In Reply to: Feeling very sorry for myself here...... posted by bunbury gal on Tuesday, 31. July 2007 at 20:54 Bali Time:
Feel sorry for you, but we went to Thailand, Phuket last August for 14 nights, staying the the Patong Merlin. Hotel was OK, food was GREAT, staff VERY friendly. 3 x pools and brilliant breakfasts.
Did Six tours, 2 x speed boat, PiPi Island, James Bond Island full day tours, ATV tour 2 hours, Elephant Safari half day, Fantasea 4pm-12pm, Simon's cabaret 2 hours. All this for the two of us A$700 and all with lunch or dinner, drinks, snacks, hotel transfers etc.
Also got friendly with a Taxi driver and he took is out and about half days for around A$20. Took ourselves to the Zoo, caught the bus from Patong to Phuket City a hole A$0.30c for an hours trip.
And the food on the main drag, GREAT GREAT GREAT. If you want the night life that's there, but as we are a little older in the tooth, we tended to drink at the hotels bar after 11ish at night.
If you can't get to Bali please try Phuket. I loved it as I'm sure I will love Bali.
Hope all works out for you