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Getting around from Karon
I am heading back to Karon in two month's time for my 4th visit. I love the place. I stay in a small guest house in the same soi as the Islandia Resort. That is up the main road heading inland from the circle for about 150 metres and then left into Soi Islandia. The guest house is above and part of the same establishment that I dive with. The owner is now very much a personal friend.
A taxi from the airport costs us 500 or 600 baht.
A taxi or tuk-tuk from Karon Beach to Patong costs about 250 or 300 baht.
When we get a taxi we like, we get his mobile number and use him to take us to Patong and fetch us back in the evenings. It costs about the same as a tuk-tuk but is air-conditioned and much more comfortable. It's reassuring to know who's picking you up and you get looked after as a "regular". I have done the same with a good tuk-tuk driver too.
I don't think being Chinese will make any difference to the girls' attitudes. The only comment I could make is that in BKK the girls pay special attention to the Japanese guys because those guys tend to be big spenders.
This trip, I will have my son and two of his mates with me so I will be making more visits than normal to Patong. MTB here we come! Both my sons have been with me before and we are quite accustomed to going out and getting pissed together both here and in Thailand. You can see a photo of the three of us having dinner with our bg's in the photo gallery.
Last trip, I noticed that some of the girls from my regular bar like to head over to Patong around 2am to go to the disco but I declined to join them. My tirak wanted to go with them but wouldn't go without me.
I drink mostly at Sunee's Bonsai Bar which is in the corner at the back in the group of bars that Marc26 mentioned. Sunee always has a good selection of girls and on each trip so far, I have had a girl from there for the duration of my stay in Phuket. Mind you, that doesn't preclude a little afternoon delight from elsewhere and it doesn't get in the way of the nights in BKK on the way in and out of Thailand.
Have a great time and let us know how you get on.
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