A guide by flounder
Many visitors rent little Suzuki jeeps but as petrol/diesel isn't expensive by European standards and for UK drivers driving is so easy (same side of the road etc.) why not rent a nice big pickup with dark windows and get all the respect of a native from police and fellow road users.
A long, usually empty beach with tall shady casuarina trees. In the right season there is the chance of seeing a turtle burying her eggs at night. Easy swimming and snorkelling.
Pay your respects to the Budda. Perhaps use a box of firecrackers - from the little kiosk - to make your point.
Book a boat - much less expensive than the USA and Europe - and have a day fishing for marlin, wahoo, Spanish mackeral and mahi mahi with tuna almost guaranteed! B13 has always been lucky for me.
www.phuket-travel.com/fishing/frameme.php?page=fishing_02.htm
Ideal place to watch the sunset and take photos of your sweetie holding the sun in their hands.
Start a good night off with a drink at Tubby's before descending to the fleshpots of Patong. If you're lucky jam along with the passing Italian Bues Band.
Half-way along Nanai Road at the back of Patong
Low season is from May to October (this is the monsoon season). High season is from November to April.Regardless of season the temperature is about 30-33 degrees centigrade. The difference is that it rains frequently in the low season, and hardly ever in the high season. Don’t write off the low season just yet though. It has its upside: 1. This is the time to surf on Phuket.2. The sun is mostly behind clouds3. There is a refreshing downpour several times a day 4. Accommodation is half the price it is in high season. Strange but true. Rooms costing about 1,000-1,500 baht in high season can be had for half this amount in low season.
Lots of snorkeling trips available. We are really talking pretty here. Lion-fish, parrot-fish, groupers; it’s a riot of colour down there.
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