Phuket

DARBS · #1 20-10-2005, 18:38

Going to phuket n January
and a mate said about staying in kata for a week or maybe longer
how far from the action of patong and MTB bar is it ?
and are there any bars or clubs there

cheers fellas

marc26 · #2 20-10-2005, 19:17

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Originally Posted by DARBS

Going to phuket n January
and a mate said about staying in kata for a week or maybe longer
how far from the action of patong and MTB bar is it ?
and are there any bars or clubs there

cheers fellas

its about 15 minutes away. its much more relaxed atmosphere. but very nice. good restaurants, a quiet bar scene. you can take a tuk-tuk for 150-200baht. there are plenty available, so no worry about that. if its pure action you are looking for, you might want to change your booking for patong or maybe split your time, half in patong, half in kata. ive stayed in kata and karon and was in patong most nights. so no problem doing that too

tintin · #3 20-10-2005, 23:23

There is a bar-athmosphere, but different from Patong!

It all depends what you are up to.

Kata is quieter the Karon, and really more family -orientated.
There is a small bar-area in the mainroad, just leaving the main-village, direction club med (south). Not so found of it, but some here are.

On the beach-road between Kata and Karon, another bar-area. Was not doing well the last times I was there. A lot of bas closed, even in November before the Tsunami.

Then you have, just before you go to Patong, near the big round point to your right, the village of Karon, with some bars on the main road and a lot of bars in the main soi. Very different athmosphere here again, but I prefer this area to the 2 mentioned above. This is because village-life is mixed with the bar-area. You can have a traditional massage, before you go to the bar at night. Every bar has a different athmosphere, some loud ones, but also some quieter ones. All depends on the owner and the girls, the biggest bars are not the best. Some bars with pooltables and girls. The girls are not all frst rate, a little bit more difficult to find a stunner then in Patong. Prices are lower, most of the girls just ask 1.000 bath.

If you are on this road of Karon, wich is not the beach road to Kata, but the one that leads to Phuket-town, passing Kata from the back, you will have 3 bars, next to each other, at a red light. One of them is called "Phuket-bar".

If you just go for a girl and a drink, this is not bad! Every time I went there, at least one bar had a stunner. Girls are not too bad generally here. It is not a place to come every night and talk to the lads as in MT bar. But if you want to find a girl closer to where you staying (where is that in Kata?), it can be a good choice.

Most of the time, I take the bike over the hill to Patong. It is dangerous, yes, but if you keep well to the left and be carefull for the sand on the hill, it iis ok.
If you plan to drink much, take a tuk-tuk! But a bike is cheaper, 150 bath/day, i could not do without in Kata, even when I risk my life any time!

DARBS · #4 21-10-2005, 18:16

thanks for the info guys
I will be staying in patong for 3 weeks 1st anyway
so will move on after I have had some fun and need a little break

Darbs

erik1 · #5 22-10-2005, 04:27

You forget the new bars at the other side of Club Med (kata noi side) where the new shopping area has been build and opened last year around beginning of december

Apart from that there is when you are on the outside road with the 3 bars and you had towards the beach at the trafficlights a couple of bars (6-8) after 30 meters in a soi on your right.

The silent part with the many bars closed is soi happy bar, but if you stand in front of that you have hungry corner restaurant on left side, left from hungry corner is another soi with about 10 bars.

Come on Tin Tin, be precize :P

tintin · #6 22-10-2005, 12:45

The ones in front of club Med I never saw! There is a new shopping area, mostly the shops moved from somewhere else, but I did not see any bg's.

I know that there is one bar in front of the club Med, stopped there once, and quickly ran off: never sawso many very ugly girls in my life!!!

The place where many bars were closed on the beach road is in my opinion "Karon Center". For me it is no use to talk about places, wich are there, but were I never bothered to set a foot myself, there is always a reason!