Well back to the old neighborhood of Phuket island. We decided to stay in Phuket Town and explore a different area on the island. Incredible buildings and sights. The town is set up with no real planning and getting around is not difficult but we did get turned around (lost) a couple times. The worst being on our third night out and it took many u-turns then finally found the right people to help us navigate our way back to the hotel. It was two ladies and the cutest puppy who helped us. The evening ride about provided interesting sights such as night markets and well decorated traffic circles.
We enjoyed showing up and surprising some of the people we met on our first visit to Phuket. On our moped it was fun to cruise the familiar beaches and sights in the area. The town is at about half of the tourist compacity it had at Christmas and New Years. Definitely like it at less touristy times. We stayed at the phat new modern Hotel Dara and had one of the sweet top floor rooms with a nice king bed and four phat pillows! The pool was awesome and the free breakfast was filling and tasty. We took a ferry to Krabi for three nights and decided to head back to Phuket-land as Krabi is more expensive with lesser beaches and fewer activities. I would descibe it as a super busy Penticton or Osoyoos mid summer, loaded with tourists. Not our style even though the mountains are spectacular and make for some great pics! Nice sunsets and smiles and even saw a monkey riding on a side car! Spent one afternoon with a (typical) realtor and asked to see places to rent at 20,000 baht per month and she showed us beautiful place twice the price. The excursion still provided some good local info. We seem to have expensive tastes with a backpacker budget. Back to the drawing board. The next move is take a ferry back to Phuket island and look for a place we can hang for a couple months. Maybe a place with air con, pool, internet, where a girl could whip up a good tuna sandwich. The quest continues..........
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