We have stayed in Phuket for ages! It's been great to have a holiday within a holiday. We have mostly relaxed and chilled out by the pool, we have ventured into Patong a few times, we got free tickets to "Simon Caberet" which I'm glad were free because we watched a much better Lady-Boy show in town in a bar. Tomorrow we are having another "Driving Day". It's a five hour bus journey and an hour or so on a ferry from Phuket to Koh Samui. From t...

We have been in Phuket now for 4 days and we love it. Our journey from Langkawi involved a half hour taxi ride with Malaysia's answer to Lewis Hamilton, he got us to the ferry terminal in record time. Then an hours ferry ride to Satan in Thailand and a seven hour bus journey to Phuket followed by a twenty minute taxi ride to our hotel. We are staying in Karon beach (the posh bit) however we have been to Patong beach (if you are thinking Pat Pong - Ping Pong...