Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand 1/30
Yesterday Megan and I decided to head out to Patong, the busiest and most touristy beach on Phuket. All of the beaches on Phuket have three rows of deck chairs up and down the beach, covering each square inch of sand. Heaven forbid the tourists don't have any place to sit. It's 100 Bhat to rent a deck chair and a beach umbrella.
Patong was by far the most crowded beach we had been to, but we found two beach chairs right up in front and sat down. I was pretty sunburned by this time, so I wanted to stay completely in the shade. We really picked the perfect place to sit, because the people who worked our little section of beach didn't even make us get out of our chair to move our umbrella. At exactly perfect intervals, when the sun had creeped up the deck chair about a foot, the cabana boy would be there, readjusting the umbrella so we'd stay in the shade. Talk about pampering the tourists.
So today, I was really too sunburned to go outside. Megan decided to go off on a tour since she didn't want to sit around with the sunburned gimp. I decided to go back to Patong and back to the same deck chairs because I liked that they moved the umbrellas for me. We had also finally figured out the bus schedule and I didn't want to risk paying 500 Bhat for a taxi back to Phuket town. So I got to Patong and went in search of my little deck chair spot. When I got near, the Cabana boy spotted me and jogged down to offer me a deck chair right up in front. The kid, I'm not going to lie, was damn cute. He noticed that Megan wasn't with me this time and asked me where she was. I told him that she had left me to go on a tour, so I was by myself today. He flashed me a dazzling smile and said "It's Ok, I'll take care of you while your friend is gone." When I pulled out my towel to set it on the chair, the kid took it from me and spread it out perfectly so I wouldn't have to do it. We sat and chatted for a few minutes before he headed back to work. He told me next time I came to Thailand I would have to stay on Patong so I didn't have to go back to Phuket Town so early (the last bus to Phuket Town left at 5). If only...
I was sad I didn't get to see him before I left the beach. He must have been off doing something else. If only I could go back to Phuket right now... just to see the Cabana boy. Damn.
Yesterday Megan and I decided to head out to Patong, the busiest and most touristy beach on Phuket. All of the beaches on Phuket have three rows of deck chairs up and down the beach, covering each square inch of sand. Heaven forbid the tourists don't have any place to sit. It's 100 Bhat to rent a deck chair and a beach umbrella.
Patong was by far the most crowded beach we had been to, but we found two beach chairs right up in front and sat down. I was pretty sunburned by this time, so I wanted to stay completely in the shade. We really picked the perfect place to sit, because the people who worked our little section of beach didn't even make us get out of our chair to move our umbrella. At exactly perfect intervals, when the sun had creeped up the deck chair about a foot, the cabana boy would be there, readjusting the umbrella so we'd stay in the shade. Talk about pampering the tourists.
So today, I was really too sunburned to go outside. Megan decided to go off on a tour since she didn't want to sit around with the sunburned gimp. I decided to go back to Patong and back to the same deck chairs because I liked that they moved the umbrellas for me. We had also finally figured out the bus schedule and I didn't want to risk paying 500 Bhat for a taxi back to Phuket town. So I got to Patong and went in search of my little deck chair spot. When I got near, the Cabana boy spotted me and jogged down to offer me a deck chair right up in front. The kid, I'm not going to lie, was damn cute. He noticed that Megan wasn't with me this time and asked me where she was. I told him that she had left me to go on a tour, so I was by myself today. He flashed me a dazzling smile and said "It's Ok, I'll take care of you while your friend is gone." When I pulled out my towel to set it on the chair, the kid took it from me and spread it out perfectly so I wouldn't have to do it. We sat and chatted for a few minutes before he headed back to work. He told me next time I came to Thailand I would have to stay on Patong so I didn't have to go back to Phuket Town so early (the last bus to Phuket Town left at 5). If only...I was sad I didn't get to see him before I left the beach. He must have been off doing something else. If only I could go back to Phuket right now... just to see the Cabana boy. Damn.
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