Patong Beach, Phuket
A really good feel
A lot of food vendors & people out
Country flags from many nations represented on the beach
Parasailing on the beach
Great views
I stayed at beach until sunset
Parasailing - taking off from beach
Very comfortable weather - peaceful
End of the beach
Patong Beach - this symbol etched everywhere
Café for lunch
Nice sandy beach
End of the day pic
Had a lot of fun watching the parasailing
Busy beach all day
Entrance to main walking street
Famous party street
Hard Rock Phuket
Action-packed Patong Beach
Coming to you live from Phuket, Thailand. I arrived at my hotel after midnight last night. I was escorted to my room. Once the attendant left, the air-conditioner started spilling water out of the vents. I called down to the front desk - and we moved everything to a new room. I was mostly in a daze - got to sleep around 1-1:30am.
Today was a good day. I slept until about 9am. I was hoping my bag would be here when I awoke -- I checked - no news yet. The only clothes I had were long pants and my long shirt from yesterday (I had worn these so I could go into the temples in Angkor). I decided to walk the streets a bit and see the old-town of Phuket. Really interesting. I stopped for a great breakfast - banana/almond pancakes with a banana smoothie. The day started turning in my favor at this point.
I returned to the hotel to find my bag waiting for me. Excellent! I changed into some new clothes and then took a bus to the favorite beach area in Phuket - Patong Beach.
I spent the better part of the day walking the beach and just taking in the sites. This was a very peaceful and relaxing day for me. I stayed until dark and then spent a couple hours walking the famous party street. Let me say, if you want to have a good time -- the opportunity certainly presents itself at Patong Beach.
I called it an early evening. I caught a taxi back to my hotel. Tomorrow is my last full day on my Asian Sabbatical -- it will be spent on a full day tour to Phang Nga Bay -- swimming, canoeing, hiking (and a visit to James Bond Island - where the movie "The Man with the Golden Gun" was filmed)
Goodnight from Thailand!
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