The ever popular Phuket

The drive down to Phuket was pretty long but we made a quick detour to the x lake dam. One of the most popular tourist day excursions is a boat tour over the x lake, but we thought it looked pretty similar to Ha long bay in Vietnam so opted for other activities. It was pretty grey that day so you couldn’t really appreacure the glorious blue green colour.
Driving down took longer than expected as the traffic at the Phuket peninsula was terrible, just not big enough infrastructure for the amount of cars. It seem d very industrial apart from resorts and hotels everywhere.
We had found a apartment hotel for a reasonable price for Phuket, astronomical prices for Thailand. Definetely less touristy than the infamous pattaya beach but also less pretty as the beach is only for boat tours and fishing and we had low tide most of the time.
Apart from a fantastic massage parlor we were pretty underwhelmed by Phuket and would have chosen Krabi over Phuket in restrospect. It’s a bit baffling why it’s so incredibly popular for tourists, but maybe mainly all Indy resort tourists who need a quick flight connection to the rest of the world. So if you want to visit Thailand soon our recommendation would be to skip Phuket and go literally anywhere else - in particular the islands - and Koh Tao 😢 Definitely regretted not just staying another week in Koh Tao in particular as we realised that wanting too see everything all at once is not always the best. You can in fact get tired of travelling 😅

Overall we really understand why Thailand is the most popular holiday destination, it’s super affordable, good food, nice people, rich culture and has the most beautiful islands. We definitely would love to return. 🇹🇭❤️

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