Patong Merlin Hotel

Saying farewell to the tour, I caught a free shuttle bus to my home for the next 2 nights.  The Patong Merlin.  Right in the heart of Patong beach and party town.  It was a shame that I was so sick to do anything! I checked in and headed ...

I am looking at booking into the Patong Merlin in Jan 2010 for 11 nights. We have a quote for 2 pool view rooms for 3 adults and 2 kids for $5000 Australian  dollars inc breakfast. I am not sure whether to book or wait for last minute bookings. Also ...

... island of Phuket on the Andaman Sea, it's been rather difficult to pry ourselves from our poolside lounge chairs at the Patong Merlin Hotel. Lounging around the pool, soaking up the Thai sun, having hotel staff bring us pina colada's on our beckin call - ...

... , go past the OTOP Markets and the Holiday Inn (which looks sensational and was my 1st choice of accommodation).  Back at the Patong Merlin's main entrance.  Round up the troops and catch a  taxi from the Hotel and head to Marina Phuket ...

... walk around the Resort for a while and realise that the OTHER people are here too! They're definitely everywhere in Patong!  The Hotel staff, with smiles, duly point us in the direction to the restaurant, climbing over lounge chairs and through ...

... day at this hotel and am hoping that the next hotel we're staying at is a huge improvement.  The Patong Merlin is a well established and busy hotel in a great location.  It's old and very tired compared to its neighbours and desperately needs ...

... room, which they did. This one had a view over the side street looking across to the Blue Dolphin and the Beach Bar, with the Patong Merlin beyond. This was OK, except it was right on top of another construction site, which I said was not OK. I finally ...

Got up at 6.00am to go to the airport. We flew at 09.45am and arrived in Singapore.  Had a 5 hour lay over.  Luckily we were able to go into the business lounge where we could get onto computers and play games. The time did not drag bye too ...

... its ferocious waves along the western beaches of this beautiful island. Hit hard was Patong beach and in particular, the Patong Merlin Hotel, our hotel for our stay here in Phuket!  There's little evidence of that fateful day as tourists continue to ...

... with the Hotel chauffeur!  The kids were thrilled to see him of course. 30 minute trip to the Patong Merlin Hotel.  A bit apprehensive about the accommodation choice but the location was central and within walking distance to shops, beach, ...

... ; Once inside he produces all his documents to show that he's approved and authorised as a taxi driver.  He drives us back to Patong slowly and we ask him if he's available to drive us around on Saturday to see the Giant Buddha, Wat Chalong, Big C ...

... I found the constant badgering from the shop keepers to be quite irritating, I knew that I would really miss this when we left.  The streets of Patong are so busy at night and there is just so much to do that going back home was going to seem boring. ...

... Promthrep where we wanted to see the sunset.  This area is apparently famous for it's beautiful sunsets. It was lovely.  We then went back to Patong.  Cat promised to come and fetch us the next morning and take us to a "special" ...

... ; We were being picked up at 10.55am so I spent the time from breakfast running around with Mum - changing money (again), collecting Hotel towels to take on the boat trip, buying some snack foods for the kids in case they wouldn't eat the food ...

... on ourselves. We were quite lucky that my cousins had visited Phuket in 2005, so they could tell us quite a bit on what we should and shouldn't do. We were feeling very tired that night, so we went back to our hotel and had a fairly early night. ...

Today started with the usual breakfast.  Then we took a walk around to the Burasari hotel where my cousins were.  They had already packed their bags and were getting ready to move out of their room. Their holiday was in fact a 2 week holiday ...

Our driver, Cat, was waiting for us in the hotel parking area.  We all got into his Tuk Tuk and headed off to his "special" destination. We travelled for close on an hour before arriving at the spot that he was taking us to.  It appeared to be a ...

The breakfasts at our hotel were amazing as far as choice was concerned but all this eating in the morning was getting too much!!! We decided that we would go to the Jung Ceylon shopping centre today and go ten pin bowling.  With the rain pelting ...