Where in Phuket for a family holiday - Oct 2013?
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J381 said:
Beautiful.
I'm really struggling with a hotel in Kata....
OK my other recomendation would be I'm really struggling with a hotel in Kata....
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g1210687-d...
If in Kata, do make sure you vist the SKA Bar on the beach, at the bottom of the rocks, south end of teh bay, its the hangout for us yachties in the Kings Cup Regatta and any other time we are in town, fantastic cocktails as the tide comes in and the entertainment of watching the longtail operators working!!
HonestIago said:
XJSJohn said:
500 meters from my office!! Can even see the hotel from my desk ... over there...
Just out of curiosity, what sort of line of work are you in to have a job in Bangkok? Its unusual for farangs to find decent work in Thailand as I understand it!Plenty of farang here, and some even in proper jobs rather than TEFL, you just need to be here a while to find the jobs, or get transferred in. A large chunk of my working life is in SE Asia these days.
J381 said:
XJSJohn said:
500 meters from my office!! Can even see the hotel from my desk ... over there...
Is it a good central location for us?
Joking aside, good central location, easy to get to the relavent temples and pallaces and other touristy bits without sluming it. If going to temples, remind the missus to bring a sarong or something to cover up her legs before going in ..... otherwise she will have to queue up to rent one.
Edit - for your Chang Mai hotel, you are about 1 minutes walk from IMHO) the best restaurant in Chang Mai, Dash (also teh name of teh owner) Thoroughly recomend it ....
If i remember right, turn right out of outel, keep right and its on teh right, as simple as that, modern remage of his mothers old Thai home with courtyard and fantastic Nortehrn Thai food!!!
Edited by XJSJohn on Monday 16th September 11:14
XJSJohn said:
A large chunk of my working life is in SE Asia these days.
Lucky you! 
I've been to SE Asia a couple of times and keep thinking working there would be the bees knees, just need to work out a career path for doing it sustainably a few years down the line! 
Apologies for thread hijack OP.
XJSJohn said:
depends on who good you are at guarding your credit cards from the missus, Central World and Platinum Mall are less than 500 meters in the other direction ... If she does get on your nerve however, can always get a new Girlfriend in Nana or Cowboy, equally close, and a lot cheaper than SWMBO's shopping trip
Joking aside, good central location, easy to get to the relavent temples and pallaces and other touristy bits without sluming it. If going to temples, remind the missus to bring a sarong or something to cover up her legs before going in ..... otherwise she will have to queue up to rent one.
Thanks for the reply. Can you recommend anything worth seeing / doing? Joking aside, good central location, easy to get to the relavent temples and pallaces and other touristy bits without sluming it. If going to temples, remind the missus to bring a sarong or something to cover up her legs before going in ..... otherwise she will have to queue up to rent one.
Also, any restaurants close by that are worth a visit?
What happened on SWMBO's shopping trip? :-)
J381 said:
XJSJohn said:
depends on who good you are at guarding your credit cards from the missus, Central World and Platinum Mall are less than 500 meters in the other direction ... If she does get on your nerve however, can always get a new Girlfriend in Nana or Cowboy, equally close, and a lot cheaper than SWMBO's shopping trip
Joking aside, good central location, easy to get to the relavent temples and pallaces and other touristy bits without sluming it. If going to temples, remind the missus to bring a sarong or something to cover up her legs before going in ..... otherwise she will have to queue up to rent one.
Thanks for the reply. Can you recommend anything worth seeing / doing? Joking aside, good central location, easy to get to the relavent temples and pallaces and other touristy bits without sluming it. If going to temples, remind the missus to bring a sarong or something to cover up her legs before going in ..... otherwise she will have to queue up to rent one.
Also, any restaurants close by that are worth a visit?
What happened on SWMBO's shopping trip? :-)
Any street food place thats busy will have good grub, also teh food court in Central World is quite an experience if you are not familiar with Asia.
Will have a think about good thai restaurants to try, also SkyBar is a must ....
Well, she spent too much so i traded her in ....
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