We had decided to book into our hostel for 5 nights which is quite a long time to stay in one place for travellers, especially if there's no activity planned. As this is our first break from work in over a year we both thought we deserved a little bit of holiday style beach time and decided the paradise island beaches of Phuket would be very fitting.
There's not really a whole lot to say about our days in Phuket as it was very much like the standard summer holiday. We spent our first few days on the beach sunning it up then heading out in the evening for dinner and some drinks. I got a nice bit on sun burn on the first day at the beach but it didn't stop me going back. Annoyingly the last couple of days were really rainy so we just lazed around having some well earned rest. Even more annoyingly is that I had planned of taking my photos of the place on these days but as it was grey and wet I didn't see the point as it wouldn't make any of you jealous.
I found Phuket quite a strange place to visit as it obviously caters to a huge number of holiday makers from Australia but as it wasn't a holiday season for them the place was pretty dead. The hundreds of bars that lined the streets all sat empty except for a a few young Thai women sitting at the front of each trying to entice men in. I assume this is how middle age men meet their young Thai brides. On the last couple of days when it rained we were itching to meet some like minded people that we could sit and have a few drinks with but it seemed Phuket really wasn’t the place for us to meet other backpackers.
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