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Patong Slideshow
Patong
Travel Blogs from Patong, Thailand
So chilled out
... not a very big place so during our 2 weeks here I think we have almost been to all the restaurants and bars there are. Patong is the next resort area along the coast and we went here for a days shopping and for two evenings out. The place is ...
Paradise??
... scam as the driver tries to charge us 'farang' price (ie tourists get charged ridiculous amounts more than the locals) as the lovely Thai lady we are standing near tells him no. Off in Patong and I know this place is going to be my worst ...
Amazing Thailand
... Phuket. Phuket is the largest island in Thailand and probably the most tourist- oriented place. The change from India to Thailand was really drastic. Everything around us was suddenly clean, the people were friendly without wanting anything in return and ...
Phuket (Patong Beach)
... tard, nous arrivons enfin au centre-ville de Phuket. Apres quoi nous nous sommes deniches un Tuk-Tuk qui nous a emmene a Patong Beach ou nous avons sejourne. Apres avoir laisse Stephanie dans un cafe avec nous sacs encombrant, et au bout ...
Thai Cinema
... which is located on the other side of the island. Basically, Phuket is an island off the southern coast of Thailand. The western beach is called Patong Beach which is the main tourist drag with loads of shops, bars, massage parlors, etc. The Eastern side ...
What? Thailand again
Hi all, So my idea of no work and chilling until october is a distant memory! Ash and I are working here in Thailand for 2 months. The company has paid for free flights and accomodation for us. In Phuket this time working (same job)..very ...
Patong Beach
So we left Ha Noi Vietnam yesterday and flew to Bankok then on to Phuket, from the airport by taxi to patong beach. Wow what a tourist trap, there are more tourists here than anywhere I have been so far, and very expensive. I guess for people from ...
Shooting. . .
... loads of fun, we are going to try to go every week. We also toured the south of the island and at the viewpoint south of Patong, I got to hold an eagle (great video) for 100 baht, normally those kinda things will cost you $30, so its great to be able ...
Phuket diving
I went diving today, 3 pretty awesome sites. The first one was a wall dive with hundreds of moray eels; at one point there were about 7 of them in the same spot climbing over each other. Woulda been better if I didnt have to surface early due to losing ...
What is Thailand?
... having fun!!! I figure I’ll write here about three very different locations in which I’ve been in Thailand so far: Koh Lipe, Krabi, and Patong. You can find pictures for Koh Lipe and Krabi under each of those blog entries. ...
Patong... a little bit more civilisation...
I did it - finally a good beer and some western food... Sitting here at Molly Malones, Patong, having the 3rd Guinness in a row, in the background I hear great Metallica songs (and similar) and many Kiwis, Aussies and other Falangs are sitting around ...
...to the Beach!!
... . Windy Wellington aint nothing compared to this pilot! Never knew planes actually 'bounced'. From the airport we grabbed a taxi to Patong. Nice little town, it has like a hundred million bars...and a beach. Wicki has joined us for the journey and is ...
The Bus from Hell
... hammers against the glass which magnifies the heat and you just sweat and sweat and find it hard to breath, arrive in Patong dropping down a swerving hill in neutral palms in the distance and bluest blue-green water like at the corridor in Baja but ...
Ping pong show is NOT a table tennis demonstration
... the next... well hes still doing it now actually. We all benefitted from some proper relaxation and we are now down the road in Patong, which is like a mini bangkok by the beach. The actual beach is not as nice, and is heavily populated by bloody Germans. ...
Got my beach massage!
Just got back from my beach massage and it was great... Exactly what i was hoping for!!! She used peppermint or teatree oil which has left a nice cooling effect! A one hour full body massage all for only 300 baht! ($10!) I'm sure I could have bargained ...
The Phuket Philosophy
... , I woke up worried about the weather forecast, and about a story on BBC regarding a drug-resistant strain of Malaria found in Thailand. Again, paranoia was pestering me. Any friend of mine knows how little stock I put in news anchors and ...
Groundhog Day
Back to the other coast again for pretty much the same stuff I did here last week, only now with company. The diving here really is spectacular ...
Arriving in Phuket
... we found that there are very few restaurants or shops geared up for tourists. We would recommend staying by the beaches, especially Patong which can offer tourists far more and is close to Kata and Karon beaches which can provide a quieter alternative. ...
A couple of days on the beach
... at the moment!! We arrived in Phuket where the owner of our hostel was waiting for us and she drove us 40 minutes south to Patong beach. The hostel was literally just her house as it consisted of just one dorm, one double room and her bedroom then the ...
Phuket
... is a famous tourist destination and I am probably being a little unkind to call the whole of Phuket tacky, but where we stayed at Patong Beach certainly is. The Taunton family made the trek to downtown Patong Beach a week or so ago. Me being the good ...
Phuket, the Costa Del Sol of Asia
... rip everyone off! Had a brilliant night out last night, an amazing atmosphere and such an experience just taking in the chaos of thailand by night, can't wait to get to Bangkok, which is going to be sooner than planned because with us well ahead of ...
Phuket Carnival
Today started the Patong Carnival (it will last till 03.Nov) and I had the luck to see the pageant. The whole pageant lasted for something around 20minutes - but the most thing that made me confuse was the fact that the traffic was NOT stopped / blocked ...
Dopo una settimana...
La prima settimana a Phuket e' gia' passata! Gli allenamenti sono durissimi, il primo giorno sono riuscito a fare sia quello della mattina che del pomeriggio, per il resto della settimana anche gli allenatori hanno consigliato di seguirne uno solo ...
certified open water divers
Feb 13 (Yvonne writing) Today was our final day of open water PADI diver course, we started the morning with an early dive to about 60 feet and then did our final fourth dive in the afternoon. (The plan this afternoon was to go to a reef to look for a ...
Party Cruise!
Well, it worked out this time. Yesterday we showed up at ClubLime at noon, Frappucinos in hand to beat the heat. There were actually people sitting outside, which was a good sign. We got a "welcome drink" and killed time until we could get on the boat. ...
Heading to Phi Phi
... just like in America, same set up, same everything, just don't have to deal with the whole bs of insurance and cost. Thailand's health care system is extremely good and well trained, you wouldn't think that unless you came over here and witnessed it. ...
Patong and Kamala (Phuket)
... ;breakfast for £2-3 and a nice Thai meal with a large Chang beer for £4. I made plans for my remaining time in Thailand, used a local gym (only £3), relaxed around the pool in the lovely sunshine and had another massage. It was nice to ...
The Hangover
We spent the first half of the day in bed as Brendan recovered from his drugging. Still not feeling 100% we pushed on and spent the afternoon shopping for Christmas presents at the hundreds of identical market stores. In a very uneventful day ...
Some Pics
Hey All Short note, have just a few pics (need to get more off of Carrie's camera). Other than that, enjoying the 90+ degree weather and the beach everyday. Cia ...
Surfing in Kata Noi
Last day before heading back to Bangkok. Went surfing today which was good fun. Bloody painful though! We weren't too good at it either but gave the people on the beach some entertainment. Didn't get stood up once (well Jon did - or so he claims!). Going ...