James Bond Island

Phuket is .... well more to the point Patong beach is crazy. Phuket town is really laid back, we stayed there the first night in the hotel they used in the movie 'The Beach'. Its the one at the very beggining where he meets the crazy guy with the map. We went out for tea at a cute restaurant that didn't have a menu and the owner didnt speak any English, so we just mimed what we wanted and hoped for the best. While waiting a little girl came out of the kitchen and began screaming her head off.... she didn't stop the whole time we where there, she ended up standing on the table next to us naked screeching like a monkey , no one else came in the whole time we where there. The food we got was pretty nice though. We found a nice bar for the rest of the night and the owner even gave us free shots.

The next day we got a bus to Patong. If the tuktuk drivers and tailors and waiters and people tryin to sell you 'exclusive genuine hats' dont' drive you mental, then maybe you will like this place.
We did a boat trip to James Bond Island one of the days and that was amazing. We had a really serious amateur photographer guy who was our kayaking guide, he would take at least 10 photographs of us at each photo stop, using different angles, jumping in the water or on to a rock to get a good photo, if I tried to take one, he would stop kayaking and say ' you, IIIIII take photo!' He was really pushy too, and would nudge all the other kayaks out of the way so we got the best spot to look at something. On the boat we scored a free ladyboy dance, it was a far better show than the one we saw the night before in banglar road.

Possably the best thing about our stay in Patong was going to the muay thai (thai boxing). We saw some great bouts though some of them seemed quite unfairly matched, big muscly English guy vs. petite Thai. They even had a bout between two six year olds, who had six packs! So cute, yet so violent.

THE rock, in the James Bond movie. Does anyone know if it was a good movie?