JEEZ! They don't mess around. We take a taxi everywhere we go because our resort is in just a excluded resort area, so we are able to see a lot of the island. I am glad sometime I am in a taxi and not on the streets. I look to my right and there is trash ever where and run down looking shops/house, and I look to my left and there is a really nice house, or nicer looking shops. It is not necessarily a town that is a run down neighbor, but it depends upon the house. Today, we went to the city of Patong. It is like one major town in Phuket. I absolutely loved it!
Kinda can't tell from this photo but it is basically exactly how I pictured it would be.. a recipe of part dirtiness, shops all on top of each other, a black market of brand name things, and toss in total awesomeness. Not a lot of people like cities like this one, but I'm not most people. As long as I stay out of trouble or danger, I am lovin it. I would never ever want to live or work EVER in a place like this, but it makes for some good shopping and experience.
Another good thing about Thailand is all the Thai food! If I studied abroad here, I would gain a ton of weight. It is about 2 dollars for a decent size scrumcious meal! I am in Asian food heaven.
My lunch this afternoon, after I even ate about a fourth of it. Pha Thai. 80 Bat, which is about $2.30ish? MMM...
We also went to an outlet mall today that looked like if you disregard the palm trees it came straight out of Albertville.
There were a lot of recognized stores there like nike, addias, north face, ed hardie, etc. except the prices were pretty comparable to the states prices so none of us bought anything.
Here are some photos from our hotel from the rest of the day:
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