Phuket
On my final leg of my trip through Asia, I decided Phuket would be a good resting place before the transition to home. I'm staying at the Hilton Phuket Arcadia in the southwestern part of Phuket Island. The property has beach access to Karon Beach and is sandwiched between Kata and Patong Beach. The facilities here are amazing and the room rates can't be beat. At about $100 US per night, this facility has several pools, beach access, soccer facilities, mini-golf facilities, spa, several restaurants and still conveniently located to some local nightlife.
My little ragtag group is quite happy to sit and relax in this amazing place. On our first night, we went to Kata Beach which is a little beach town about 10 minutes walking distance. The little stretch of restaurant/bars has an eclectic collection of locals and tourists. My little group came upon an area where we have now nicknamed "Hooker Heights" because there are several little bars crammed into this communal space and is staffed by only women. No local men can be found but several tourists are patronizing these establishments.
On our second night, we went to Patong Beach. I think the area is as close to Ft. Lauderdale during spring break or other similarly reputed areas. Lots of little bars where the women are trying to entice tourists to come drink, several "go-go" shows hawked by street vendors. In the mix, several US chains like McDonald's, KFC, Starbucks, Haagen-Daz, etc were easily accessible. It was Kata Beach on steroids. All in all, still a friendly place as the girls will try to get you to play games like Connect Four with you. The ultimate goal for the girls is to play for drinks, gets that bar tab higher. The guys happily obliged as beer is less than $2 US.
My little ragtag group is quite happy to sit and relax in this amazing place. On our first night, we went to Kata Beach which is a little beach town about 10 minutes walking distance. The little stretch of restaurant/bars has an eclectic collection of locals and tourists. My little group came upon an area where we have now nicknamed "Hooker Heights" because there are several little bars crammed into this communal space and is staffed by only women. No local men can be found but several tourists are patronizing these establishments.
On our second night, we went to Patong Beach. I think the area is as close to Ft. Lauderdale during spring break or other similarly reputed areas. Lots of little bars where the women are trying to entice tourists to come drink, several "go-go" shows hawked by street vendors. In the mix, several US chains like McDonald's, KFC, Starbucks, Haagen-Daz, etc were easily accessible. It was Kata Beach on steroids. All in all, still a friendly place as the girls will try to get you to play games like Connect Four with you. The ultimate goal for the girls is to play for drinks, gets that bar tab higher. The guys happily obliged as beer is less than $2 US.
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