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What a crappy day!
We have spent the whole night and day travelling from Bangkok to Phuket. The journey was supposed to be a 17 hour over night coach with only one change but has taken twenty three and half hours instead and we changed coach twice and bus twice. Five hours wasted by the coach constantly breaking down and then waiting another hour and half for a bus to Phuket. The service was awful. Everyone on the bus was scammed into paying more money and promised a direct bus service straight to Pa Tong which actually stopped several times to pick up more passengers. Some people paid 1000 bht when we only paid 600 bht for the same journey. We were constantly lied to about time and every stop was to try and persuade us to buy something. No one on the bus to Pa Tong had a hotel booked so they tried to persuade us to book one through their travel agent at yet again another stop!
A lady opened up our bus door and began to sell to us. I lost it at that point and told her we all want to go straight to the beach to find our own hotels like we planned, which made the travel agent scream at us "I don't want your money! I have money!" which made everyone on the bus laugh in amazment as she slammed the bus door shut.
When we finally got to Pa Tong, most of the cheap hostels were full. The sun was hot and we were tired. Eventually after one hour we found a really nice place further in town called the (we cant remember because i lost the card) Guest House for only 700 bht a night. One of the backpacker dorms close to Pa Tong road was charging 500 bht each per night! Crazy!
Tonight we will be going out, Chris wants me to see what the bars are like in Patong road. And after the crap day we have had, we deserve a good drink or two :-)
Can't wait to see the beach tomorrow and start working on our tans!
Let the party start!
Charlotte & Chris
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