"After Malaysia I needed some peace and quiet" Phuket by neilward


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What a lovely place this is.

After a long hard week in Malaysia,little sleep lots of drinking and cultural visits,I decided to treat myself and go to Thailand,as Its a place I've always wanted to go. I had plans to lie on a beach and read a book or two,but the weather wasn't the best I decide to see some of the place.
There are some "tourist traps" I don't mind falling into,if I've got limited time I'll take an organised trip,that way I'm making the most of my short time there.
This was taken on the floating muslim village in The Ao-Phang Nga National Park in the Andaman Sea,its a huge national park in which there are many islands and rock formations,including that rock from that James Bond film.(The man with the golden gun as I'm sure you knew !!)
It was so peaceful there,very tranquil and very cheap for food and gifts,embarassingly so.£2 for a 4 course meal.

What a sales pitch

This gorgeous little girl insisted on me buying a garland from her,when I tried to talk to her all she said (very quickly) was 50 baht50baht50baht50baht etc etc etc.I was laughing like a drain,it was hilairious,obviously I bought them well they were only 50baht !!!!!

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  • Pros:Cheap,good food and lovely scenery
  • In a nutshell:More than he/shes
  • Last visit to Phuket: Sep 2003
  • Intro Updated Jan 2, 2004
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    adelaidean Mar 6, 2006 at 9:18 PM Report Abuse

    The best thing we did in Phuket was John Gray Sea canoeing...It was fantastic...Your pages are good...although I didnt find the people at the floating village overly friendly!!

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    aalayaa Jan 25, 2006 at 7:34 PM Report Abuse

    when i was in phuket i saw a tour to go to 'james bond' island but i didn't go there

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    barbskie Apr 29, 2005 at 12:41 AM Report Abuse

    What a view here! The floating village is magnificent! Regards

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    tashka Apr 14, 2005 at 3:26 AM Report Abuse

    James Bond islands look like a good adventure. Sorry I missed it when I was to Phuket...

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    goingsolo Mar 4, 2005 at 6:44 AM Report Abuse

    SUch a beautiful place. I hope they recover in time from the tragedy of the tsunami.

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    ligaya Jan 2, 2005 at 8:25 PM Report Abuse

    so wonderful view, but so bad the tsunami hit here in phuket:(

  • Dstraynger Dec 18, 2004 at 7:27 AM Report Abuse

    very nice quiet shot-seems like you had a hard time in Malaysia!

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    Alphons Dec 7, 2004 at 5:25 AM Report Abuse

    Very good page with beautiful pics, greetings alphons

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    Bavavia Nov 3, 2004 at 4:37 PM Report Abuse

    Adorable little girl ! how much is 50bhat???

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    girladventure Oct 21, 2004 at 10:43 AM Report Abuse

    Hey thanks for stopping by. I'll be in Phuket this coming Dec. Pics are awesome. BTW, I'm sorry about Annie. Such a beautiful girl.

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