Day 2

So yesterday had a trip down to the beach at Rawai which is not like a beach you would expect on holiday, was more of a working beach with loads of fishing boats out. Also there were loads of long boats and other small boats with countless locals offering to take you to the islands in the distance. To me they didnt look the safest of boats and so declined but quite a few people seemed to be taking them up on their offers. They also had signs offering trips to phi phi, which from my research is abot 90 minutes from phuket so not sure how long this would of taken but it became clear later....We carried on down the beach front past a number of bars and restaurants which were all closed but it was only 11:30. We came to the pier and had a walk down and at the end where yet more local fisherman with some crazy tactics....one guy had a huge net with chain around the bottom...he threw it in and then dived in the sea (scaring all the fish away) then swam down and hooked up all the netting then hhis mate pulled up the net......from what I could see not much in there :/ More locals where using the more orthodox method of rod fishing :) Was quite sad to see young children coming up to tourists putting their hands out asking for money :( Quite ironic how there are large 4* hotels next to tiny shacks with whole families living in them. On the way back we stopped at a lovely little bar and had a beer by the sea and then stopped at a 7/11 store and got some snacks and water. The rest of the day we just chilled out by the pool, the heat gets unbearable and the pool is a god send :) the swim up bar with refreshing smooothies was welcome aswell :)

Last night we strolled back down the beach front looking for a bar I heard on trip advisor was good...sunshine bar....was not all that we ate there and had a drink which was average and saw my first ladyboy.....6ft 5 and made me laugh when they were closing the kitchen up he lugged over a big heavy meatal barrier that went in front of the fridge which made me laugh. The bar staff did a good job of making a good atmosphere with music on and them singing along and playing instruments and rang a bell every 10 minutes which we figured out meant they brought you another drink which we found was automatic unless you shouted you didnt want one.

We left here and carried on down the road to another bar that no one had mentioned on trip advisor called nikitas, I am not sure why it wasnt mentioned but it was packed with people eating what looked like great food and we will be trying there tonight. Here we had a few drinks in very fancy cocktail glasses before returning home and trying to catch up on sleep (which worked felt much more alive today.

Tomorrow we are off to nai harn beach which looks lovely so will keep you updated :)