I was really excited to visit the famous beaches of Phuket, to see how they compared to all those Caribbean beaches we’d seen last year. We arrived at the start of the rainy season, which I knew would be a trade-off: the weather and sea conditions might not be the best, but the hotel prices were half that of the high season.
But when we arrived at Kamala Beach, I wasn’t prepared for it to look like this:
Such a pity, this place would be absolutely amazing if it weren’t for all the trash. A lot of it seemed to be washing in from the ocean from who-knows-where, but the entire island seems to have no regard at all for waste disposal. I saw locals tossing trash all over the place.
Oh well, at least it was cheap and uncrowded, and it was nice to be out of the big cities for a change. We spent several days lounging around here enjoying the quiet and the tasty, cheap food.
Our first hotel was Deng’s Resort, a quiet place with good A/C, a pool and decent wifi – and it was the cheapest place we’ve stayed since Aguas Calientes.
Still, after a few days we were ready for a nicer environment, so I moved us to the much swankier Marriott Resort. If you can’t have a good beach, you might as well find a killer pool!
Eventually, we moved on, deciding to give Thailand beaches another chance in Krabi.
{ 3 comments }
Yuck! Makes you wonder what all you could find washed up on that beach! Bodies???
We started to go there, but decided to go to Ko Chang instead. I believe we made the best choice. Ko Chang was not the Caribbean, but it was still nice. However, we did go to Sihounakville in Cambodia and it looked similar to Phuket. We could not believe all the trash. What a shame. I noticed that you were in Siem Reap at the same we were there. Sorry we missed you. Happy Travels!
What a shock!
Comments on this entry are closed.