As our plane arrived above Phuket, Thailand we were treated to a complimentary scenic flight as we circled the beautiful islands below while we waited for clearance from Air Traffic Control. Once we arrived and passed through Customs, we were absolutely bombarded by people; "Taxi, taxi, sir? 600 baht.." We were barely able to make it through the mob, but eventually found the airport shuttle, which would transfer us to the ferry terminal for 85 baht each. We had read that Phuket has an extremely high rate of road fatalities, and we quickly understood why. Traffic was chaos - drivers did not pay much attention to road signs, traffic lights, or lines on the road and people on scooters, often entire families, zipped in and out of traffic. Rather than stay on the main island of
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