Patong

Loch Palm Golf Course & fleeting Visit to Da Maurizio Restaurant, Patong, Phuket

March 19, 2009

After two days of toil on Tuesday and Wednesday, Thursday has arrived for me to mark another year off the calendar with a birthday celebration at Loch Palm golf course where I am joining a four-man scramble competition organised by PEGS.  PEGS is a society run by expats, for the enjoyment of golf on the [...]

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Baan Rawai – Another Rawai Restaurant

March 16, 2009

Unfortunately I am not yet retired, and after a rather wearisome day and on Monday afternoon I found myself with the family down in Rawai, showing a friend around. After everything was done, we decided to take a trip back down to Rawai beach, this time taking the kids.

At the end of Rawai beach there is a pleasant restaurant, that is setback just a little way from the beach and which is called Baan Rawai.

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Sunday at Patong Beach and Pan Yaah Restaurant

March 15, 2009

It’s been a busy day today. The kids have been flat out and it was intended that we visit the Phuket aquarium, but unfortunately that didn’t quite work out as planned. As time was short we decided to pay a visit to the play area on Patong beach so that the kids could work off some steam, and for a bit of relaxation.

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Patong beach has been cleaned up over the last few years, in respect of the back part of the beach, which is near the main road running alongside the beach. The local authority has provided some play areas for children, and also some nice looking paths and some ornamentation.

I am left wondering why the powers managing the renovation didn’t think to provide some toilets. For a resort trying to maintain a top position as a favourite tourist destination this seems to me a rather glaring oversight. Attention to a few details such as toilets, control of parking,

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Hey Hey We’re the Monkeys – Part 3

March 13, 2009
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Thursday has been a quiet day mostly. The kids were very good today so they were promised a trip to the beach which was delayed until the sun was on it’s way towards the sea to avoid the worst of the heat and damaging effects of radiation.  Now I am not a lover of Patong, [...]

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