Phuket

City Built on Tourism
I've been told that Phuket is really commercialized but I didn't believe it. Now that I'm here, I must say...they were right, it's really commercialized. It's a beach city with a dizzying array of Restaurants, hotels, hostels, massage shops, stores selling everything, hair salons, dive shops, internet places, and bars...lots and lots of bars. It's not even Thailand anymore. It's Tourist Land...mostly German, Russian, and Australian tourists.

Food
The best Thai food I've ever had is at Siam Chan in West LA, California. You'd think it'd be here in Thailand but you're wrong. It's not that easy to find a Thai restaurant here. They're all pub restaurants, indian, russian, italian, etc. Kind of strange. I had to walk several blocks to find a thai restaurant...and it wasn't fully thai either.

Lady-Man
I just got back from a Lady-Man Show. It was entertaining. I've been wanting to check this out for a while. I'm fascinated by how much they look and act like women...actually more than normal women I think. They all have boob implants and tons of make up. Some are prettier than others and if it weren't for their height and deep voice I would not be able to tell that they are men. Fascinating. I'd like to interview one someday.

Accomodation
Leave it to me to do everything last minute. My first hotel (if you call it that) was a dump. This new hotel which I thought would be better is worst than the first one and I'm paying more. I can't even go into how bad it is...I'll post it on Tripadvisor and whoever wants to read about it can. All I have to say is that it's worst than the hotels in Tibet that I stayed in. And those were horrible as well. Makes me want to leave this place earlier...that's too bad.