Phuket Reports

[Nauskas]

We had taken a bus from Bangkok and ended up meeting with a tour operator in Phuket. We ended up booking some very resonable hotels, tours and a return trip.

If i find his email or phone number, I will post it.

Having been to Phuket a few times, I felt the quality of accomodation and level of service was great., especially using my credit card without a problem.

In the future i know I can just email him ahead of time and he can arrange pickup in Bangkok or from the Phuket airport

He was also able to arrange minibus from Bangkok to Pattaya for far less than we had ever paid.

[Dlite_me]

thanks fire dick..

.but I'll only be at the expat from the 22nd to 24th only.....then off to Singapore by train...I wanna sample the delights in Hat yai and Singapore too...but have to cut out Malaysia. Then I'm back at the Patong Street Inn til the 3rd.

How's the Patong Street Inn??

By they way guys..if you are looking for western girls to bang...there will be alot of English teachers in Phuket from the 22nd to the 3rd. Alot of them are from the states. Some from New Zealand. In the group I'm going with...there are at least 4 girls looking for guys.......they are not ugly...but they work in Japan...thus they are starving for some Farangs.

By the way I have the asian fever....so western girls don't appeal to me so much.

[Firedick]

dlite_me,

Expat is definately "girl friendly", but not the best deal in town. Why not book for a few days then search out a better spot for the remainder ?

Sultan,

Almost every place is girl friendly, unless you are staying at the "upper class' resort type places.

The diving is great. You are getting there after the rainy season and the vis is getting good. If you have time, and money, get out to the Similan Islands.

I may be in town at the same time Dec. 11th to 19th. A beer or two will get you all the insight I have, which isn't a lot !!!

Fantasea Divers are one of Phukets oldest and best dive operators.

To all: the site: phuket.com has a lot of good info, especially on hotels.

Firedick

[sultan]

Planning my first trip to Phuket in the first half of December and need advise.

What is a good, girl friendly place to stay?
How is scuba diving in the area? Other fun things to do?

[Mega]

Seoulmac,

Tourist are always welcome in Malaysia anytime........
Penang to Hatyai, Thailand around 3 hrs by road.
From Hatyai you can go by air to Phuket which is cheaper if you get your plane ticket there.

[Seoulmac]

First time posting here as I have been living in Korea (what a mistake!) Will possibly be in Penang MY next week and looking to cross over to Thailand and Phuket. Is it easily accessible? Not necessarily a day trip but a weekend stay but don't want to waste all day in travel. Thanks for the heads up. Also, coming from Korea, is Malaysia equally biased against Westerners as I have been seeing in the posts??

[Mega]

Freeler, My MAN

Sorry about the link, just trying to help.
On Patong, u mean the LT is cheaper than Hatyai

[Mega]

dlite_me,

Since you are there, try this link for transport.
http://www.southtours.net/transpor.html
hope it help.

[Dlite_me]

Thanks guys,

I'll wait and bring em to the hotel.

I'm staying at the Expat Hotel, is it girl friendly? I booked for two adults already, even though I will check in myself.

Anybody know where to get the bus or shuttle from patong beach to Hat Yai? I want to get the train to KL from there.

[chisel]

Hey guys,

What I found good in Phuket was just picking up a local chick off the side of the road. After doing the rounds of the bars and clubs a few times I just asked women hanging about if they wanted to come back to the hotel and the answer was always yes. I think the girls wandering around at 2 and 3 in the morning are all part timers but still nice girls to be found. Never paid more than 1000 Baht and that was with no bargaining skills sober and even less at that time of the night after drinking Singha all night. A good place to go also is a small bar called Ned Kellys, run by a guy from the states, friendly place, nice girls. If you get there on the owners birthday (as me and a mate did) you leave pissed as without spending a cent. Have a good one!.

[Firedick]

Howdy guys,

dlite_me,

Public sex is definately illegal. But you'd probably get off with a stiff fine, so to speak.

Have any of you guys stayed at either the "Kata Beach Resort" or "Kata Delight Villas" ? Considering a dive vacation in May.

rabagast,

They've been talking about a "clean up" for at least a decade (probably longer). I wouldn't worry too much.

FD

[Frog]

dlite_me: I don't think sex in public is legal as long as topless sun-bathing for woman is unwillingly seen. In Patong beach at night you can watch hookers (most of them are ladyboys) offering their service at the beachfront on the same benches used by sun-bathing tourist during daytime.
I never tried...

[Dlite_me]

Question bout Phuket, Is it illegal to have sex in public? Say if I'm at the beach and I get solicited?

on a side note anybody know where I can get the bus to Hat Yai from the beach area. I'll be around the Holiday Inn?

[Rabagast]

i have herd from well conceted expats in phuket, that the shark club was closed by local goverment since it was to sucsessfull, some local thai did not like that a farang from canada to have such a sucsessfull place. the owner did make a profit in the range of 70-80 million bhat a year. they send in police, and the police suposely found drugs, **** girls, prostitution etc. "all the fun" in thailand. the goverment want as well reduce the numbers of "beer"bars, the girlie scene. the plan is to turn phuket in to a more family friendly, uposcale resourt area. you can see this as well from some of the new vacation home developments on the island with houses in the pricerang 1-2,5 million usd. so the pzartyplace phuket is maybe disipering. this is policy from bangkok. they hyave big plns about this development.

[6'Nail]

Hi guys!

Will be going PK next week, just wondering is there any "dummies bonking guide to Phuket" available like those for Hatyai from ********.com ?

thanks.