Phuket
This is an all round great place. For the active there is diving, kayaking and trekking as well as the the adrenalin rush of bungy jumping. For those that prefer their adrenalin to travel at a more sedentary pace there are more fine beaches than you can shake a bottle of sun tan lotion at.
There are hotels and restaurants to suit every pocket. From fully self contained international class resorts to quiet little hideaways where even Robinson Crusoe would feel at home. Phuket is Thailand’s wealthiest province and it owes much of that wealth to tourism.
Patong is the nerve centre. There is little there now to remind visitors of the tragedy that struck at the end of 2005. Some new sirens and sign-posts pointing out the tsunami evacuation route. Patong is also where you’ll find the bars … and a fabulous cross-section of friendly faces to help us get the best out of our tourist dollar.
On one hand there are the girls that come down from the northeast, Nong Kai and Khon Kean seem to be popular ports of origin. But then there are beauties from the deep south, often blessed with a delicious mix of local, Indian, Arab and Malay features that have been handed down through the generations and are often burnished to a golden brown by the sun and the Andaman sea breezes.
Southern girls are also said to have a rather fiery temperament. A good friend of mine lived with one for a while and once when visiting I asked him if it were true. He proudly showed me the teeth marks in the TV remote, he proudly showed me the teeth marks in his mobile phone. I desperately tried to change the subject before he could show me any more teeth marks that he was proud of. He sucked in a large draught of beer and leaned back in his chair with an expression of contentment. “They are very passionate”, he said.
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