Travel Reference
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swill whiskey, and sway to live bands that swing from hard rock to funk to hip-hop
with aplomb.
BO(OK)HEMIAN
( 0 7625 2854; 61 Th Thalang; 9am-10pm; )
Every town should have a cof-
fee house this cool. The split-level open design feels both warm and leading edge.
It has wi-fi, used books for sale, gourmet coffee and tea, and damn good chocolate
cake.
Cafe
Getting There & Around
To/From the Airport
Despite what airport taxi touts would like you to believe, a bright orange
govern-
port and Phuket Town via the Heroines Monument about every hour between 6am
and 7pm. There's also a minibus service at the airport that will take you into Phuket
Town for 150B per person. Patong, Kata and Karon beaches cost 180B if there are
enough passengers. Metered taxis should cost no more than 550B (including air-
port tax) to anywhere around the island.
Bus
You'll find the
bus terminal
( 0 7621 1977)
just to the east of the town centre,
within walking distance of the many hotels.
Car
There are cheap car-rental agencies on Th Rasada near
Pure Car Rent
(
0
7621 1002;
www.purecarrent.com
;
75 Th Rasada)
, which is a good choice.
Sŏrng•tăa•ou & Túk-túk
Large bus-sized
sŏrng·tăa·ou
run regularly from Th Ranong near the day market to
the various Phuket beaches (25B to 40B per person). These run from around 7am
to 5pm; outside these times you have to charter a túk-túk to the beaches, which will
set you back 500B to Patong, Karon and Kata, 340B to 400B for Rawai and 600B to
Kamala. You'll have to bargain.
