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Patong Beach – Phuket – Thailand

Patong Beach Hotels

Sunset at Patong Beach

Sunset at Patong Beach

My first time in Patong Beach was in April 2006, I was here with a friend for holidays. We was staying in the first-class Hotel “Phuket Graceland”. On the two weeks vacation we made what the busiest city on Phuket offer: Party, Party and again Party. Nearly every day we had some Chang Beers at “Rock City” before we was going to the Bangla Road Walking Street in the Heart of Patong. My second time i stayed about one week on my Thailand travel tour with Marius at the “Touch Villaguest house which we found in our Lonely Planet travel book. We comes from Phuket Town with a Bus, it took us about one hour. Touch Villa offer simple but good rooms with fridge, tv, air-con and hot water for backpacker prices. Many traveler make a stop in this hostel on their Southeast Asia travel tour.

Hotel Phuket Graceland

Hotel Phuket Graceland

At the “Bangla Road” there are many discos, pubs, massage shops, restaurants and Thai Girl Bars. Many male tourists from Europe and America come here for cheap sex with young Thai girls. Young means a bit over 18. It looks straight when the old sex-tourists walk at long the beach with the young bar girls. But if you stay longer here it becomes normal in this abnormal city in Thailand. At daytime the Th Bangla sleep, when the sun goes down the walking street wake up! The neon light is the sunrise of Patong on Phuket. Loud Music, thousands prostitutes and drunken tourists dominate the picture of Patong City at night.

Th Bangla Road

Th Bangla Road

But Patong offer more than Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll! I did my Padi Open Water Diver here. The Open Water is the first scuba diving license of the Padi education System. I did it in 3 days, the first day was just theory and swimming pool. In the pool we did some underwater diving skills. On the second day I did my first Open Water Dive in the Andaman Sea at Patong Bay. All in all i did four dives during my Padi Open Water. On day three we did three dives. The dive sites was: Banana Bay, Bungalow Bay and The Home Run Bay at Racha Yai. I did my Padi license whit the “Scuba Cat” Dive School at Patong Beach.

My first Beer Chang

My first Beer Chang

This city is for shure not a typical backpacker or traveler destination. But if you decide to stay here plan a bit more money than on your other travel destinations because Patong is expansive compared to other regions of Thailand. From here we took a bus to Phang Nga.

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Picture Serial – Scuba Diving – Southeast Asia

This photo Serial shows Pictures from colorful marine life in warm tropical sea water. All pictures i did with my Casio Digital Camera Ex-Z 1000 on Scuba Dives in Southeast Asia. If you have any questions about diving just sent a email to me.

Lionfish

Lionfish

Tulamben – Bali – Indonesia

Vase Coral

Vase Coral

Marine National Park – Koh Chang – Thailand

Manta Ray

Manta Ray

Nusa Penida – Bali – Indonesia

Humphead Parrotfish

Humphead Parrotfish

Iron Cape – Pulau Perhentian – Malaysia

Anemonefish

Anemonefish

Pulau Langkawi – Malaysia

A Fish School

A Fish School

Koh Phi Phi – Thailand

Mantis Shrimp

Mantis Shrimp

Nusa Penida – Bali – Indonesia

Sugar Wreck

Sugar Wreck

Perhentian Islands – Malaysia

Leaf Scorpionfish

Leaf Scorpionfish

Chrystal Bay – Bali – Indonesia

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