some more on Phuket- Pa Tong

Life on Phuket island burts at Pa Tong beach- the Cancun of Thailand, over commercialized tourist trap, but still a place you should see. This is a place where you find everyone and everything: bars, parties, deafening music from every corner, lady boys and girls dancing on bar's counter-tops to attract tourists; galleries, cheap stalls and travel agencies, street massages and more.
We came out here one of the evenings for some nightlife action-we saw it all in its beauty and ugliness.  Unfortunately not all the pictures survived and below is all i've got for today, however some basic guidance in words:
Most of the bars and action is concentrated on Soi Bangla. Few of the famous bars are Soi Katoey(famous for its lady boy stage, if any of you is interested :)), Soi Eric and Soi Easy(mostly australian crowd). Here you are likely see a lot of white men in their 50s with young Thai women, a lot of Israelis out of army guys looking for a free hook up and Russian tourist looking for a good bargain.

massages in the mall approx 12$ for 65 mins.

At the same time Pa Tong has a  big concentration of eateries and decent restaurants along the Beach road and Bangla as well. However note that almost everywhere you will go to get this al-dente perfectly cooked pasta in tomato basil souse or a good medium cooked steak, you are not going to get it. Most likely you will be served a  mushi mixture of pasta and Asian piece of cow which has nothing to do with mentioned above. I would suggest to stick to Thai food or seafood.

We chose the Pa Tong Seafood, probably the most well know seafood joint in town. Established in 1979, they display their seafood on ice in front of the restaurant and cook it in front of you after you chose your perfect piece. You will find it on the corner of Soi Bangla on the Beach Roa.

The funniest thing was that during the dinner in a neiboring restaurant, a group of Russian tourists sang as loud as they could "oy zvetet kalina v pole u ruchia..." they sounded like about 8-10 people and for a sec I felt in russia...

Donny chooses a lobster

delicious shrimp in garlic souce

Beach Strip

Note the child on the back seat wrapped in blanket...