Phuket

Krabi - Koh Samui - Phuket

Phuket has the best of both the worlds. Families can plan vacation in and around Phuket while loners can stay for days around Bangla Street and not get bored. We were on a boys trip but we did both. It was a seven day planned itinerary that we were following that included Krabi, Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Phi Phi & Phuket.

Sunset @ Patong Beach

Phuket was the last of our stop-overs given that Phuket International Airport is well connected with the rest of the world. On our first day we rested and walked to Bangla Street in the evening. Taking a hotel nearby was a great decision. Evening time is early for the buzzing central area of Phuket. Crowds arrive mostly around 9 in the night and parties go on till early morning.

Bangla Street @ Phuket

We visited Harem Gentleman’s Club and Susy Wong which are the on a costlier side for a strip club. There are famous pubs like The American Cafe and Heroes Bar if you want to enjoy a round of beer and some live music. There is an amazing Indian restaurant called The Amritsar where we went every day for dinner.

Phi Phi

Next day we had booking for a ferry ride to Phi Phi Islands. Phi Phi is a major attraction among tourists with its Avatar-like islands in the middle of ocean and party culture. We enjoyed the ride and the snorkeling that came with the ride. Phi Phi had an amazingly hot crowd. I was later told that we should have planned a night stay at the island itself.

Tiger Kingdom, Phuket

Our third and last day was mostly about sight-seeing in Phuket. The Great Buddha was obviously the first place to go. On the way we stopped at The Tiger Kingdom and took photographs with the tigers. View from the Great Buddha and the statue itself were the other highlight of the day. On our way back we hopped from one beach to another before reaching our hotel which was on Patong Beach.

Great Buddha, Phuket

The first beach on our way was Cara Beach. It is small but beautiful with rocks at one end. Surfing boards are available at very attractive rates here. There are restaurants with sea view as well here. Next in line was Karon Beach which is huge with giant waves. It was less crowded and my favourite of the three. The third was of course Patong Beach which is most accessible but also most commercialised of the three.

Karon Beach, Phuket

It was time for our flight way back home. We had an amazing seven days in Thailand with friends and we loved every bit of it. We specially enjoyed the weather and the lively party crowd that throngs this part of Thailand during the full moon.