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jet ski at karon beach - Phuket
jet ski at karon beach
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Be cool for Tour Agents for different options....
  • By tabrez603 on September 5, 2007
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  • In the speed boat with other tourist people - Phuket
    In the speed boat with other
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    Off course every body who moves for holidays to phuket and need to go to see the other islands, different shows, lot of other attractions other then beach where they stay...

    So my experience is that you should not book any tour through internet or just from the hotel tourist desk or by visiting only one agent desk (just remember i have a experience of off season which is August 2007 and do not know about on season).....

    The cost of tour will be much different and the facilities are same as of other people who companies you during the tour......Every body is being charged of different price and some people traped too much and they pay the same price as written on the printed leaflets...

    The suggestion after experience is that simply avoide the tour booking by internet, no booking through hotel travel desk, no booking just visiting one travel desk on beach road......

    We book one day tour by speed boat which includes to phi phi ley+don island both (which is very common), khai nok, runtee bay, pileh lagoon, loh samah bay, may bay, monkey beach, viking cave, lunch, hotel pick up and drop, during the way fruit & water, snorking equipment (except foot finder) with english guide...

    We pay 1100THB per person and in the boat our other travel companion were arround 12 people.....So we were thes best deal maker in the whole people.....even one couple they pay 2800THB per person with same facilites and are with us the only reason they stayed at La Maridian Hotel and book the tour from hotel desk.

    The suggestion is very simple and i do not think so that its too much hassel becuase i personnely experienced it during my visit in August 2007....We stayed in Patong Beach and next day of our arrival we visited just 4 travel desks on beach road and talk about 7 minutes each. Finally we confirm our tour for next day with one travel desk which comes minimum cost...
    The travel desk i do not remember the name but was just in the foot of Ali Baba Restaurent (Indian Hala Food Restaurent) the girl who deal us name was Fatima and she was muslim. This restaurent board you can see from the main beach road and if you go from bangla road to wards patong tower on beach road you find the place very easily...

    Ali Baba Restaurent in on Soi Holiday Inn.

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    Seafood restaurants
  • By kenningst on July 30, 2007
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  • One thing I know for sure. The price of seafood restaurants here is very steep. WAY TOO STEEP!!! Some tourist say, "Well, the price is ok when i convert back to my home currency!". The answer to that is NOOOO!!!!! I you take the same amount you pay here and have it somewhere else like Bangkok or Hatyai, you probably could feed 2 families of 10. Check the menus before you even sit down. You do not want to be paying silly USD for some silly fish you think had just undergone Aneroksia Nervosa advance treatment before they are served to you. For me, I rather hit the food stands...

    Check my link on cheap but yet delicious seafood restaurants in the other section.


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    Taxi Services At Phuket Airport
  • By DHK on July 28, 2005
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  • Our hotel is on Patong Beach. We asked the staff at the taxi service counter inside and the staff outside for the price of the taxi service from the airport to our hotel. The travel book listed around 400~450 bht. So, we bargained the price to that. However, the taxi driver said ok and also gave us receipt. Then the taxi driver stopped at a tour information shop located 5 mins away from the airport. And a quite good looking lady came out and said to double check the desintation. She said that our receipt is to another place which prices is 400~450 bht. But to patong should be 550bht. We doubted that it is a trap and insisted to go back to the airport. They really did drive us back to the airport with money back too.

    We are not sure whether it is a trap or not. But why did the driver stop at the tour information? why did the ok-looking lady come out? Just found a lot of questions there.

    So, you can walk 100 meter to find a parking space with metered taxi service.

    It is only several minutes straight from the exit of the airport. You are actually be able to see that service right from the exit.

    In our case, it costs 3XX bht to our hotel with 100 bht for registered and licenced taxi drivers.

    Good luck.

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    Shopping and nightlife: Shopping Generally
  • By stevemt on April 23, 2007
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  • Patong beach shopping is good. There is a great range of merchandise, and the prices are not bad, till you have had a trip to Phuket Town its self and you realise that Patong does have inflated prices for the tourist. Go still later to Bangkok and prices are cheaper yet for the identical items.


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    Shopping and nightlife: Barter hard but always be friendly
  • By slasty on January 27, 2007
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  • Shopping in Phuket is becoming harder and harder. It is like the airport where suddenly they can charge whatever they like. It seems the stall holders inflate the prcies much more then elsewhere in Thailand and will go near the price that you can get in Bangkok or Chiang Mai. Alot of stall holders know now that we will automatically take a third of the price and have not put their prices up another third.

    Last year I was helping a friend shop as I can speak a bit of Thai. The women was giving my friend a ridiculous price. When I started bartering in Thai she no longer wanted our business and walked away. Most of the stall holders are good and will try to get as many baht as possible out of you with a smile.

    Set a price in your head and stick to it. They will cry poor, tell you how good the quality is, transportation costs, that a bigger size costs more. But if you are friendly and firm when bartering if will do okay. If you walk away and they let you go you have gone to low in price. If they come back to get you you are either close and will get it for that price with a little more negotiation or will have to pay just a few more baht.

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    Shopping and nightlife: Simon's Cabaret
  • Updated By BorneoGrrl on March 27, 2006
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    Simon's "girls" strutting
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    Simon's Cabaret is popular amongst the tourists to Phuket. The show features girly boys who perform lip synced songs and dances in full costume. The show lasts for about an hour and it's quite enjoyable to those who like cabaret. There are times we forget the performers are boys in dresses. For some, the curiousity of looking at drag queens is enough to attract many to the many shows performed in a day, even more during peak periods. After the show, the drag queens will stand outside and for those who want to take a picture with them, a small tip is advised

    If the show is part of your tour agenda, it's not so bad because they do put on a good show and nothing indecent or perverse is on


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    Shopping and nightlife: Street Vendors
  • By carmenlilly on November 15, 2005
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  • Street Vendors can be pretty annoying and pushy! Don't let yourself get talked into buying something, especially do not let them give you a bad conscience

    Walk straight through and just "overhear" all the "hi"s and compliments ..... it's mainly fishing for customers

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    Excursions: Cruel Elephant Treks
  • By yozza2005 on January 25, 2007
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  • Taxi drivers near Karon will try and take you to Elephant treking.
    From what i saw it was cruel and damn right wrong. Thai workers whipping the elephants, it made me want to go and hit them for doing that!
    It is disgusting and in some instances the elephants have been drugged before you ride them.
    AVOID DOING THIS

    Go to Thai Boxing, avoid the elephant treks

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    DRIVING IN PHUKET
  • By trevndebs on June 8, 2005
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  • Oh no! She fell off! - Phuket
    Oh no! She fell off!
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    The Police in Thailand have a purge every now and then on foreign tourist drivers to raise some cash.
    They close off the beach road at one end and stop everybody, we saw this about every other day last time we were there.

    To hire a car or motorbike in you must have an International Driving Licence with you. If not, they'll ticket you and hold onto either your licence/passport or pillion passenger! until you drive to the Police Station and return with a receipt saying you've paid the fine ( usually 2-300 Baht )
    Also, the driver of a motorbike MUST wear a helmet by law, pillion passenger it's not compulsory.

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    Phuket Phantasea
  • By jnyvegas on November 15, 2004
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  • Phuket Tourist Traps
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    The Stores are very touristy and a little pricy even for phuket.

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