Patong Realness
Good morning from Phuket – and somehow an amazing stay was just about to become even more amazing. The phone rang this morning and it was our private butler Jay – yes, the room came with a butler. He asked how the air conditioning was, and come to think of it, it was a bit warm – we all had barely noticed. He apologized and said there were some issues. For our inconvenience (again, we BARELY noticed), he wanted to move us to a two bedroom pool villa – the nicest "room" in the resort. The girls were out for a walk, so when they got back I was putting on a show and said "I'm really annoyed. We have to move." Then sprang it on them that it to one of the gated pool villas we had so curiously wondered about the previous day. We all packed fast and furiously and off we went.
Oh. My. GAWD. It was heaven. There's a pic of the private pool at the bottom and some more photos on tomorrow's post.
We had already booked some massages at the spa, so we had to be pulled away from the villa for just a little bit. Such a beautifully designed spa. And the treatments were excellent. Beyond excellent.
We had also already planned on venturing about an hour by taxi from the hotel to check out the world famous, or maybe a better term is world infamous, Patong Beach.
The area of Phuket is what most people think of when they think of Phuket – CRAZINESS with every turn of the head. There are bars. Lots of them. Drunk tourists. Large tiger sculptures. Thai boxing happening...TO-NIGHT. Lady boy shows. And the truly infamous ping pong shows. Oy. We explored. We gawked. Some of us got a little sick. We ate street food. We had a drink at a bar that had a penguin on the sign (seemed the tamest of them all). And home we went.
Glad we saw and experienced it. REALLY glad we didn't stay anywhere near there. And really, really glad to be home in this ridiculous villa with this ridiculous pool sharing some ridiculous laughs over the night that just was – the night – TOOO-NIIIIIIGHT. Said in the voice of a Thai boxing announcer. And, yes, it's an inside joke.
TOOO-NIIIGGGGHT!
