December 
15, 2016
I had read in a travel guide that transportation in Phuket is terrible with a limited amount of metered taxis and bunch of overpriced chartered cars. Normally, transportation in Thailand is relatively cheap with a variety of options including Tuk-Tuk, taxi, van, or boat. I quickly learned that the travel-guide was right, to get anywhere, we had to arrange transportation through the hotel which came at a price.
I also learned that there is Phuket the Island and Phuket the Town. The Island is quite large and it took about 45 minutes from the resort to get to Phuket Town aka The Town. Sophon and I headed into Town for a few hours to check out “old town”. On our way we went through a few cities as well as a few rubber tree plantations. As we wandered around looking at the colorful Sino-Portuguese architecture looking for an air-conditioned restaurant serving local food, I couldn’t help but admire the old buildings that housed hip and modern establishments. I hadn’t seen anything like this before in Thailand.
Along the way we passed the Governor’s Mansion which is currently a restaurant and cooking school. I would have loved to have eaten there. We passed a Sea Dragon which is said to protect the Island of Phuket and a Chinese Shrine. We did find a place to have lunch with a little help from Tripadvisor called Kopitiam by Wilai. The food was wonderful!
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