife.
I spent about an hour to explore the Bangla walking street. I saw magic, street dance, singing, etc. Then I went to the Patong beach and stayed a while. I got back to my hostel and uploaded the photos to Maps. Thus my first meet-up of Thailand Tri-Meet ended.
Even if the meet-up was attended only by me I enjoyed it a lot. It was like I was on a mission. ? Explore new areas, take photos, update maps!
Thank you!
Thank you so much for reading the recap. Let me know how it was. I will write the recaps of my two other meet-ups of Thailand Tri-Meet soon. Till then have a great time.
And if you are a local guide who has never joined a meet-up then please read why you should attend local guides meet-ups. To know when a meet-up is being hosted in your area keep an eye on this a meet-up page.
Have a great time. Keep guiding.
Best,
Saif
