Thread: A week on Bangtao beach Phuket.

Originally Posted by Cujo

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Nearly came unstuck in a rip tide swimming in Fuket not nice

Spent a few minutes teaching my son how to spot rips and explaining how he should avoid swimming in them.
If you don't swim in them you won't get stuck in them.

Better to teach him what to do when he's in one.

Originally Posted by charleyboy

Probably cost more than Nige's house!

Well not quite ,, however just up the coast a bit from us



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Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by Cujo

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Nearly came unstuck in a rip tide swimming in Fuket not nice

Spent a few minutes teaching my son how to spot rips and explaining how he should avoid swimming in them.
If you don't swim in them you won't get stuck in them.

Better to teach him what to do when he's in one.

Better to teach him not to get in that situation in the first place and THEN teach him what to do if he inadvertently finds himself in that situation which is what I did. (I thought the obvious would go without saying)

So how do you swim out of a riptide then cujo? are you taught that in Oz?

I hear your supposed to swim for the horizon

Originally Posted by Dillinger

So how do you swim out of a riptide then cujo? are you taught that in Oz?

I hear your supposed to swim for the horizon

Don't try to swim against it back to the beach, swim parallel to the beach out of the rip (tide is a misnomer, it's not a 'tide') then once clear swim back to the beach.
(Or for the horizon if you like, up to you)







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Originally Posted by Dillinger

Nige at the beach

Pretty much EXACTLY how I imagine.

Nice lookin pics there mate.

Thailand still has many great beaches available to the punter.

Even in the heavily touristed resorts great spots are available if one is tuned in.

You made a great choice by the looks of it.

Off season is the way to go.

Originally Posted by Cujo

I'm glad we left when we did. The night before we left a big group of Chinese booked in and at 6.30 or so in the morning I was out on the balcony enjoying a coffee when I hear that throat hacking sound and turned just in time to see one hoik a loogie of the balcony. Horrible kunts they are.

My abiding memory of China... I pity the minority of Chi who are tainted by the conduct of the overwhelming majority of their kith whether mainlanders or part of the diaspora in Asia - I doubt they'll ever learn... bring on the economic crash!

I've never been to Phuket though, my view on it probably bears no relation to how it really is. I still think of it as a pristine place like spots in the far south that you see on the brochures, but from what everyone says it sounds more like Pattaya.

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Funny thing is just go down the coast a tad to kao Lak and one could be in another world.

Nice beach as well. Once again go out of season and have it all to ones self.

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Urm,

I think you will find that khao Lak is south of Phuket.

Whatever, it's close to Phuket.

Originally Posted by terry57

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Urm,

I think you will find that khao Lak is south of Phuket.

Whatever, it's close to Phuket.

Wrong Tezza - it's 80km north of Phuket Airport.

Yes Terry ,North of Phuket.

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That's Funny, I must look at my Map.

I have been down there quite a few times and was always under the impression that it was Phuket then I drove South to Khao Lak.

I'll go take a look.

Cheers.

Google earth says North

^^

Thanks for that, My bad.

Only place south of Phuket is a couple of small island resorts with a lot of Asian and Chinese day tourists mainly and Ko Lanta the ocean and Langkawi island Malaysia
Khao Lak has a lot of nice beach front resorts and nice clean beaches, not covered in rubbish
The local people do not want or allow girlie bars so if that is your main interest don't bother going there
But for a pleasant quite holiday and friendly people I highly recommend it, plenty of things to see and do, about a hours drive north of Phuket airport to the main tourist area's , we drive there at least once a month on the weekend usually

Originally Posted by Phuketrichard

glad u enjoyed it; Bang tao is nice an u also have Villa supermarket not that far away as well:

Actually there was a tesco lotus just up the road with a Mcdonalds and a pizza restaurant in the little shopping centre there.

South of Phuket
there are some nice islands off of Trang and Satun.

The villla mart is further down the main road, a few short kms, hang a left at the light/police station

and loads of restaurants to choose from and a good friday night market

Glad you enjoyed yourself Cujo -You can do a lot worse!

A largish number of expats, myself included, actually like living near the quieter beaches of Phuket, like Bangtao. [just avoid Nikki Beach Club at the Layan end!]



Depends on what you want; Low season - occasional showers and wind, water not so clear but plenty of waves to surf.
High season - no waves and crystal water - but only a few more tourists as not many beach bars left after 'the cleanup'....

Beer's cold though year round; if you want rub shoulders with locals or catch some sporting events on TV, can recommend Peppers Pub. Or for less crowds, The Bridge, has a local friendly following.

I imagine Phuket is exactly the same as every tourist spot in the world.

If one is a local and knows the go one would never have any of the problems that Newbie tourists suffer and would have a very nice life living there.