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Plenty of Patong resort & spa
are around, some very close to the beach, there are only a
handful Patong resort and hotels having direct access to the
beach, all other are separated by the sand through the beach road.
Naturally there are myriads of Patong hotels and Patong
accommodation around, for every budget. From the luxury
Patong beach resort to the cheap beach room and apartment.
From Patong
beach to elsewhere on Phuket Island
its easy to drive,
there are 3 roads out of Patong, one to north, one to the
south and one to the east towards the shopping malls at
Phuket Town bypass road and Phuket City itself. Patong is a probably the best know beach and the best
spot for a great nightlife vacation if you want to have it
loud, action and nightlife.
Patong has also quite a lot of beach bars where the fat guys
from Australia and England already get drunk in the
afternoon.
The Patong girls usually come in from their apartments on
the eastern side of the city in the late afternoon or just
around 9 pm to have a look if they can find a foreigner with
some cash.
Cash, girls, restaurants and drinks is all about what's on in Patong. Every square meter on
the pavement or elsewhere is used for all kind of junk they
try to sell to the tourist. There is fake designer cloth,
cheap other textiles, fake Nike shoes who are sometimes even
better than the original. Indian, Bangladeshi and Nepali
tailors try to sell their inferior textile stuff, the only
function as a front end, the actual work is done by Thais
elsewhere.
Some hotels, resorts and other accommodation
are in very
noise areas, if you done like noise make sure to book the
right place and if you have any serious problems don't be
shy to contact the police, they have special Tourist Police
units and they really try to help.
There are also quiet parts at
Patong Beach, in particular at
the south end, where longtail boats
are parked waiting for some
tourists.
Patong bar, pub, girl and disco nightlife is legend, its
great but be aware there are plenty of very drunken guys
around in the evening. But Patong night life is quite ok in
general, even at nightlife bars full of nightlife girls they
wont cheat you, just be careful and never put any money in
the shirt pocket, there are always some around who try to
pick it out. Patong beach nightlife is also full with
restaurants of every imaginable type and not only in Patong
city but almost everywhere.
A little bit
further into the concrete and makeshift shelter
from wood, plastic and metal sheets, jungle are
plenty of other bars and noodle stalls.
In between are
jewelry shops, bookshops and some Thai guys
who try to place some strange creatures of the
small dragon type on your shoulder, make a photo
and give some money is their message.
At about 3 pm the
first guys with the red skin already hang around
in the small bars along Bangla Road and get
their first beers uploaded, the TV screams,
the DVD bang out the latest English songs and
also the first girls move in on a early hunt
for "farangs", most of the Thai ladies are
here for business.
What about some
beach parachuting via the
speedboat, do a ride with the jet ski,
terrible accidents happened in the past with jet
skis because nobody cares as usual.
Even cruiser come
quite close to the beach offloading their pax in
the evening for a hot night maybe at Soi Eric
video
At about
lunchtime at Patong Beach all good
deckchairs are rented out for the day and the
sun does the job. Beach massage is very
popular among the tourists relaxing
on the beach.
Almost all Patong
massage ladies are from somewhere in
northern Thailand. Tough fat middle
aged women with a strong and steady
grip. They treat you for an hour,
after you need 2 hour to relax from
the massage.
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