Phuket Things to Do Tips by solopes

It was our beach, with the hotel well located by the sea, and… we met the monsoon. Impossible to swim. The 1st day an helicopter flying around announced us the death of a tourist in the neighbor Kata beach. We didn’t take risks, and only Tito and me entered the water, in a shallow area, but with full precautions, because even there, we felt the very strong currents. The beach was neglected (low season) but Patong beach was safe and near. Anyway everybody enjoyed our stay, the tranquility of the place, and the ease to explore the several good attractions in the island. But I would like to come back with a different sea.

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My agent and friend Rebelo, when we were preparing the trip, showed me a package with 2 days in Phi Phi islands, saying it was tourist trap, the islands where easily visited in one day, and we could enjoy those nights somewhere else. We accepted the suggestion, and saw he was right. But the contrast between the violent surf in our coast (monsoon time), and the clear and calm waters of Phi Phi islands, made us doubt that maybe that package was not such a bad idea. The night in the island may be a little boring, but the day with the fish, it’s really a great experience.

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Sometimes movies change the landscape to produce an illusion; some other times they use it exactly as it is, because there’s no need to add or change anything. That’s what happened with this island in James Bond film. Only building some paths and a small harbor, changing the angles, they created in the film the sensation of a world that… it’s not there. But all the outdoors elements are. It’s a common island with a magnificent and strange rock at the entrance of the bay, but it’s always crowded with people trying to relate the sights with the film memories. And it is an interesting stop in a good small trip.

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An entirely Muslim community floating in the water. Even the mosque, and shops were built on the wooden structures that hold the paths and houses more than one meter upon water level. What happened to it with the tsunami? I’m afraid to only think about it. We had lunch there. Nothing to remember, except the site.

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I think that Patong beach and Ban Patong must be the same thing. Or not? Anyway, I'll post my Patong beach comments in Ban Patong page. And Patong was precious for us. With the monsoon, Kata beach was unsafe, so we came often to Patong, where only the colour of the water and the many algae denounced the rough sea. No problem to the swim and nautical sports.

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More than the highlights where you will be conducted (James Bond Island and Floating Village) all the way in the bay is a succession of beautiful cliffs, rocks and caves. I don't know if it happens in all circuits, but we were taken for a long trip, with a brake for lunch in the floating village. Then a heavy rain appeared, making everybody fear for the long way back. The funny is that the village was very close to the starting point, and in a couple of minutes we were protected fro the rain.

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The rubber factory is a quick and an interesting visit. You may see all the process, from collecting the sap to the final pressing. I believe that those traditional artifacts now are used only for tourist exhibition. Anyway, I really enjoyed to see.

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It's cool, it's calm, it's nice. A piece of nature packed under a net, with flowers and fish composing the environment for a huge collection of living beautiful butterflies. It sure deserves a visit.

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