 Kuala Lumpur |
 Singapore |
 Hong Kong |
 Phuket |
 Jerusalem |
 Tel Aviv |
 La Jolla |
 Bangalore |
 Perth |
 Melbourne |
Worth visiting!
The difference was that I had a hosted walking tour and found that the city is quite tightly packed and convenient. Very British and not half bad.
Not as clean as expected – plenty of litter on the streets.
Not worth it!
Just walk along the street here and be accosted by oh about 100 sleazy looking illegal street vendors all offering to sell the same fake watches. Turn around and walk back up the same street, same vendors will try to sell the same things to you AGAIN.
Fabulous.
Worth visiting!
When travelling in Phuket either rent a car or catch a ride on the trucks that carry lots of people at a time.
Taxis will not use their meters and will try to charge you per person rates.
Also the Jetski rates are overpriced and they won’t negotiate – preferring to sit on the beach day after day with not one jetski actually being used. Sharp business people they are not.
Don’t ask the price of anything you want to buy – offer a price for it. If you are looking at a shirt then offer 1 US dime. It you are buying shoes then offer 1 US dime. If you are buying a house … offer 1 US dime. They will counter with the same opening price for everything – USD$1 million. From there you can negotiate to some sort of middle ground.
Always remember – whatever “great” price you get something for – someone else got it cheaper. Hang in there and negotiate the price right down.
