TotallyOz Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 CNN editorial has an interesting article today. It is an interesting read. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/07/travel/phuket-beaches-opinion/index.html?hpt=hp_t5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LoveThailand Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I guess this means walking to the nearest shop for a pedicure/manicure. Hopefully will report back from Patong in November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abang1961 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I am now sitting at Phuket's airport after 3 terrible day here. Firstly, the gay area is gone...yes, take those deck chairs away and now, no gay crowd but scores of screaming kids scattering themselves everywhere and anywhere.... Bring back the deck chairs where the gay can converge... Secondly,by the Act of God, the weather was extremely unkind..rainy and windy on all 3 days... cant strip down for a good tan and show off my ... I even had to skip the cruise to James Bond Island as the winds were too strong... Thirdly, prices had indeed gone up.....room mates fell due to low season but not food prices... a simple meal at a food court is almost what I would have paid for a buffet in Pattaya... If I may summarise, Pattaya has the Russians and Phuket has the Chinese mainlanders... oops,I have yet to mention the nightscene ..Paradise,my foot..I must as well look at the ladyboys at Bangla...they have better attitude than the so-sorry and worn-out state at the bars at Paradise.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinapu Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 CNN editorial has an interesting article today. It is an interesting read. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/07/travel/phuket-beaches-opinion/index.html?hpt=hp_t5 Interesting piece and even more interesting discussion which developed underneath. Can't relate as never been there and not planning to go but hope others will report whether changes are permanent or just haze and smoke. Abang above doesn't sound as he liked new face of the island Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest casteran Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Patong beach without beach chairs, very sad. It is a beach resort after all. As with anything it will change again as tourists will stay away if resorts become too militarized Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abang1961 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Haven't I been obvious? I have been communicating with a fellow forummer here and he was so adamant that we won't meet in Phuket. Now I know why? .... Patong Beach does not seem to attract the locals anymore with its burgeoning (not in a good way) crowd. It has certainly became a Chinese enclave... If you have been to any of the beaches in China, you would understand me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
