Feeling a little more refreshed (although it wasn't the best nights sleep and my throat is killing me for some reason) we get up and leave the room to explore Phuket Town. According to the Lonely Planet, the only things to see here is the day market, some Chinese Shrine and the On On Hotel where they actually filmed scenes for the beach (and not in Kho San as the film says). Well, the day market was full of food stalls, the shrine was, erm, interesting and the On On Hotel is just like any other Guesthouse really! Therefore by 11am we had finished our exploration so went back to the Guesthouse to collect our bags and get the local bus to Patong. Since our lesson learned in Ko Samui, we were determined to shop around
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