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A Night Out In Patong.

Michael Finn — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:54:53 +0000

Patong nightlife is something that almost all tourists will experience or at least try to when they come to visit Phuket. Most people have heard of the go-go bars, the lady boys and bar girls. Patong however is not for everybody, if however you have never made a visit is worth knowing what all the talk is about even if you visit only once. As you visit Soi Bangla which is the most visited area for the particular night life of Patong, you will find what appear to be beautiful women dancing around poles or other people. You do however need to keep in mind that these women or girls may not in fact be women or girls at all and could possibly be lady boys. It is often difficult to spot a girl or woman from a lady boy as the feminine features are often the same. Of course there are some lady boys that are very obvious and perhaps they are just getting into the scene of Patong. Not only will you find all the dancers in the various bars but there will also be a variety of street merchants selling their wares. There are also many off streets from Soi Bangla and surrounding Soi’s with bars and clubs. Many which offer the same sort of sights that you can see when you are visiting Soi Bangla. On occasion you will also find fire dances which are a spectacular sight and enjoyed by all. Patong is also home to a wide variety of stalls and markets selling “original copies” of everything you could possibly imagine. There is also very close to the go-go area a large shopping mall, Jungceylon. This shopping mall has designer the stores, fast food outlets as well as local souvenirs and arts and crafts. If you carry on further to Kata or Karon beaches you will find that there is a similar atmosphere but on a much smaller scale and more often those who are nearer this area of Phuket prefer these two spots. Patong is most definitely the area that the tourists will visit when they want one of the most well known experiences of Patong, which is the bizarre and unusual nightlife. One of the other lesser known industries in Patong are the pharmacies selling all manner of medications all of which are available much cheaper than tourists can purchase them in their own countries. As with some medical tourism that goes on sometimes in Phuket, there are also people who come not only for the wonderful sites of Phuket but to purchase medications that they cannot purchase in their own countries without a prescription. Costs in Thailand being a major in for the tourists as if it was in their own countries they have to pay a lot more for them. To get a taxi or a tuk tuk in Patong is an experience in itself as well. Often you will find there are lines and lines of tuk tuks and less you are going a reasonable distance they often are unwilling to take you. I would say that it is quite a little mafia ring running regarding tuk tuk operations in Patong, all without proof of course. As well as the lines and lines of tuk tuks that will not take you anywhere, is very difficult to find parking in Patong. This is one of the other reasons that very few foreigners who live in Phuket actually will visit Patong. In some cases in Patong you will find there are cheap offers for drinks however for most items you can purchase you will be paying tourist prices and there is almost no

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Adjusting to the Great Life of being in Phuket

Michael Finn — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:21:46 +0000

Hi. Its Michael,

Lets get this Blog Page Running.

I have being living in Phuket for the 6 years, let’s not mention visa, but if we must, then lets. It seems that every one I meet has a different visa. Your views most welcome.

I am Irish and luckily we drive on the “same side of the road” as the Thai’s. Or so I thought. It is very upsetting driving down Motorway 41 at night and see either motorbike lights or car’s coming at you on the “hard shoulder”.

Motorbikes on either side of you at a “T” junction and when the lights tour green, they criss-cross across your “bows” as you turn a right.

Yes, you guessed it. 30 years at sea, not in the military but in proper ships, the merchant ships, the one that earn money for the country, not the ones that waste it. I digress.

I love Phuket, I love living here. Let us share nice thoughts and now and again share little bad happenings so that we can experience all that is Phuket.

Michael

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Hello Phuket Friends!

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:27:03 +0000

Welcome to our blog

This entire blog is written by people from all of the world, who are one way or another connected to Phuket.

Let me introduce myself; my name is Michiel Van Kets, born in Antwerp, Belgium on 12 January 1972 and since 2003 living permanently in Phuket, Thailand.

I came here to produce lamps shades in the form of the sun (and the moon and starts etc.), which I designed in the hope to warm the hearts and enlighten the minds of my fellow country men in Belgium. That didn’t work out as planned.

But it turned out to be for the better; instead I have realized my teen age dream; making money online (SEO-services) to be able to live on a tropical island. That’s truly a dream come true for me.

I love it here, I have no desire whatsoever to return to my home country. That doesn’t mean that it’s all heaven, and always love and peace around here either, but it surely beats cold and wet Belgium.

cheers,

Michiel

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