[r3aps]

the beach is set on phi phi island and many places do tours there or you can do it much cheaper yourself getting the boat across from the port.speedboat trips take a couple of hours but get other sights in before getting to the beach,then onto phi phi don the bigger of the 2 islands.james bond island again is a tour that you can book anywhere.i cannot say much about this as this particular 1 i havent done,i hate james bond to the extent i have no inclination to see a location that the utter rubbish series of films was filmed upon.as for staying in phuket,if you can afford to move around to pattayya or koh samui then go for it,i would love to do both those areas and samui is only about 40 minute flight away and the flights are dirt cheap,i think you can fly to the military airport at pattaya and thats about an hour flight.when i go for an extended trip in april next year i intend to goto both these areas.i love phuket and patong in general but want to start discovering other places in thailand.thats not to say i will be abandoning patong,never.i will still be there for songrakan or the water festival in april and i still want to get out there in november.
steve