The 24/7 sea-town comes alive!

One of the prime attractions of Phuket is its tour to the group of islands known as Phi-phi Islands. These are a group of independent, solitary-standing rocks (mostly made of limestone), sticking their necks out from the middle of the sea - thus forming a group of islands. Nature, winds and salty water has slowly carved out the bottoms of most of these 'islands', thereby reducing the longevity of these natural rocks. Chances are high that in a matter of another couple of decades, you might come back and yet not find them. 

But what needs to be mentioned here, is certainly the 2-hour cruise journey from Phuket, that takes you very near to these islands (you can't get on them, though these could provide perfect venues for rock-climbing enthusiasts. 

In my previous blog I had a lady written about Phuket's attitude to play the perfect tourist-attractor's role, through its sense of professionalism. Our day and night strolls also made us feel that it's quite a safe city too. 

But first - our dig at Phuket's scuba-scape - was quite well organised. It was our tour of Phi-Phi Island that led us to this scuba trip. Personally it was my 2nd scuba adventure (the previous one being at last year's Havelock). I found the water a bit cloudy (but maybe we weren't at the perfect location). But even then the variety of fauna that was on sight - was fantastic ! Schools of Nemos amidst corals breezed past us. 

Night life in Phuket needs, well, a separate blog altogether (and I'm pretty sure there are plenty). That's because there are plenty to be written about. 

The hot-spot seems to be the Bangla street that leads its way to the famed Patong beach. Couldn't really risk it with the family but the atmosphere was absolutely electric.