For our last few days in Thailand, we decided to avoid all the suits, massages and ladyboys of Patong Beach and jumped in a taxi straight from the ferry up to the quiet Nai Yang beach, about 5 minutes from Phuket airport. We grabbed out things from the boot of the taxi (umbrellas still attached) and set off down a small path to the beach to find a cheap bungalow from one of the many sprawled along the coastline. An hour later, backs and shoulders aching, darkness surrounding us, turns out there is actually nowhere to stay along the beach, except for the odd posh resort. Luckily, just as we were beginning to resign ourselves to sleeping in a restaurant doorway on the beach, a little old lady rocked up on a moped shouting "Bungalow? Bungalow?".
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