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There’s so much to say about this tear drop of a province located in the southern part of Thailand. Phuket was Thailand’s first beach to turn into a resort town. I’m telling you, if I thought Samui was a touristy place, Phuket makes Samui look like Death Valley.

I stopped here to meet up with my brother and his wife. We plan to catch a flight to Singapore. We both stayed at one of the best hotels Phuket offers all the touristy people. It was within walking distance to the older Patong Beach. Phuket definitely looked like any other beach resort, but the people here seem to be genuinely friendly and happy. I can tell most Europeans like it here. I think it’s because all the braided ones seemed to be concentrated on our stretch of the beach.

I have some advice about Phuket: First – the minibus from the airport that goes into town is the least expensive way to get here. There is a catch, though. You have to stop at a hotel reservation agency on your way into town. Once there, women try to book you into a discounted hotel. It only takes fifteen minutes out of your time. I escaped these women without booking a room, despite their claims of no vacancies in all Phuket. Ha! I walked to my hotel from where the minibus dropped us off.

Second – Patong Beach is full of beautiful women and lady boys. It was hard for me to tell them apart, which were the women and which were the feminine males. My brother and his wife got the stink eye everywhere they went (he’s white and she’s Asian), his wife had to announce she was not Thai, which seemed to help tremendously.

Tomorrow, before our flight to Singapore, we’ll check out Koh Pha Ngan, hopefully, it will be less touristy.