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    Everyones personal favorite beach on the Island

    I am taking the bike for a serious ride. So I was curious what people say their favorites are as I make it around.

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    what island will that be mate ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by barrylad66 View Post
    what island will that be mate ?
    Well let's think about that one - we are on the Phuket forum

    Can I take a wild stab at Madagascar?

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    point taken, i just woke up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by barrylad66 View Post
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    point taken, i just woke up.
    What where you doing last night ? Heroin? Not easy to get on this island unfortunately

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    answered above .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iceman123 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by barrylad66 View Post
    what island will that be mate ?
    Well let's think about that one - we are on the Phuket forum

    Can I take a wild stab at Madagascar?

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    Just ignore the sarcasm barrylad, the wretch can't help it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teflon Don View Post
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    point taken, i just woke up.
    What where you doing last night ? Heroin? Not easy to get on this island unfortunately
    no pissed mate, my fathers wake. enough said!

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    Quote Originally Posted by barrylad66 View Post
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    point taken, i just woke up.
    What where you doing last night ? Heroin? Not easy to get on this island unfortunately
    no pissed mate, my fathers wake. enough said!
    Pissed. Must mean you are hung over now. Which calls for some pain killers.

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    Hair of the dog or drink plenty of water. Commiserations.

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    Karon beach is a nice sight.

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    Like any beach away from Patong!

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    Some nice ones up by the airport.

    Also only go to the beach out of tourist season, or before thje mongers drag their arse down.

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    Patong used to be nice but must admit I was walking on it at 6am heading back to my place pissed as a kunt.


    Oh the memories or not....

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    Go up the west coast highway through Ranong and back down the main highway to Surat Thani, takes 3 or 4 days if you get off the main road and have a good look around

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    Kata Noi. Not a busy beach as you have to enter through a large resort. Safe beach with a rideable wave in the off season and has a shack that dishes up a feed and a cold one if you desire.

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    my photos are all 4-5yrs old, since we left Phuket - and I wonder now if the quiet beaches we used to go to are covered in deck chairs

    A favourite getaway was to Nai Yang beach on west coast near airport, beach and small national park there




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    Nai Harn - though in 2009 it did suffer from deckchair-itis and was best early morning



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    I think this is the main Kata beach, complete with those ever-popular jetski rental blokes


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    Quote Originally Posted by Teflon Don View Post
    Karon beach is a nice sight.
    TefDon needs to look around as Karon beach in 2002 was nice & I would head nouth young man, look at the picture that PG posted look good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ratchaburi View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Teflon Don View Post
    Karon beach is a nice sight.
    TefDon needs to look around as Karon beach in 2002 was nice & I would head nouth young man, look at the picture that PG posted look good.
    True that.

    So much to see, not enough time

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    not a beach, but plenty of water - near Kathu, Bang Wad dam, near Phuket Country Golf Club

    Road around the lake, 6.5km good cycling/running as mostly sheltered by trees
    One of the international schools used to hold a fundraising fun-run around the lake each year


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    Nai Harn beach


    Nai Harn again - if you're a swimmer/snorkeler, head out to that island, easy from Yanui Beach (one over the hill with the wind turbine, south from NH), or rent a kayak on a calm day


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    Nai Harn beach was one of the best beaches, now the beach chairs are 7 rows deep just before the drain on the south end and past the drain a restaurant has been built on public land that blocks access to the beach unless you climb over rocks
    Come on low season, might have beach access again

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    north end of Layan Beach, also the beaches with no name if u drive the back roads to Nai Yung beach that u need park a walk down to

    Worst beach SURIN< chairs 4 deep, most expensive beach food on the island and the most open air beach clubs ( illegally) on a beach.

    Bang Wat dam QSI holds a fun run there in the fall every year
    "I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol or insanity, but they've always worked for me" HST

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    For me as stated Kata Noi, Kata and Karon. Not as much Karon as there is not enough shade and it has a bad rip tide. But photographed from the right place at the right time you get as nice a beach shot as anywhere in the world.


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