C n Hotel Patong

... find online. So what's the plan? Fly Thai Airways to Bangkok (the old international airport). Stay one night at airport hotel then Thai flight to Phuket. After gazillion hours of research we've chosen Marina Phuket Resort on Karon Beach for seven ...

... he had.  Pu-lease!    Everywhere I've ever been in Thailand, people have been warm and friendly.  Not Patong.  They were weathered down by tourism and seemed like empty souls.  I just felt sorry for the whole situation. ...

... to head to Patong Beach - roasting on sunbeds whilst munching on concertos and chilling out in the cool, clear waters . Getting to Patong beach involved a series of dead ends and wrong turns, trying to find the right bus stop and giving in to an overly ...

... nbsp; Puts my makeup regime to shame!  It was full glitz, glamour and a little bit of sleaze! I then dined at Patong Seafood, a big restaurant overlooking the beach, where you choose your seafood from the front bins and they cook it fresh.  I ...

... This morning after another great breakfast and saying farewell to our beautiful hotel room we pack it up and take a taxi north to Patong Beach. Today is beautiful!  We drive along the beaches on a few windy roads seeing some areas we would  ...

... on our last visit, very nice! Some random window shopping on the way back and then to the hotel for an early night in preparation for New Years Eve tomorrow. Suits delivered - R&K tailors in Patong are good for suits if you're in the ...

... . But it did so once we had that we then found our contact and settled in for the hour-long drive to Patong Beach. Checked into the hotel, dumped the bags and headed out for something to eat. Eli got McDonalds but Silla and I had a meal at ...

... Michelle who I had explored the outback with was leaving Australia and arriving in Thailand today, so we had arranged to meet in Patong Beach so that she could spend her birthday with company, rather than on her own in strange lands. As a birthday ...

Sleep in and head down to bfast after 9. Then back up to pool for a swim.  What a life.  Decide to brave Patong.  Can get airconditioned hotel van for 350BHT v 300 for tuktuk.  We go van.  Very hot and humid.  I am not a nice ...

... back we went for breakfast then back to the room for a chill. Out at 11.30am to check out the main commercial mall in Patong. It was nice but pretty pricey, better off going to the bargaining shops. Walked back in the hope of getting the pool and ...

Today is beach day; we spent hours on Patong beach relaxing, well that was when the Para gliders weren't nearly landing on us!!! We were people watching, which is a fav pastime of mine! We saw older white men with young Thai men, so you see guys don't ...

We checke into our hotel which is a big comedown from the le Meridian, girls not happy, told them to think of the orphans! we are located on the beach and mornings and nights are amazing however street noise and police blowing whistles can be heard from ...

... good but out of perspective with the others. Will take in new picture tomorrow and see if they can do me a different one. Back to the hotel, a bit of tv then fell asleep to the sound of random fireworks. The fireworks here seem to go all night ...

... for each other, however that was fairly unsuccessful so came back to our hotel, Silla slept, Eli watched tv and I did my diving homework. Out for dinner, it was good. Back to the hotel for some Christmas phone calls home and then a late ...

... . I'm thinking it's the former. Went out for dinner at a Chinese place similar to the ones in Kuala Lumpur. Back to the hotel via the strip, which smells worse every time you walk through it. Dizzzzzgusting. We didn't go out at night, just went to an ...

... to our hotel..the Royal Crown International.  It was a little far from the beach itself, but over all a rather nice hotel.  Its location also allowed for some further exploration some distance away from the major tourist spots of Pa tong.  ...